Taguchi Approach for Surface Roughness Optimization in Ultrasonic Machining of Titanium and its Alloys
Keywords:
surface finish, commercially pure titanium, titanium alloy, ultrasonic machining.Abstract
This study was aimed at carrying out research on ultrasonic machining (USM) of titanium (as work material) using different tool materials to know their impact on surface finish, and to model these characteristics for their application in manufacturing industry. In the current study the work has been limited to commercially pure titanium, (TITAN15,ASTM Gr.2) and titanium alloy, (TITAN31,ASTM Gr.5), as work material, in combination with six different tool materials (Stainless steel; High speed steel; High carbon steel; Titanium; Tungsten carbide; Diamond) for experimentation. The results showed that the response variable (surface finish) was strongly influenced by the control factors (input parameters) individually, as well as interactions among them is also significant.
Downloads
References
Benedict, Gary F. (1987). Non traditional manufacturing processes, Marcel Dekker, ISBN, USA.
Phadke Madhav S. (1989). Quality engineering using robust design, P T R Prentice-Hall, Inc., NJ, SA.
Singh, R. and Khamba, J.S (2004). Study of machining characteristics of titanium alloys in ultrasonic machining, Proceedings of the 21st AIMTDR conference, pp. 155-160, Vellore Institute of Technology, Dec. 20-22, 2004, Vellore (Tamilnadu), INDIA.
Singh, R. and Khamba, J.S (2006). Ultrasonic machining of titanium and its alloys: A Review. Journal of material processing technology, Vol.173, No.2, pp 125-125.
Singh, R. and Khamba, J.S (2007). Investigation for ultrasonic machining of titanium and its alloys. Journal of material processing technology, Vol.183, No.2-3, pp 363-367.
Singh, R. and Khamba, J.S (2008). Comparison of slurry effect on machining characteristics of titanium in ultrasonic drilling. Journal of material processing technology, Vol.197, No.1-3, pp 200-205.
Thoe, T.B.; Aspinwall, D.K. and Wise, M.L.H. (1998). Review on Ultrasonic Machining. International Journal of Machine Tools Manufacture, Vol.38, No. 4, pp 239-255.
