Decision Making with the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) for Material Selection in Screw Manufacturing for Minimizing Environmental Impacts

This study is an approach to investigate the environmental impact of screw manufacturing and to choose suitable material for selected screw-making processes for the best performance with minimum environmental impact. The parameters involved were types of material and screw-making process using the environmental data available in Asia region. The two different manufacturing approaches being evaluated were machining and forging. The types of material considered were low carbon steel, stainless steel, titanium alloy and aluminium alloy. As for machining process, the materials being considered in screw manufacturing were low carbon steel, stainless steel, titanium alloy, aluminium alloy, magnesium alloy and cast iron. The information of environmental impact are generated by SolidWorks. Sustainability tool was used in the formation of pair-wise comparison matrices for Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). Then, the ranking of global priorities had enabled the determination of appropriate material to be used for those selected screw manufacturing process. As a result, aluminium alloy was found to give minimum environmental impact for forging process whereas cast iron was found to excel in machining process. At the same time, titanium alloy was not suggested to be used in either process.

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Decision Making of Screw Manufacturing for the Best Environmental and Economic Combination by Using AHP

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.465-466.1065 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 465-466 ◽

pp. 1065-1069

Author(s):

Mohd Azwir Azlan ◽

Andy Anak Buja ◽

Sia Chee Kiong ◽

Nik Hisyamudin Muhd Nor ◽

Jalil Azlis-Sani

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Stainless Steel ◽

Carbon Steel ◽

Environmental Impacts ◽

Manufacturing Process ◽

Low Carbon Steel ◽

Machining Process ◽

Steel Alloy ◽

Low Carbon ◽

Forging Process

This study is an approach to investigate the viable impacts of screw manufacturing. At the same time, choose the suitable material and selected manufacturing process of screw by considering environmental aspects without sacrificing the economic aspect. It is important to the organisation to improve the environmental aspect. Therefore in this study, the decision making was focused on economic aspects to produce the synergy results between economic and environmental impact. The parameters involved were types of material and manufacturing process of screw which using the available data of environmental and production volume. The two different manufacturing approaches being evaluated were machining and forging process. The types of material concerned for forging process encompassed low carbon steel, alloy steel stainless steel, and aluminium alloy. On the other hand, for machining process, the material being considered in screw manufacturing were cast iron, low carbon steel, alloy steel, stainless steel and aluminium alloy. The information of environmental impacts that generated from SolidWorks Sustainability tool and screw production cost were calculate using Manufacturing cost model, both information was used in Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) analysis to obtain local priority of economic and environmental impacts. Then, the ranking of both global and local priorities from economic impact and environmental impacts had enabled the determination of appropriate material used for those selected screw manufacturing process. As result, low carbon steel was chosen for forging process whereas cast iron was excelled in machining process, at the same time, stainless steel was not suggested to be used in both two processes.

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Weldability of Similar and Different Metallic Materials

Key Engineering Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/kem.805.8 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 805 ◽

pp. 8-12

Author(s):

Md Salim Kamil ◽

Fauzuddin Ayob ◽

Asmawi Ismail ◽

Bakhtiar Ariff Baharudin ◽

Azman Ismail

Keyword(s):

Stainless Steel ◽

Aluminum Alloy ◽

Cast Iron ◽

Carbon Steel ◽

Low Carbon Steel ◽

Metallic Materials ◽

Low Carbon ◽

Depth Study ◽

Grey Cast ◽

The Subject

This Paper presents the study on the weldability of two similar and two different metallic materials. The weldability of the similar metallic materials considered in the study were aluminum alloy pipes of grade AA6063. As for the weldability of two different metallic materials were aluminum alloy of grade AA6061 to low carbon steel of grade A36, dupl stainless steel of grade 2205 to low carbon steel of grade A36 and grey cast iron of grade A48 class 35 to low carbon steel BS 449 of grade 250. The differing methods of welding or joining processes are discussed herein including those of stir welding and hot pressed diffusion bonding of the similar and dissimilar metallic materials respectively as mentioned above. The weldability of between the two materials are investigated including the physical appearance of the joints and the strength integrity of those so far achieved at this stage. The paper also presented the results on the weldability of the similar and different metallic materials, recommendation for further in-depth study in pursuit for improved technologies on the subject matters and highlight the prospects of metallic materials welding or bonding or joining to fulfill the demands for different applications.

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Estimation of Some Mechanical Properties for Similar & Dissimilar Welded Joints

Wasit Journal of Engineering Sciences ◽

10.31185/ejuow.vol2.iss1.24 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 59-76

Author(s):

Abdullah Daie'e Assi

Keyword(s):

Stainless Steel ◽

Carbon Steel ◽

Austenitic Stainless Steel ◽

Base Metal ◽

Welded Joints ◽

Plate Thickness ◽

Low Carbon Steel ◽

Dissimilar Metals ◽

Low Carbon ◽

Steel Type

This research deals with the choice of the suitable filler metal to weld the similar and dissimilar metals (Low carbon steel type A516 & Austenitic stainless steel type 316L) under constant conditions such as, plate thickness (6 mm), voltage (78 v), current (120 A), straight polarity. This research deals with three major parts. The first parts Four types of electrodes were used for welding of dissimilar metals (C.St A516 And St.St 316L) two from mild steel (E7018, E6013) and other two from austenitic stainless steel (E309L, E308L) various inspection were carried out include (Visual T., X-ray T., δ- Ferrite phase T., and Microstructures T.) and mechanical testing include (tensile T., bending T. and micro hardness T.) The second parts done by used the same parameters to welding similar metals from (C.St A516) Or (St.St 316L). The third parts deals with welding of dissimilar weldments (C.St And St.St) by two processes, gas tungsten are welding (GTAW) and shielded metal are welding (SMAW). The results indicated that the spread of carbon from low carbon steel to the welding zone in the case of welding stainless steel elect pole (E309L) led to Configuration Carbides and then high hardness the link to high values compared with the base metal. In most similar weldments showed hardness of the welding area is higher than the hardness of the base metal. The electrode (E309L) is the most suitable to welding dissimilar metals from (C.St A516 With St.St 316L). The results also showed that the method of welding (GTAW) were better than the method of welding (SMAW) in dissimilar welded joints (St.St 316L with C.St A516) in terms of irregular shape and integrity of the welding defects, as well as characterized this weldments the high-lift and resistance ductility good when using the welding conditions are similar.

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