scholarly journals FEASIBILITY STUDY OF ULTRASONIC FREQUENCY APPLICATION ON FDM TO IMPROVE PARTS SURFACE FINISH

2015 ◽  
Vol 77 (32) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maidin, S. ◽  
Muhamad, M.K. ◽  
Pei, E.
Keyword(s):  
Surface Roughness ◽  
Surface Finish ◽  
Surface Defects ◽  
Complex Geometry ◽  
Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene ◽  
Optical Microscope ◽  
Machining Process ◽  
Ultrasonic Frequency ◽  
Machined Surface ◽  
Machining Parameter

Fuse Deposition Modeling (FDM) offer several advantages such as less expensive material, lack of expensive lasers and allows complex geometry to be built. However, FDM have limitations such as seam lines appear between layers and excess material residue, leading to surface roughness and poor finish. Ultrasound has been applied in various conventional machining process and shows good machined surface finish. However, from the literature review, it was found there is no investigation made on the application of ultrasound for Additive Manufacturing (AM) especially for FDM. This paper presents an adaptive approach to improve surface finish of FDM sample by applying ultrasonic vibration. The papers discuss the result of the surface finish of test piece printed via a desktop FDM system whereby an ultrasound device that was securely mounted onto the platform during printing process. Frequency that was used in the experiment is 11, 16 and 21 kHz with acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) material. Optical microscope with the aid of pro VIS software version 2.90 was used to measure the surface roughness of the four samples printed with a vibration in the above specified frequency. It was found that a 21 kHz frequency applied to the FDM process achieved the best surface finish due to less surface defects found and thickness had finer layers being produced. The results from this study could potentially be applied to other AM system such as the selective laser sintering, electron beam machining and stereolithography. The new data on effects of ultrasonic FDM technique and machining parameter for achieving improved surface finish has potential benefit to be used in various industries such as automotive, consumer, medical, sports, etc to produce prototypes or customized end used product or part. The data will benefit in term of product design and development elimination of manual post processing. Further study that could be done is to use different types of material such as polyactic acid (PLA) or composite material.

scholarly journals Effect of Coating and Polishing of Cutting Tool on Machined Surface Quality in Dry Machining of Aluminium Alloy

2020 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 299-305
Author(s):  
Atul Dev ◽  
Smriti Tandon ◽  
Pankaj Kumar ◽  
Anup Dutt
Keyword(s):  
Aluminium Alloy ◽  
Surface Quality ◽  
Surface Finish ◽  
Cutting Tool ◽  
Machining Process ◽  
Dry Machining ◽  
Machined Surface ◽  
Machined Surface Quality ◽  
Flute Surface ◽  
Machining Parameter

Surface quality is one of the major concerns in any machining process. To achieve the higher surface finish, mostly concentrated on machining parameter optimisation. This study has been carried out to study the effect of coating and polishing of flute surface of the solid carbide (WC-Co) endmill cutters on machined surface quality obtained during dry machining of Aluminium alloy 24345WP. Experiments were conducted on Aluminum workpieces with Ø6 mm 2 flute end- mill cutter with and without coating/polishing and their effect on surface quality studied for linear as well as areal surface roughness parameters using white light interferometery. The study concludes that polished flute tool, despite their non-sharp cutting edges, gives considerably better surface finish due to its lowering of chip tool friction. This was also supported by the results obtained from scanning electron microscopy of the cutting tool edge as well as optical microscopy of the obtained machined surface.

Surface Roughness and Cutting Force Components Evaluation in Hard Turning by Differently Shaped Cutting Tools

2016 ◽  
Vol 862 ◽  
pp. 26-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michaela Samardžiová
Keyword(s):  
Surface Roughness ◽  
Cutting Force ◽  
Hard Turning ◽  
Cutting Tool ◽  
Single Point ◽  
Machining Process ◽  
Tool Geometry ◽  
Machined Surface ◽  
Cutting Force Components ◽  
Force Components

There is a difference in machining by the cutting tool with defined geometry and undefined geometry. That is one of the reasons of implementation of hard turning into the machining process. In current manufacturing processes is hard turning many times used as a fine finish operation. It has many advantages – machining by single point cutting tool, high productivity, flexibility, ability to produce parts with complex shapes at one clamping. Very important is to solve machined surface quality. There is a possibility to use wiper geometry in hard turning process to achieve 3 – 4 times lower surface roughness values. Cutting parameters influence cutting process as well as cutting tool geometry. It is necessary to take into consideration cutting force components as well. Issue of the use of wiper geometry has been still insufficiently researched.

