The Effect of Minimal Quantity Lubrication (MQL) on the Surface Roughness of Titanium Alloy Ti-6Al-4V ELI in Turning Process

2010 ◽  
Vol 146-147 ◽  
pp. 1750-1753 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.H. Che Haron ◽  
J.A. Ghani ◽  
Mohd Ali Sulaiman ◽  
L.R. Intan ◽  
M.S. Kasim

This paper investigates the effect of minimum quantity lubricant (MQL) on the surface roughness of titanium alloy Ti-6Al-4V ELI when turning using uncoated tungsten carbide tool. The response surface method (RSM) design of experiment using Box-behnken was used to accomodate the turning experiment factors and levels. Turning parameters studied were cutting speed (100, 135, 170 m/min), feed rate (0.15, 0.2, 0.25 mm/rev) and depth of cut (0.6, 0.8, 1.0 mm). The results show that the feed rate was the most influence factor controlling the surface roughness produced. The feed rate (F) was found directly proportional with the surface roughness value (Ra) but inversely proportional to the cutting speed (Vc). MINITAB software was used to develop a surface roughness model, and the optimum condition was at 160 m/min of cutting speed, 0.18 mm/rev of feed rate and 1 mm of depth of cut. At the optimum condition low value of 1.54 μm surface roughness was obtained.

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 961-966
Author(s):  
Allina Abdullah ◽  
Afiqah Azman ◽  
B. M. Khirulrizwan

This research outlines an experimental study to determine the optimum parameter of cutting tool for the best surface roughness (Ra) of Aluminum Alloy (AA) 6063. For the experiment in this research, cutting parameters such as cutting speed, depth of cut and feed rate are used to identify the effect of both cutting tools which are tungsten carbide and cermet towards the surface roughness (Ra) of material AA6063. The machining operation involved to cut the material is turning process by using Computer Numerical Control (CNC) Lathe machine. The experimental design was designed by Full Factorial. The experiment that had been conducted by the researcher is 33 with 2 replications. The total number of the experiments that had been run is 54 runs for each cutting tool. Thus, the total number of experiments for both cutting tools is 108 runs. ANOVA analysis had been analyzed to identify the significant factor that affect the Ra result. The significant factors that affect the Ra result of AA6063 are feed rate and cutting speed. The researcher used main effect plot to determine the factor that most influenced the surface roughness of AA6063, the optimum condition of surface roughness and the optimum parameter of cutting tool. The factor that most influenced the surface roughness of AA6063 is feed rate. The optimum condition of surface roughness is at the feed rate of 0.05 mm/rev, cutting speed of 600 rpm and depth of cut of 0.10 mm. While the optimum parameter of cutting tool is cermet insert with the lowest value of surface roughness (Ra) result which is 0.650 μm.


2013 ◽  
Vol 685 ◽  
pp. 57-62
Author(s):  
Seyyed Pedram Shahebrahimi ◽  
Abdolrahman Dadvand

One of the most important issues in turning operations is to choose suitable parameters in order to achieve a desired surface finish. The surface finish in machining operation depends on many parameters such as workpiece material, tool material, tool coating, machining parameters, etc. The purpose of this research is to focus on the analysis of optimum cutting parameters to get the lowest surface roughness in turning Titanium alloy Ti-6Al-4V with the insert with the standard code DNMG 110404 under dry cutting condition, by the Taguchi method. The turning parameters are evaluated as cutting speed of 14, 20 and 28 m/min, feed rate of 0.12, 0.14 and 0.16 mm/rev, depth of cut of 0.3, 0.6 and 1 mm, each at three levels. The Experiment was designed using the Taguchi method and 9 experiments were conducted by this process. The results are analyzed using analysis of variance method (ANOVA). The results of analysis show that the depth of cut has a significant role to play in producing lower surface roughness that is about 63.33% followed by feed rate about 30.25%, and cutting speed has less contribution on the surface roughness. Also it was realized that with the use of the confirmation test, the surface roughness improved by 227% from its initial state.


2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4.30) ◽  
pp. 73
Author(s):  
Mohd Shahfizal Mohd Ruslan ◽  
Haniff Abdul Rahman ◽  
Jaharah Abdul Ghani ◽  
Che Hassan Che Haron ◽  
Mohd Shahir Kassim ◽  
...  

Magnesium alloy is one of the lightest materials with a high strength to weight ratio and excellent machinability, which makes it attractive and suitable for various industrial applications such as automotive and aerospace components. For these particular industrial components, the end products require a mirror-like finish. This article details a statistical analysis about the effect of milling parameters on the surface roughness of Magnesium alloy AZ91D in the dry milling process. The historical data approach in the response surface methodology (RSM) was utilized to determine the cause and effect relationship between the input variables and output response. The effect of milling parameter studied was cutting speed (900 – 1400 m/min), feed rate (0.03 - 0.09 mm/tooth), and radial depth of cut (0.2 - 0.3 mm). The results confirmed that the interaction between feed rate and cutting speed is the primary factor controlling the surface evolution. The responses of various factors were plotted using a two-dimensional interaction graph and the cubic empirical model was developed at 95% confidence level. The optimum condition for achieving the minimum surface roughness was a cutting speed of 977 m/min, a feed rate of 0.02 mm/tooth, and an axial depth of cut of 0.29 mm. With this optimum condition, a surface arithmetic roughness of 0.054 μm is expected. This study confirmed that by milling AZ91D at high speed cutting, it is possible to eliminate the polishing process to achieve a super mirror-like finishing.


