3. INTRODUCTION
PRETEX
Machining is a manufacturing process in which unwanted material is
removed from the work piece to get the desired shape and dimensions.
During turning process we expect highest material removal rate and at the
same time minimum surface roughness. Therefore it becomes necessary to
optimize the machining parameters to achieve the highest level of
responses.
In the present work the optimization of CNC turning parameters like
cutting speed, feed and depth of cut for aluminum - zinc alloy 7020 is done
by using Response surface method to maximize the material removal rate
and at the same time minimizing the surface roughness.
4. INTRODUCTION (Contd.)
Number Series Alloy Type
1XX.X 99.0% minimum aluminum content
2XX.X Al + Cu
3XX.X Al + Si & Mg, or Al + Si& Cu, or Al + Si & Mg & Cu
4XX.X Al + Si
5XX.X Al + Mg
7XX.X Al + Zn
8XX.X Al + Sn
ALUMINUM ALLOY – FUNDAMENTALS
In the ANSI (NADCA) numbering system, major alloying elements and
certain combinations of elements are indicated by specific number series, as
follows:
Table 1 :Aluminium alloy numbers series
5. INTRODUCTION (Contd.)
CNC LATHE / CNC TURNING CENTER
Computer numerical controlled (CNC) lathes are rapidly replacing the older
production lathes (multi spindle, etc.) due to their ease of setting, operation,
repeatability and accuracy. The part may be designed and the tool paths
programmed by the CAD/CAM process or manually by the programmer and
the resulting file uploaded to the machine, and once set and trialed the
machine will continue to turn out parts under the occasional supervision of
an operator
6. INTRODUCTION (Contd.)
The machine used in present work is Lokesh TL 250 CNC lathe having
siemen’s control system with the maximum spindle speed of 4000 rpm max
feed rate up to 20 mm/rev and 16 KVA power rating. For generating the
turning surfaces, CNC part programming for tool paths are created with
specific commands.
Figure 1.Lokesh TL 250 used in present work
7. INTRODUCTION (Contd.)
TOOL USED
Carbide tool Taegutech TNMG 160408 –GM – TT.3500 is used in the
present investigation. Compressed sam soil coolant is used as cutting
environment.
Fig 2 TNMG 160408 –GM – TT.3500
WORK PIECE MATERIAL
The present study is carried out with Al 7020 aluminium alloy. The
chemical composition of aluminium alloy is enlisted in the table below.
Aluminium zinc alloy 7020 have the following composition by weight
percentage.
8. INTRODUCTION (Contd.)
Table 2: Composition of Aluminium alloy 7020
Alloy 7020
Mg 1.0-1.4
Mn 0.05-0.50
Fe <0.40
Si <0.35
Cu <0.20
Zn 4.0-5.0
CR 0.10-0.35
Zr 0.08-0.20
Zr+Ti 0.08-0.25
Other element <0.05
Total other <0.15
Al Rem
9. INTRODUCTION (Contd.)
PARAMETRIC VARIABLES FOR TURNING
The effects of following turning parameters have been taken into account to
measure the material removal rate and surface finish.
Cutting speed may be defined as the rate (or speed) that the material moves
past the cutting edge of the tool, irrespective of the machining operation
used.
Feed rate is the velocity at which the cutter is fed, that is, advanced against
the work piece. It is expressed in units of distance per revolution for turning
and boring (typically inches per revolution [ipr] or millimeters per
revolution).
Depth of cut is the thickness of the layer being removed (in a single pass)
from the work piece or the distance from the uncut surface of the work to the
cut surface, expressed in mm.
10. INTRODUCTION (Contd.)
INTRODUCTION TO RESPONSE SURFACE METHOD (RSM)
Response surface methodology (RSM) is a collection of mathematical
and statistical techniques for empirical model building. The objective
is to optimize a response (output variable) which is influenced by
several independent variables (input variables). Typically, this involves
doing several experiments, using the results of one experiment to
provide direction for what to do next.