OPTIMISING CUTTING PARAMETERS FOR HOT TURNING ON EN31 MATERIAL

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Prof. Hemant k. Baitule ◽  
Satish Rahangdale ◽  
Vaibhav Kamane ◽  
Saurabh Yende
Keyword(s):  
Surface Roughness ◽  
Surface Finish ◽  
Cutting Speed ◽  
Cutting Parameters ◽  
Machining Process ◽  
Depth Of Cut ◽  
Multiple Time ◽  
Turning Process ◽  
Workpiece Material ◽  
Hot Turning

In any type of machining process the surface roughness plays an important role. In these the product is judge on the basis of their (surface roughness) surface finish. In machining process there are four main cutting parameter i.e. cutting speed, feed rate, depth of cut, spindle speed. For obtaining good surface finish, we can use the hot turning process. In hot turning process we heat the workpiece material and perform turning process multiple time and obtain the reading. The taguchi method is design to perform an experiment and L18 experiment were performed. The result is analyzed by using the analysis of variance (ANOVA) method. The result Obtain by this method may be useful for many other researchers.

Evaluation of Surface Integrity in Electrochemical Micromachining of A286 Super alloy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajkeerthi E ◽  
Hariharan P
Keyword(s):  
Surface Roughness ◽  
Surface Quality ◽  
Surface Integrity ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Machining Process ◽  
Electrochemical Micromachining ◽  
Dissolution Mechanism ◽  
Machined Surface ◽  
Micro Holes ◽  
Super Alloy

Abstract Surface integrity of micro components is a major concern particularly in manufacturing industries as most geometry of the products must meet out necessary surface quality requirements. Advanced machining process like electrochemical micro machining possess the capabilities to machine micro parts with best surface properties exempting them from secondary operations. In this research work, different electrolytes have been employed for producing micro holes in A286 super alloy material to achieve the best surface quality and the measurement of surface roughness and surface integrity to evaluate the machined surface is carried out. The machined micro hole provides detailed information on the geometrical features. A study of parametric analysis meant for controlling surface roughness and improvement of surface integrity has been made to find out the suitable parameters for machining. The suitability of various electrolytes with their dissolution mechanism and the influence of various electrolytes have been thoroughly studied. Among the utilized electrolytes, EG + NaNO3 electrolyte provided the best results in terms of overcut and average surface roughness.

scholarly journals An Investigation To Achieve a Good Surface Integrity in WEDM of Ti-6242 Super Alloy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonia Ezeddini ◽  
Wajdi Rajhi ◽  
Mohamed Boujelbene ◽  
Emin Bayraktar ◽  
Sahbi Ben Salem
Keyword(s):  
Surface Roughness ◽  
Pulse Duration ◽  
Surface Integrity ◽  
Surface Finish ◽  
Feed Rate ◽  
Cutting Parameters ◽  
Machined Surface ◽  
Good Surface ◽  
Pulse On Time ◽  
Super Alloy