2010 ◽  
Vol 447-448 ◽  
pp. 51-54
Author(s):  
Mohd Fazuri Abdullah ◽  
Muhammad Ilman Hakimi Chua Abdullah ◽  
Abu Bakar Sulong ◽  
Jaharah A. Ghani

The effects of different cutting parameters, insert nose radius, cutting speed and feed rates on the surface quality of the stainless steel to be use in medical application. Stainless steel AISI 316 had been machined with three different nose radiuses (0.4 mm 0.8 mm, and 1.2mm), three different cutting speeds (100, 130, 170 m/min) and feed rates (0.1, 0.125, 0.16 mm/rev) while depth of cut keep constant at (0.4 mm). It is seen that the insert nose radius, feed rates, and cutting speed have different effect on the surface roughness. The minimum average surface roughness (0.225µm) has been measured using the nose radius insert (1.2 mm) at lowest feed rate (0.1 mm/rev). The highest surface roughness (1.838µm) has been measured with nose radius insert (0.4 mm) at highest feed rate (0.16 mm/rev). The analysis of ANOVA showed the cutting speed is not dominant in processing for the fine surface finish compared with feed rate and nose radius. Conclusion, surface roughness is decreasing with decreasing of the feed rate. High nose radius produce better surface finish than small nose radius because of the maximum uncut chip thickness decreases with increase of nose radius.


2020 ◽  
Vol 36 ◽  
pp. 28-46
Author(s):  
Youssef Touggui ◽  
Salim Belhadi ◽  
Salah Eddine Mechraoui ◽  
Mohamed Athmane Yallese ◽  
Mustapha Temmar

Stainless steels have gained much attention to be an alternative solution for many manufacturing industries due to their high mechanical properties and corrosion resistance. However, owing to their high ductility, their low thermal conductivity and high tendency to work hardening, these materials are classed as materials difficult to machine. Therefore, the main aim of the study was to examine the effect of cutting parameters such as cutting speed, feed rate and depth of cut on the response parameters including surface roughness (Ra), tangential cutting force (Fz) and cutting power (Pc) during dry turning of AISI 316L using TiCN-TiN PVD cermet tool. As a methodology, the Taguchi L27 orthogonal array parameter design and response surface methodology (RSM)) have been used. Statistical analysis revealed feed rate affected for surface roughness (79.61%) and depth of cut impacted for tangential cutting force and cutting power (62.12% and 35.68%), respectively. According to optimization analysis based on desirability function (DF), cutting speed of 212.837 m/min, 0.08 mm/rev feed rate and 0.1 mm depth of cut were determined to acquire high machined part quality


Author(s):  
Mahendran Samykano ◽  
J. Kananathan ◽  
K. Kadirgama ◽  
A. K. Amirruddin ◽  
D. Ramasamy ◽  
...  

The present research attempts to develop a hybrid coolant by mixing alumina nanoparticles with cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) into ethylene glycol-water (60:40) and investigate the viability of formulated hybrid nanocoolant (CNC-Al2O3-EG-Water) towards enhancing the machining behavior. The two-step method has been adapted to develop the hybrid nanocoolant at various volume concentrations (0.1, 0.5, and 0.9%). Results indicated a significant enhancement in thermal properties and tribological behaviour of the developed hybrid coolant. The thermal conductivity improved by 20-25% compared to the metal working fluid (MWF) with thermal conductivity of 0.55 W/m℃. Besides, a reduction in wear and friction coefficient was observed with the escalation in the nanoparticle concentration. The machining performance of the developed hybrid coolant was evaluated using Minimum Quantity Lubrication (MQL) in the turning of mild steel. A regression model was developed to assess the deviations in the tool flank wear and surface roughness in terms of feed, cutting speed, depth of the cut, and nanoparticle concentration using Response Surface Methodology (RSM). The mathematical modeling shows that cutting speed has the most significant impact on surface roughness and tool wear, followed by feed rate. The depth of cut does not affect surface roughness or tool wear. Surface roughness achieved 24% reduction, 39% enhancement in tool length of cut, and 33.33% improvement in tool life span. From this, the surface roughness was primarily affected by spindle cutting speed, feed rate, and then cutting depth while utilising either conventional water or composite nanofluid as a coolant. The developed hybrid coolant manifestly improved the machining behaviour.


Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (13) ◽  
pp. 2998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kubilay Aslantas ◽  
Mohd Danish ◽  
Ahmet Hasçelik ◽  
Mozammel Mia ◽  
Munish Gupta ◽  
...  

Micro-turning is a micro-mechanical cutting method used to produce small diameter cylindrical parts. Since the diameter of the part is usually small, it may be a little difficult to improve the surface quality by a second operation, such as grinding. Therefore, it is important to obtain the good surface finish in micro turning process using the ideal cutting parameters. Here, the multi-objective optimization of micro-turning process parameters such as cutting speed, feed rate and depth of cut were performed by response surface method (RSM). Two important machining indices, such as surface roughness and material removal rate, were simultaneously optimized in the micro-turning of a Ti6Al4V alloy. Further, the scanning electron microscope (SEM) analysis was done on the cutting tools. The overall results depict that the feed rate is the prominent factor that significantly affects the responses in micro-turning operation. Moreover, the SEM results confirmed that abrasion and crater wear mechanism were observed during the micro-turning of a Ti6Al4V alloy.


Author(s):  
Brian Boswell ◽  
Mohammad Nazrul Islam ◽  
Ian J Davies ◽  
Alokesh Pramanik

The machining of aerospace materials, such as metal matrix composites, introduces an additional challenge compared with traditional machining operations because of the presence of a reinforcement phase (e.g. ceramic particles or whiskers). This reinforcement phase decreases the thermal conductivity of the workpiece, thus, increasing the tool interface temperature and, consequently, reducing the tool life. Determining the optimum machining parameters is vital to maximising tool life and producing parts with the desired quality. By measuring the surface finish, the authors investigated the influence that the three major cutting parameters (cutting speed (50–150 m/min), feed rate (0.10–0.30 mm/rev) and depth of cut (1.0–2.0 mm)) have on tool life. End milling of a boron carbide particle-reinforced aluminium alloy was conducted under dry cutting conditions. The main result showed that contrary to the expectations for traditional machined alloys, the surface finish of the metal matrix composite examined in this work generally improved with increasing feed rate. The resulting surface roughness (arithmetic average) varied between 1.15 and 5.64 μm, with the minimum surface roughness achieved with the machining conditions of a cutting speed of 100 m/min, feed rate of 0.30 mm/rev and depth of cut of 1.0 mm. Another important result was the presence of surface microcracks in all specimens examined by electron microscopy irrespective of the machining condition or surface roughness.


2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 104-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yusuf Fedai ◽  
Hediye Kirli Akin

In this research, the effect of machining parameters on the various surface roughness characteristics (arithmetic average roughness (Ra), root mean square average roughness (Rq) and average maximum height of the profile (Rz)) in the milling of AISI 4140 steel were experimentally investigated. Depth of cut, feed rate, cutting speed and the number of insert were considered as control factors; Ra, Rz and Rq were considered as response factors. Experiments were designed considering Taguchi L9 orthogonal array. Multi signal-to-noise ratio was calculated for the response variables simultaneously. Analysis of variance was conducted to detect the significance of control factors on responses. Moreover, the percent contributions of the control factors on the surface roughness were obtained to be the number of insert (71.89 %), feed (19.74 %), cutting speed (5.08%) and depth of cut (3.29 %). Minimum surface roughness values for Ra, Rz and Rq were obtained at 325 m/min cutting speed, 0.08 mm/rev feed rate, 1 number of insert and 1 mm depth of cut by using multi-objective Taguchi technique.


2013 ◽  
Vol 773-774 ◽  
pp. 339-347 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Yusuf ◽  
M.K.A. Ariffin ◽  
N. Ismail ◽  
S. Sulaiman

With increasing quantities of applications of Metal Matrix Composites (MMCs), the machinablity of these materials has become important for investigation. This paper presents an investigation of surface roughness and tool wear in dry machining of aluminium LM6-TiC composite using uncoated carbide tool. The experiments carried out consisted of different cutting models based on combination of cutting speed, feed rate and depth of cut as the parameters of cutting process. The cutting models designed based on the Design of Experiment Response Surface Methodology. The objective of this research is finding the optimum cutting parameters based on workpiece surface roughness and cutting tool wear. The results indicated that the optimum workpiece surface roughness was found at high cutting speed of 250 m min-1 with various feed rate within range of 0.05 to 0.2 mm rev-1, and depth of cut within range of 0.5 to 1.5 mm. Turning operation at high cutting speed of 250 m min-1 produced faster tool wear as compared to low cutting speed of 175 m min-1 and 100 m min-1. The wear minimum (VB = 42 μm ) was found at cutting speed of 100 m min-1, feet rate of 0.2 mm rev-1, and depth of cut of 1.0 mm until the length of cut reached 4050 mm. Based on the results of the workpiece surface roughness and the tool flank wear, recommended that turning of LM6 aluminium with 2 wt % TiC composite using uncoated carbide tool should be carried out at cutting speed higher than 175 m min-1 but at feed rate of less than 0.05 mm rev-1 and depth of cut less than 1.0 mm.


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