11. INTRODUCTION (Contd.)
ANOVA
Analysis of variances is the method of testing the presence of one or
more effects in experiments, it manipulates one or more independent
variables control other independent variables, and measures one or
more dependent variables. Each independent variable (or factor) has
two or more levels. Each datum comes from some condition, or
combination of the levels of the factors.
12. LITERATURE REVIEW
Author Name Year of Publication Description
Lin et al 2001 Optimization of process parameters by using
Regression analysis
Suresh et al. 2002 Focused on machining mild steel by TiN-coated
tungsten carbide (CNMG) cutting tools for
developing a surface roughness prediction model
by using Response Surface Methodology (RSM)
Hanyua et.al 2004 This paper presents and analyses the results of
recent experimental and theoretical study on the
effects of tool edge geometry in machining. Both
chamfered and honed tools are investigated
covering a wide range of cutting speed and feed
rate conditions. The three aluminum alloys
7075-T6, 6061-T6, and 2024-T351 are selected
as work materials for particular research
purposes.
13. LITERATURE REVIEW (Contd.)
Author Name Year of Publication Description
Kishawya et.al 2004 Investigated the results of application of different
coolant strategies to high-speed milling of aluminum
alloy A356 for automotive industry. The paper
investigates the effect of flood coolant, dry cutting, and
minimum quantity of lubricant (MQL) technologies on
tool wear, surface roughness and cutting forces.
Nouari et.al 2005 In the present paper, the change in wear mechanisms as
a function of cutting speed and coating material is
discussed. AA2024 aluminium alloy was used to
investigate the wear mechanisms of cemented tungsten
carbide and HSS tools. Three cutting speeds (25, 65
and 165 m/min) and a constant feed rate of 0.04
mm/rev were selected for the experiments.
Tash et.al 2006 Investigated the most important metallurgical factors
considered which determine the condition of the work
material that can influence the outcome of the
machinability
14. Author Name Year of Publication Description
Sreejith 2007 Presented a paper reports on the effect of different
lubricant environments when 6061 aluminium alloy
is machined with diamond-coated carbide tools.
The effect of dry machining, minimum quantity of
lubricant (MQL), and flooded coolant conditions
was analyzed with respect to the cutting forces,
surface roughness of the machined work-piece and
tool wear.
Calatorua et.al 2008 Discussed the high-speed end milling of
aeronautical-grade aluminum alloy 7475-T7351
parts using tungsten carbide with cobalt binding
(WC–Co) tools.
LITERATURE REVIEW (Contd.)
15. Author Name Year of Publication Description
Yalcın and Ozgur 2008 Studied that the work is focused on effect of
various cooling strategies on surface roughness
and tool wear during computer aided milling of
soft workpiece materials. These milling
operations were selected as dry milling, cool air
cooling milling and fluid cooling milling.
Annealed AISI 1050 was used as the workpiece
material and cutting tool material was selected
as HSS-Co8 DIN 844/BN.
Shetty et al. 2008 Discussed the use of Taguchi and response
surface methodologies for minimizing the
surface roughness in turning of discontinuously
reinforced aluminum composites (DRACs)
having aluminum alloy 6061 as the matrix and
containing 15 vol. % of silicon carbide particles
of mean diameter 25μm under pressured steam
jet approach.
LITERATURE REVIEW (Contd.)
16. Author Name Year of
Publication
Description
Thamma 2008 Constructed the regression model to find out the optimal
combination of process parameters in turning operation for
Aluminium 6061 work pieces. The study highlighted that
cutting speed, feed rate, and nose radius had a major impact on
surface roughness.
Daschetal
et.al
2009 Discussed the ability to machine aluminum dry would have
enormous benefits in reduced infrastructure, lower costs and a
cleaner environment compared to today’s practice of wet
machining.
Gopalsamy et
al.
