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Cutting forces during drilling of a SiCp reinforced Al-7075 matrix composite

  • Ferit Ficici

    Ferit Ficici was born in 1978. He worked as a specialist at Gebze Institute of Technology in 2005. He acquired MSc degree in 2006 and his PhD degree in 2012 at Sakarya University. He has been working as a Research Engineer at Global ARGE company since 2020. His areas of expertise are machinability tests, tribology, composites, computer-aided design, computer-aided manufacturing.

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Materials Testing
From the journal Materials Testing Volume 64 Issue 3

Abstract

In this study, an Al-7075 matrix alloy reinforced and by 5, 10, and 15 wt% silicon carbides were produced as a composite material using the stir casting method. An investigation of the hardness, density, and microstructure of the matrix alloy and the composite materials was conducted. The following instruments were used for the microstructure studies: optical microscope and scanning electron microscope (SEM). The machinability behavior of the produced composite materials was investigated by using the drilling method with a three-axis computer numerical controlled (CNC) milling center. High-speed steel (HSS) and titanium nitride (TN)-coated HSS drill bits were used in the machinability tests. As drilling process cutting conditions three different feed rates (FRs) of 0.05, 0.10, and 0.15 mm·rev−1 and three different cutting velocities (CVs) 15, 20, and 25 m·min−1 were applied. The effects of cutting conditions such as FR, CV, reinforcement phase ratio, and cutting tool type on cutting forces such as thrust force (TF) and torque (TQ) in the drilling process were studied in detail. According to the experimental results, TF and TQ decreased with the increase in the CV and increased with the increase in the FR.

Keywords: Al-7075 alloy; high-speed steel (HSS) drill; stir casting; thrust force (TF); torque (TQ)
Corresponding author: Ferit Ficici, Global ARGE, Kocaeli, Turkey, E-mail:

About the author

Ferit Ficici

Ferit Ficici was born in 1978. He worked as a specialist at Gebze Institute of Technology in 2005. He acquired MSc degree in 2006 and his PhD degree in 2012 at Sakarya University. He has been working as a Research Engineer at Global ARGE company since 2020. His areas of expertise are machinability tests, tribology, composites, computer-aided design, computer-aided manufacturing.

  1. Author contributions: The author has accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.

  2. Research funding: None declared.

  3. Conflict of interest statement: The author declares no conflicts of interest regarding this article.

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Published Online: 2022-03-16
Published in Print: 2022-03-28

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https://doi.org/10.1515/mt-2021-2002
Keywords for this article
Al-7075 alloy; high-speed steel (HSS) drill; stir casting; thrust force (TF); torque (TQ)

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Frontmatter
  2. Effect of water absorption and hydroxyapatite addition on mechanical and microstructural properties of dental luting cements
  3. Mechanical properties and corrosion behavior of a friction stir processed magnesium alloy composite AZ31B–SiC
  4. Multi-objective optimization of build orientation considering support structure volume and build time in laser powder bed fusion
  5. Fatigue properties and crack growth behavior of 7N01 and 6N01 aluminum alloys
  6. Surface roughness prediction of wire electric discharge machining (WEDM)-machined AZ91D magnesium alloy using multilayer perceptron, ensemble neural network, and evolving product-unit neural network
  7. Effect of FeTi-FeB inoculation on the shape of carbide reinforcements in hypoeutectic high chromium white cast iron
  8. Development of an eutectic-based self-healing in Al–Si cast alloy
  9. Effect of process parameters on mechanical properties of additive manufactured SMP structures based on FDM
  10. Effect of calcination and sintering temperature on porosity and microstructure of porcelain tiles
  11. Effect of particles on tensile and bending properties of jute epoxy composites
  12. Effect of cutting parameters on the machinability of X37CrMoV5-1 hot work tool steel
  13. Cutting forces during drilling of a SiCp reinforced Al-7075 matrix composite
  14. Modeling and simulation of tensile properties of r-LDPE/GSF composite using the response surface methododology
  15. Machinability of alloy ductile iron and forged 16MnCr5 steel
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