Abstract Ti-6242 is a super alloy which exhibits the best creep resistance among available titanium alloys and is widely used in the manufacture by WEDM of aircraft engine turbomachinery components. However, the final quality of wire EDMed surface is a great challenge as it is affected by various factors that need optimization for surface integrity and machine efficiency improvement. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of a set of cutting process parameters such as pulse on time (Ton), servo voltage (U), feed rate (S) and flushing pressure (p) on surface roughness (SR) when machining Ti-6242 super alloy by WEDM process using a brass tool electrode and deionized water as a dielectric fluid. WEDM experiments were conducted, and SR (Ra) measurement was carried out using a 3D optical surface roughness-meter (3D–SurfaScan). As a tool to optimize cutting parameters for SR improvement, Taguchi's signal‐to‐noise ratio (S/N) approach was applied using L9 (3^4) orthogonal array and Lower-The-Better (LTB) criteria. Substantially, the findings from current investigation suggest the application of the values 0.9 µs, 100V, 29 mm/min, and 60 bar for Ton, U, S and p cutting parameters, respectively, for producing a good surface finish quality. Percent contributions of the machining parameters on SR (Ra) assessed based on ANOVA analysis are 62.94%, 20.84%, 11.46% and 4.74% for U, S, Ton and p, respectively. Subsequently, accurate predictive model for SR (Ra) is established based on response surface analysis (RSA). The contour plots for SR (Ra) indicate that when flushing pressure p converges to a critical value (80 bar), a poor-quality surface finish is highly expected with the excessive increase in U and S. Electron microscope scanning (SEM) observations have been performed on machined surface for a wide range of cutting parameters to characterize wire EDMed surface of Ti-6242. SEM micrographs indicate that the machined surface acquires a foamy structure and shows white layer and machining-induced damage that the characteristics are highly dependent on cutting parameters. At high servo-voltage, the decrease in pulse on time Ton and feed rate S results in a large decrease in overall machining-induced surface damage. Moreover, for high servo-voltage and feed rate levels, it has been observed that pulse on time could play a role of controlling the surface microcracks density. In fact, the use of a low pulse duration of cut combined with high servo-voltage and feed rate has been shown to inhibit surface microcracks formation giving the material surface a better resistance to cracking than at high pulse duration.

Experimental and Numerical Studies on Defect Characteristics During Milling of Aluminum Honeycomb Core

2019 ◽  
Vol 141 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Qinglong An ◽  
Jiaqiang Dang ◽  
Weiwei Ming ◽  
Kunxian Qiu ◽  
Ming Chen
Keyword(s):  
Cell Walls ◽  
Surface Defects ◽  
Tensile Deformation ◽  
Optimization Method ◽  
Cutting Process ◽  
Machining Process ◽  
Honeycomb Core ◽  
Machined Surface ◽  
Entrance Angle ◽  
Aluminum Honeycomb

The honeycomb sandwich structure has been widely used in the aerospace industry due to its high specific strength and stiffness. However, the machining defects of the aluminum honeycomb core (AHC) have become the key factor that restricts its application. In this paper, the defects' characteristics including the formation mechanism, distribution characteristic, and cutting process of honeycomb cell walls during AHC milling process were experimentally investigated. Furthermore, using normalized Cockcroft and Latham ductile fracture criterion and Johnson–Cook (JC) constitutive model, the numerical simulation of the AHC machining process was conducted concerning the entrance angle. It is indicated that six categories of milling defects are obtained and the quantity as well as distribution regularity of AHC milling defects are determined by the double effects of both the entrance angle and cutting force. Most of the surface defects of honeycomb materials were found concentrated in three regions, named by zones I–III, in which extruding, shear, and tensile deformation was mainly generated, respectively. Besides, the finite element simulation results also agree well with the experimental findings. Finally, a novel optimization method to avoid defects in the aforementioned regions by controlling the entrance angle of all the honeycomb walls during the cutting process was proposed in this paper. Meanwhile, the optimal control equations of the entrance angle for all cell walls were derived. This method was verified by milling experiments at last and the results showed that the optimization effect was obvious since the quality of the machined surface was greatly improved.

scholarly journals An Experimental Study on the Precision Abrasive Machining Process of Hard and Brittle Materials with Ultraviolet-Resin Bond Diamond Abrasive Tools

Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Guo ◽  
Xinrong Zhang ◽  
Shibin Chen ◽  
Jizhuang Hui
Keyword(s):  
Surface Roughness ◽  
Material Removal Rate ◽  
Manufacturing Process ◽  
Material Removal ◽  
Removal Rate ◽  
Machining Process ◽  
Abrasive Machining ◽  
Machining Performance ◽  
Machined Surface ◽  
Ultraviolet Curable

Ultraviolet-curable resin was introduced as a bonding agent into the fabrication process of precision abrasive machining tools in this study, aiming to deliver a rapid, flexible, economical, and environment-friendly additive manufacturing process to replace the hot press and sintering process with thermal-curable resin. A laboratory manufacturing process was established to develop an ultraviolet-curable resin bond diamond lapping plate, the machining performance of which on the ceramic workpiece was examined through a series of comparative experiments with slurry-based iron plate lapping. The machined surface roughness and weight loss of the workpieces were periodically recorded to evaluate the surface finish quality and the material removal rate. The promising results in terms of a 12% improvement in surface roughness and 25% reduction in material removal rate were obtained from the ultraviolet-curable resin plate-involved lapping process. A summarized hypothesis was drawn to describe the dynamically-balanced state of the hybrid precision abrasive machining process integrated both the two-body and three-body abrasion mode.