2009 Applied Taguchi method to find optimum process parameters
for end milling while hard machining of hardened steel. A L16
array, signal-to-noise ratio and analysis of variance (ANOVA)
were applied to study performance characteristics of machining
parameters (cutting speed, feed, depth of cut and width of cut)
with consideration of surface finish and tool life. Results
obtained by Taguchi method match closely with ANOVA and
cutting speed is most influencing parameter.
LITERATURE REVIEW (Contd.)
17. LITERATURE REVIEW (Contd.)
Author Name Year of Publication Description
Mahdavinejad
et al.
2009 In CNC machines, the optimization of machining
process in order to predict surface roughness is very
important. From this point of view, the combination of
adaptive neural fuzzy intelligent system was used to
predict the roughness of dried surface machined in
turning process.
Suhail et al. 2010 presented experimental study to optimize the cutting
parameters using two performance measures, work piece
surface temperature and surface roughness. Optimal
cutting parameters for each performance measure were
obtained employing Taguchi techniques. The
experimental results showed that the work piece surface
temperature can be sensed and used effectively as an
indicator to control the cutting performance and
improves the optimization process. Thus, it is possible to
increase machine utilization and decrease production
cost in an automated manufacturing environment.
18. LITERATURE REVIEW (Contd.)
Author Name Year of Publication Description
Mustafal and Tanju 2011 In this study, surface roughness, cutting
temperature and cutting forces in turning of
aluminum 7075 alloy using diamond like
carbon (DLC) coated cutting tools was
presented. The effects of the feed rate, cutting
speed and depth of cut on surface roughness,
cutting temperature and cutting force were
examined.
19. PROBLEM FORMULATION
RESEARCH GAP
While reviewing the literature it has been observed that aluminium and its
alloys are extensively used in today’s manufacturing industry. Researchers are
working to optimize the machining parameters to maximize the MRR and at the
same time to reduce the surface roughness in order to minimize the
manufacturing expenses. But it has been observed that not much work has been
done for the parametric optimization of aluminium and zinc alloys. Al -Zn
alloys finds it application in automobile industry and in the manufacturing of
bridges. Hence it has been decided to optimize the turning parameters for Al
7020 by using RSM. RSM has been selected because it gives conventional
optimization of problem setup.
20. PROBLEM FORMULATION (Contd.)
PROBLEM FORMULATION AND METHODOLOGYADOPTED
The detailed study of literature revels that CNC machines are
extensively used in machining industry to maximize the production and
to get higher degree of precision and accuracy. In order to achieve
higher degree of precision and accuracy parametric optimization is
required to be done. Therefore the optimization of machining
parameters has been done for material Al 7020 by using RSM and the
optimized results will be further verified by using ANOVA method. The
detailed methodology adopted for the machining and response
measurement is discussed below.
21. PROBLEM FORMULATION (Contd.)
The study has been performed on aluminium zinc alloy 7020 bars
having dimensions of 32 mm diameter and 60 mm length, on CNC
turning center by using carbide tool of 0.8 mm nose radius.
The study has been done through the following plan of experiment.
• Checking and preparing the CNC turning centre ready for
performing the machining operation
• Cutting aluminium zinc alloy 7020 bars by power saw and
performing initial turning operation on simple lathe to get desired
dimension of the work pieces.
22. PROBLEM FORMULATION (Contd.)
• Calculating weight of each specimen by the high precision
digital balance meter before machining.
• Performing straight turning operation on specimens in various
cutting environments involving various combinations of process
control parameters like: spindle speed, feed and depth of cut.
• Calculating weight of each machined bar again by the digital
balance meter.
• Measuring surface roughness and surface profile with the help
of a portable stylus-type profilometer, Talysurf.
23. PRESENT EXPERIMENTAL FINDINGS
The study has been performed on aluminium zinc alloy 7020 bars
having dimensions of 32 mm diameter and 60 mm length, on
CNC turning center by using carbide tool of 0.8 mm nose radius.
