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Effect of cutting environment and heat treatment on the surface roughness of drilled Al/SiC MMC

Published/Copyright: March 29, 2016
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Materials Testing
From the journal Materials Testing Volume 58 Issue 4

Abstract

In the last decades, the use of metal matrix composites (MMCs) has increased enormously in many engineering applications such as aerospace, automotive, marine and railway. Such materials are known as difficult to machine materials due to the presence of very hard and abrasive reinforcements. The purpose of this study is to determine the influence of the cutting parameters, cutting environment and heat treatments on the surface roughness after drilling A 356/15 SiC MMCs. Experiments were conducted at different cutting speeds, feed rates, heat treatments (as-received, solution annealed and aged) and cutting environments (MQL, compressed air and dry). Improved surface roughness values were obtained with increased cutting speeds and decreased feed rates. The surface roughness using the MQL technique was lower than the surface roughness obtained for the other cutting environment. The optimal machining parameter combination has been obtained and the cutting conditions in terms of the cutting speed of 15 m × min−1, the feed rate of 0.1 mm × rev−1 and the cutting environment MQL represent applicable solutions for the annealed materials.

Kurzfassung

In den letzten Jahrzehnten hat die Verwendung von Metallmatrix-Kompositen (Metal Matrix Composites (MMC)) in vielen technischen Anwendungsfeldern enorm zugenommen, wie zum Beispiel im Flugzeugbau, Automobilbau, Schiffbau und Schienenfahrzeugbau. Diese Werkstoffe sind wegen ihrer schwierigen maschinellen Bearbeitbarkeit bekannt, und zwar aufgrund der Anwesenheit von sehr harten und abrasiven Verstärkungen. Der Zweck der diesem Beitrag zugrunde liegenden Studie bestand darin, den Einfluss der Schneidparameter, der Schneidumgebung und der Wärmebehandlung auf die Oberflächenrauheit nach dem Drehen von Al 356/15 SiC-MMCs zu bestimmen. Hierzu wurden Versuche bei verschiedenen Schnittgeschwindigkeiten, Vorschubraten, Wärmebehandlungen (im Anlieferungszustand, lösungsgeglüht und gealtert) und Schneidumgebungen (MQL, Druckluft und trockene Umgebung) durchgeführt. Verbesserte Werte der Oberflächenrauheit ergaben sich für steigende Schnittgeschwindigkeiten und reduzierte Vorschubraten. Die Oberflächenrauheit bei Verwendung der MQL-Technik war niedriger als die Oberflächenrauheit für die anderen Schneidumgebungen. Die optimale Kombination der Bearbeitungsparameter wurde ermittelt. Mit einer Schnittgeschwindigkeit von 15 m × min−1, einer Vorschubrate von 0.1 mm × rev−1 und der Schneidumgebung MQL wurden Schneidbedingungen gefunden, die für die angelassenen Werkstoffe zu anwendbaren Lösungen führen.

*Correspondence Address, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Erol Kilickap, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dicle University, 21280 Diyarbakir, Turkey. E-mail:

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Erol Kilickap received his BSc, MSc and PhD degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Firat University in Elazığ, Turkey, in 1991, 1997 and 2003, respectively. He is working as Associate Professor at Dicle University, Diyarbakır, Turkey. His general area of interest includes machining of composites and metal cutting mechanics.

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Published Online: 2016-03-29
Published in Print: 2016-04-04

© 2016, Carl Hanser Verlag, München

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  13. Tensile shear strength and elongation of FSW parts predicted by Taguchi-based fuzzy logic
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  15. Advanced hybrid welding and manufacturing technologies
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https://doi.org/10.3139/120.110857

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Inhalt/Contents
  2. Contents
  3. Fachbeiträge/Technical Contributions
  4. Three-dimensional surface measurement for the quantification of mechanical properties of laser-sintered parts
  5. Effect of the die approach zone shape on the transition of retained austenite and the mechanical properties of TRIP steel wires
  6. Effect of heat treatment on the wear resistance of cast irons
  7. Optimization of bead geometry for duplex stainless steel GTA welds using the Taguchi approach
  8. Corrosion behavior of X70 steel in sands at different charging times
  9. Fatigue life assessment of the driving shaft of a LCV by FEA using customer correlation data
  10. Hydrothermal effects on the burst strength of impacted glass fiber/epoxy composite pipes
  11. Effect of mechanical alloying on FeCrC reinforced Ni alloys
  12. Application of a fuzzy expert system for failure load estimation of two serial pinned or bolted sandwich composite plates
  13. Tensile shear strength and elongation of FSW parts predicted by Taguchi-based fuzzy logic
  14. Effect of cutting environment and heat treatment on the surface roughness of drilled Al/SiC MMC
  15. Advanced hybrid welding and manufacturing technologies
  16. Laser repair welding of an extrusion mold
  17. Mode II delamination of woven mengkuang fiber/woven silk laminated hybrid composites
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