Analysis of Machining Parameter and Surface Finish of Al-Si Alloys with Grain Refiners and/or Modifier

2015 ◽  
Vol 830-831 ◽  
pp. 91-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Satya Prema ◽  
G.Y. Shreeshail ◽  
T.M. Chandrashekharaiah
Keyword(s):  
Surface Roughness ◽  
Structural Material ◽  
Surface Finish ◽  
Al Alloys ◽  
Grain Refiner ◽  
Minor Addition ◽  
Machining Parameter ◽  
Machining Properties ◽  
Drill Tool

The Al-Si alloy is a structural material which generally consists of two or more particulates. However, Al-Si alloys are the most common alloys and commercially available ones due to their economical production. The utilization of Al-Si alloys has given the scope of study to improve in its properties using some grain refiner like Al-5Ti-1B, Al-3B and modifiers like Al-10Sr. The Al alloys were selected based on the economical uses and also, on the basis such that hypoeutectic (i.e., LM-25), eutectic (i.e., LM-6) and hypereutectic (i.e., LM-30). This project aimed to synthesize Al alloys (LM-6, LM-25 and LM-30) by melt stirring method with varying amount of grain refiners and / or modifier. The Prepared composites were characterized for machining properties. Alloys were evaluated for their machining properties which include surface roughness, lathe and drill tool dynamometer and comparing the machining properties with the minor addition of grain refienrs and/or modifier. The study concluded that, the addition of Al-3B to eutectic (i.e., LM-6) alloys has better surface finish.

Characterizing the Effect of Laser Power Density on Microstructure, Microhardness, and Surface Finish of Laser Deposited Titanium Alloy

2013 ◽  
Vol 135 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rasheedat M. Mahamood ◽  
Esther T. Akinlabi ◽  
Mukul Shukla ◽  
Sisa Pityana
Keyword(s):  
Surface Roughness ◽  
Titanium Alloy ◽  
Power Density ◽  
Surface Finish ◽  
Laser Power ◽  
Optical Microscope ◽  
Laser Power Density ◽  
Grain Structure ◽  
Selection Of

This paper reports the effect of laser power density on the evolving properties of laser metal deposited titanium alloy. A total of sixteen experiments were performed, and the microstructure, microhardness and surface roughness of the samples were studied using the optical microscope (OP), microhardness indenter and stylus surface analyzer, respectively. The microstructure changed from finer martensitic alpha grain to coarser Widmastätten alpha grain structure as the laser power density was increased. The results show that the higher the laser power density employed, the smoother the obtained surface. The microhardness initially increased as the laser power density was increased and then decreased as the power density was further increased. The result obtained in this study is important for the selection of proper laser power density for the desired microstructure, microhardness and surface finish of part made from Ti6Al4V.

Machining Finish of Titanium Alloy Prepared by Additive Manufacturing

2017 ◽  
Vol 872 ◽  
pp. 43-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin Huang ◽  
Qian Bai ◽  
Yong Tao Li ◽  
Bi Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Surface Roughness ◽  
Titanium Alloy ◽  
Additive Manufacturing ◽  
Surface Finish ◽  
Functional Performance ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Lower Surface ◽  
Machining Parameters ◽  
Machined Surface ◽  
Slot Milling

Surface finish plays a critical role in functional performance of machined components. This study investigates machining finish of Ti-6Al-4V alloy prepared by Additive Manufacturing (AM) with a series of slot-milling experiments. The study compares the machined AMed part with that made of the conventional wrought Ti-6Al-4V. The microstructure of AMed parts is acicular α and Widmanstatten α lath structures compared to lamellar α structure of that in the wrought parts. Due to the unique microstructure from AM process, the AMed parts present higher strength and lower ductility. Therefore, a lower surface roughness is obtained in the milling of AMed parts compared to its counterpart of wrought parts. In addition, the machined surface of AMed parts possesses a topography of discontinued ridges. It is believed that the topography is due to low ductility of AMed part. The results show that the machined AMed part presents better surface finish. The study provides a guidance to optimization of machining parameters for AMed Ti-6Al-4V alloys.

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