The study has been done through the following plan of
experiment.
• Checking and preparing the CNC turning centre ready for
performing the machining operation
• Cutting aluminium zinc alloy 7020 bars by power saw and
performing initial turning operation on simple lathe to get desired
dimension of the work pieces.
24. PRESENT EXPERIMENTAL FINDINGS(Contd.)
• Calculating weight of each specimen by the high precision digital
balance meter before machining.
• Performing straight turning operation on specimens in various
cutting environments involving various combinations of process
control parameters like: spindle speed, feed and depth of cut.
• Calculating weight of each machined bar again by the digital
balance meter.
• Measuring surface roughness and surface profile with the help of a
portable stylus-type profilometer, Talysurf.
25. PRESENT EXPERIMENTAL FINDINGS(Contd.)
PROCESS VARIABLES AND THEIR LIMITS
Experimentation has been done by considering the following levels of
process variables.
Table 3 Process variables and their limits
Process variables Lower limit Upper limit
Cutting Speed (m/min) 100 150
Feed (mm/rev) 0.09 0.17
Depth of cut (mm) 0.5 2
26. PRESENT EXPERIMENTAL FINDINGS(Contd.)
MATRIX OF RSM
Experiments have been carried out using response surface method,
experimental design which consists of 20 combinations of cutting speed,
longitudinal feed rate and depth of cut. These combinations are shown below
in table.
29. PRESENT EXPERIMENTAL FINDINGS(Contd.)
Analysis has been done by Minitab software. Cutting speed, feed rate
and depth of cut are the parameters taken into consideration for the
turning operation. Various graphs and plots has been generated through
software. These graphs and plots has been discussed further in this
chapter.
53. PRESENT EXPERIMENTAL FINDINGS(Contd.)
To justify those results further thirty experiments has been performed
on three different machine settings coded as machine setting 1,2 and 3.
Out of these three machine settings, setting 1 contains the lowest value
of the parameters, machine setting 2 is having optimum value of
parameters which we find out in previous chapter and machine setting 3
indicates the highest values of all the machining parameters considered
in this work. The responses on these three machine settings are shown
in the table below.
56. Data
Unusual
can have a strong influence on the results.
There are no unusual data points. Unusual data
Size
Sample
among the means.
The sample is sufficient to detect differences
Normality
large enough.
with nonnormal data when the sample sizes are
normality is not an issue. The test is accurate
Because all your sample sizes are at least 15,
Check Status Description
Data
Unusual
can have a strong influence on the results.
There are no unusual data points. Unusual data
Size
Sample
among the means.
The sample is sufficient to detect differences
Normality
large enough.
with nonnormal data when the sample sizes are
normality is not an issue. The test is accurate
Because all your sample sizes are at least 15,
Check Status Description
One-Way ANOVA for MRR (mm³/min) at M/c Settings 1, 2 & 3
Report Card
One-Way ANOVA for Ra (µm) at M/c Settings 1 , 2 & 3
Report Card
PRESENT EXPERIMENTAL FINDINGS(Contd.)
57. Table 5.2 One-way ANOVA for MRR (mm³/min) at M/c settings 1, 2 & 3
PRESENT EXPERIMENTAL FINDINGS(Contd.)
Source DF SS MS F P
Factor
2
31041958
98
1552097949 905.47 0.000
Error
87
14912909
1
1714127 ------ ------
Total
89
32533249
88
------ ------ ------
S = 1309 R-Sq = 95.42% R-Sq(adj) = 95.31%
Individual 95% CIs For Mean Based on pooled standard deviation
M/c
Settings
Level N Mean StDev
1 MRR (mm³/min) 30 1523 253
2 MRR (mm³/min) 30 15177 178
3 MRR (mm³/min) 30 12273 2246
Pooled StDev = 1309
58. Table 5.3 One-way ANOVA for Ra (µm) at M/c Settings 1, 2 & 3
PRESENT EXPERIMENTAL FINDINGS(Contd.)
Source DF SS MS F P
Factor
2 14.6723 7.3362 85.18 0.000
Error
87 7.4926 0.0861 ------ ------
Total
8 22.1649 ------ ------ ------
S = 0.2935 R-Sq = 66.20% R-Sq(adj) = 65.42%
Individual 95% CIs For Mean Based on Pooled StDev
M/c
Settings
Level N Mean StDev
1 Ra (µm) 30 1.8303 0.3933
2 Ra (µm) 30 1.0797 0.1287
3 Ra (µm) 30 2.0127 0.2952
Pooled StDev = 0.2935
59. 3. MRR (mm³/min)2. MRR (mm³/min)1. MRR (mm³/min)
16000
14000
12000
10000
8000
6000
4000
2000
0
Data
3. Ra (µm)2. Ra (µm)1. Ra (µm)
2.75
2.50
2.25
2.00
1.75
1.50
1.25
1.00Data
Individual Value Plot of MRR at M/c Settings 1, 2 & 3Individual Value Plot of Ra (µm) at M/c Settings 1, 2 & 3
PRESENT EXPERIMENTAL FINDINGS(Contd.)
Fig 24. Individual value plot of MRR and Ra at machine settings 1, 2 and 3
60. 3. MRR (mm³/min)2. MRR (mm³/min)1. MRR (mm³/min)
16000
14000
12000
10000
8000
6000
4000
2000
0
Data
3. Ra (µm)2. Ra (µm)1. Ra (µm)
2.75
2.50
2.25
2.00
1.75
1.50
1.25
1.00
Data
Boxplot of MRR (mm³/min) at M/c Settings 1, 2 & 3 Boxplot of Ra (µm) at M/c Settings 1, 2 & 3
PRESENT EXPERIMENTAL FINDINGS(Contd.)
Fig 25. Box Plot for MRR and Ra at machine settings 1, 2 and 3
61. 15000
10000
5000
15000
10000
5000
15000
10000
5000
1. MRR (mm³/
2. MRR (mm³/
3. MRR (mm³/
16000
14000
12000
10000
8000
6000
4000
2000
1. MRR (mm³/
2. MRR (mm³/
3. MRR (mm³/
2.4
1.6
0.8
2.4
1.6
0.8
2.4
1.6
0.8
1. Ra (µm)
2. Ra (µm)
3. Ra (µm)
2.42.01.61.20.8
1. Ra (µm)
2. Ra (µm)
3. Ra (µm)
Data in Worksheet Order
Investigate outliers (marked in red).
Distribution of Data
Compare the location and spread.
ANOVA for MRR (mm³/min) at M/C Settings 1, 2 & 3
Diagnostic Report
Data in Worksheet Order
Investigate outliers (marked in red).
Distribution of Data
Compare the location and spread.
ANOVA for Ra (µm) at M/c Settings 1, 2 & 3
Diagnostic Report
PRESENT EXPERIMENTAL FINDINGS(Contd.)
Fig 26. Diagnostic report of ANOVA for MRR and Ra at M/c settings 1, 2 and 3
62. at most a 60% chance of detecting a difference of 145.57.
least a 90% chance of detecting a difference of 1521.0, and
Based on your samples and alpha level (0.05), you have at
100%
1521.0
90%
145.57
60%< 40%
145.57 6.0 - 60.0
1063.0 60.0 - 100.0
1186.0 70.0 - 100.0
1328.4 80.0 - 100.0
1521.0 90.0 - 100.0
Difference Power
with your sample sizes?
What difference can you detect
1. MRR (mm³/ 30 1522.9 253.22 (1428.3, 1617.4)
2. MRR (mm³/ 30 15177 178.18 (15110, 15243)
3. MRR (mm³/ 30 12273 2246.4 (11434, 13112)
Sample Size
Sample
Mean Deviation
Standard
95% CI for Mean
Individual
Statistics
1328.4, consider increasing the sample sizes.
Power is a function of the sample sizes and the standard deviations. To detect differences smaller than
One-Way ANOVA for MRR (mm³/min) at M/c Settings 1, 2 & 3
Power Report
Power
What is the chance of detecting a difference?
PRESENT EXPERIMENTAL FINDINGS(Contd.)
Fig 27. One way ANOVA power report for MRR at M/c settings 1, 2 and 3
63. at most a 60% chance of detecting a difference of 0.15162.
least a 90% chance of detecting a difference of 0.32893, and
Based on your samples and alpha level (0.05), you have at
100%
0.32893
90%
0.15162
60%< 40%
0.15162 29.3 - 60.0
0.23012 60.0 - 93.5
0.25638 70.0 - 97.6
0.28696 80.0 - 99.5
0.32893 90.0 - 100.0
Difference Power
with your sample sizes?
What difference can you detect
1. Ra (µm) 30 1.8303 0.39330 (1.6835, 1.9772)
2. Ra (µm) 30 1.0797 0.12867 (1.0316, 1.1277)
3. Ra (µm) 30 2.0127 0.29517 (1.9024, 2.1229)
Sample Size
Sample
Mean Deviation
Standard
95% CI for Mean
Individual
Statistics
0.28696, consider increasing the sample sizes.
Power is a function of the sample sizes and the standard deviations. To detect differences smaller than
One-Way ANOVA for Ra (µm) at M/c Settings 1, 2 & 3
Power Report
Power
What is the chance of detecting a difference?
Fig 28. One way ANOVA power report for Ra at M/c settings 1, 2 and 3
PRESENT EXPERIMENTAL FINDINGS(Contd.)
64. significant (p < 0.05).
Differences among the means are
> 0.50.10
NoYes
P = 0.000
2. MRR (mm³/
3. MRR (mm³/
1. MRR (mm³/
15000100005000
Data
implications.
determine if they have practical
Consider the size of the differences to
means that differ from each other.
intervals that do not overlap indicate
Chart to identify means that differ. Red
level of significance. Use the Comparison
differences among the means at the 0.05
You can conclude that there are
1 1. MRR (mm³/ 2 3
2 3. MRR (mm³/ 1 3
3 2. MRR (mm³/ 1 2
# Sample Differs from
Which means differ?
significant (p < 0.05).
Differences among the means are
> 0.50.10
NoYes
P = 0.000
3. Ra (µm)
1. Ra (µm)
2. Ra (µm)
2.01.51.0
implications.
determine if they have practical
Consider the size of the differences to
means that differ from each other.
intervals that do not overlap indicate
Chart to identify means that differ. Red
level of significance. Use the Comparison
differences among the means at the 0.05
You can conclude that there are
1 2. Ra (µm) 2 3
2 1. Ra (µm) 1
3 3. Ra (µm) 1
# Sample Differs from
Which means differ?
ANOVA for MRR (mm³/min) at M/c Settings 1, 2 & 3
Summary Report
ANOVA for Ra (µm) at M/c Settings 1, 2 & 3
Summary Report
Do the means differ?
Means Comparison Chart
Red intervals that do not overlap differ.
Comments
Do the means differ?
Means Comparison Chart
Red intervals that do not overlap differ.
Comments
PRESENT EXPERIMENTAL FINDINGS(Contd.)
Fig 29. ANOVA for MRR and Ra summary report
65. 15500
15000
14500
14000
13500
13000
12500
12000
MRR
Frequency
LSL USL
LSL 12000
Target *
USL 15800
Sample Mean 15176.6
Sample N 30
StDev (Within) 208.119
StDev (O v erall) 178.181
Process Data
C p 3.04
C PL 5.09
C PU 1.00
C pk 1.00
Pp 3.55
PPL 5.94
PPU 1.17
Ppk 1.17
C pm *
O v erall C apability
Potential (Within) C apability
PPM < LSL 0.00
PPM > USL 0.00
PPM Total 0.00
O bserv ed Performance
PPM < LSL 0.00
PPM > USL 1369.72
PPM Total 1369.72
Exp. Within Performance
PPM < LSL 0.00
PPM > USL 233.62
PPM Total 233.62
Exp. O v erall Performance
Within
Overall
Process Capability of MRR (mm³/min)
Fig 30. Process capability of MRR (mm³/min)
PRESENT EXPERIMENTAL FINDINGS(Contd.)
66. 2.42.11.81.51.20.90.6
Ra
Frequency
LSL USL
LSL 0.6
Target *
USL 2.6
Sample Mean 1.07967
Sample N 30
StDev (Within) 0.150404
StDev (O v erall) 0.128666
Process Data
C p 2.22
C PL 1.06
C PU 3.37
C pk 1.06
Pp 2.59
PPL 1.24
PPU 3.94
Ppk 1.24
C pm *
O v erall C apability
Potential (Within) C apability
PPM < LSL 0.00
PPM > USL 0.00
PPM Total 0.00
O bserv ed Performance
PPM < LSL 713.34
PPM > USL 0.00
PPM Total 713.34
Exp. Within Performance
PPM < LSL 96.51
PPM > USL 0.00
PPM Total 96.51
Exp. O v erall Performance
Within
Overall
Process Capability of Ra (µm)
PRESENT EXPERIMENTAL FINDINGS(Contd.)
Fig 31. Process capability of Ra (mm³/min)
67. CONCLUSIONS
Response surface method of experimental design has been
applied for the optimization of CNC turning parameters for
aluminum alloys. The optimized results obtained by RSM are
closely matched by ANOVA. Best parameters found for
maximum material removal and at the same time minimum
surface roughness are cutting Speed of 167 m/min ,feed 0.1
mm/rev and Depth of cut 2.0 mm. Multiple regression equations
are formulated for estimating predicted values. These equations
are listed below.
68. OPTIMIZATION EQUATION OF MRR
MRR = 1054.2-129.5 (Cutting Speed) + 101101 (Feed) - 2310.9 (Depth) + 0.8
(Cutting Speed)² - 564.8 (Cutting Speed x Feed) + 47.1(Cutting Speed x
Depth) + 20783.2 (Feed x Depth)
CONCLUSIONS (Contd.)
69. OPTIMIZATION EQUATION OF Ra
Ra = -3.2-0.04 (Cutting Speed) + 40.3 (Feed) – 0.60 (Depth) + 1.14 (Depth)² - 0.03
(Cutting Speed x Feed) -0.01 (Cutting Speed x Depth)
CONCLUSIONS (Contd.)
70. CONCLUSIONS (Contd.)
The important conclusions drawn from the present research are
summarized as follows
1. The Material removal rate and surface roughness could be
effectively predicted by using spindle speed, feed rate, and depth
of cut as the input variables.
2.Considering the individual parameters, Cutting speed and feed
rate had been found to be the most influencing parameter,
followed by depth of cut.
71. CONCLUSIONS (Contd.)
3. The average actual Material removal rate value had been
obtained as 15177 mm3/min and the corresponding predicted
MRR value is 15600 mm3/min.
4. The average actual roughness Ra value had been obtained as
1.07 μm and the corresponding predicted surface roughness value
is 0.7 μm.
72. CONCLUSIONS (Contd.)
FUTURE SCOPE
In future optimization of CNC grinding parameters and CNC
milling parameters can be done on Aluminium alloys and other
non ferrous materials. High speed steel cutting tools can also be
used in further experiments. Minimal quantity lubrication can be
used to get higher surface finish at lesser usage of cooling fluids