Determination of Optimum Cutting Parameters For Multiperformance Characteristics in CNC End Milling of Al-Si7Mg Aluminum Alloy
Determination of Optimum Cutting Parameters For Multiperformance Characteristics in CNC End Milling of Al-Si7Mg Aluminum Alloy
Determination of Optimum Cutting Parameters For Multiperformance Characteristics in CNC End Milling of Al-Si7Mg Aluminum Alloy
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Al-Si7Mg Aluminum Alloy
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+Z
spindle
-Z
cutting tool
Workpiece
M/C Table +X
+Y
Fig.3 - Workpiece LM 25 plate fixed on m/c table before
Fig.1 - Schematic diagram of Experimental setup machining
The experimental setup for end milling of LM25 is shown The material removal rate and surface roughness, taken as
schematically in fig. 1. The experiments were performed on performance characteristics were evaluated for the analysis
vertical machining centre (BMV45 TC-24 model) having of multiperformance. Surface roughness (Ra) for the
CNC control system of FANUC series Oi-MD, as shown in experimental runs have been measured using the
fig.2. The maximum spindle speed is of 6000 rpm, Spindle HOMMEL-ETAMIC T8000 roughness tester with length of
power 5.5/7.5 kW (cont. 30 min rating) and maximum feed travel equal to 3.6 mm for cut off length of 0.6 mm. The
rate available is 10 m/min. measuring probe of tester is of TKU 300 type and the
range/resolution for surface roughness measurement is 8 m/
1nm. The material removal rates for each experimental runs
are estimated from the basic equation giving the ratio of
material removed per unit time. The volume of material
removed is measured in mm3 and thus the MRR is expressed
in mm3/s. The experimental run details for milling the slots
are shown schematically in fig.5. Fig.4 shows the partly
machined workpiece.
The observations for material removal rates (MRR) and
surface roughness (Ra) for each experimental run of L18 array
are shown in Table III. The Run order was generated in
MINITAB 15 to have complete randomization.
Fig.2 - VMC Center BMV TC24
The work piece used for experimentation was initially in
the form of a rectangular plate of LM25 with the dimensions
420 x 120 x 20 mm as shown in fig.3. Actual chemical
composition and mechanical properties of work material are
listed in Table II. End mill cutters used for the pilot and final
experimentation are of solid carbide with TiCN coating
[WIDIA-HANITA make List 4103] which is best
recommended for machining of aluminum alloys. The cutter
is of 10 mm diameter having helix angle of 45 0 and has three
numbers of flutes equally spaced.
Table II- Chemical composition and mechanical Fig.4 - Workpiece LM 25 (Partly machined)
properties of work piece material
Chemical composition(%wt)
91.37Al, 6.52Si, 0.33Fe, 0.99Cu, 0.18Mn,
0.31Mg, 0.08Zn, 0.01Cr, 0.02Ni, 0.09Ti, 50
<0.00Be, 0.02Ca, 0.01Pb, 0.01Sn, 0.02Na A= 489.27 sq.mm
Mechanical properties Fig.5 End mill slot details
Density 2.7gm/cm3, Tensile strength 150.9 N/mm2,
Elongation after fracture 2.29%, Strength to weight ratio
0.15.
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Table III - The observations for L18 Experimentation. xi0 k min xi0 k
xi* k (2)
Run N d Ra MRR max xi0 k min xi0 k
Coolant f
No (rpm) (mm) (m) (mm3/s) where, max xi0 k = maximum value of experimental data
performance characteristics xi0 k , min xi0 k =
3 D 1 1 1 0.63 13.99
for kth
17 D 1 2 2 0.65 43.06
minimum value of same experimental data and xi* k is the
9 D 1 3 3 0.71 87.19
normalized value of ith experiment of kth performance
13 D 2 1 1 0.6 15.90
characteristics. The deviation sequence can be obtained from
11 D 2 2 2 0.63 48.93 equation (3) for each performance characteristics.
6 D 2 3 3 0.70 99.08 0i x0* k xi* k (3)
16 D 3 1 2 0.59 35.62
where, x k is the reference sequence and x k is the
* *
12 D 3 2 3 0.70 82.20 0 i
known. When experiments are not carried out at details GRA Table IV - The sequence after data pre and post processing
is useful tool to predict the multiperformance of two or more Sr. Run Comparability Deviation sequence
performance characteristics. The steps that are followed in No. no. sequence xi*(k) 0i = x0*(k) - xi*(k)
GRA can be summarised as follows.
Ra MRR Ra MRR
a] Generating comparability sequence or data preprocess- ing
(Normalization of data). 1 3 0.211 0.000 0.789 1.000
b] Deviation sequence generating. 2 17 0.158 0.342 0.842 0.658
c] Calculating grey relational coefficients for each perfor- 3 9 0.000 0.860 1.000 0.140
mance characteristics. 4 13 0.289 0.022 0.711 0.978
d] Estimation of grey relational grades from grey relational 5 11 0.211 0.411 0.789 0.589
coefficients.
6 6 0.026 1.000 0.974 0.000
The surface roughness (Ra) and material removal rate are
taken as the two performance measures in the study. Data 7 16 0.316 0.254 0.684 0.746
normalization is necessary since the ranges and units for each 8 12 0.026 0.802 0.974 0.198
performance characteristics are different. The normalized 9 2 0.263 0.270 0.737 0.730
results between 0 and 1 are easily comparable. So it is also 10 18 0.684 0.329 0.316 0.671
called as comparability sequence generating. The equation
11 14 1.000 0.089 0.000 0.911
(1) is used for normalization of surface roughness data which
is expected to be lower the better characteristics. The 12 5 0.632 0.519 0.368 0.481
equation (2) is used for normalizing the MRR values for 13 8 0.763 0.209 0.237 0.791
experimental runs which is expected to be higher the better 14 10 0.711 0.698 0.289 0.302
characteristics. 15 15 0.974 0.224 0.026 0.776
max xi0 k xi0 k
xi* k (1) 16 4 0.842 0.463 0.158 0.537
max xi0 k min xi0 k 17 1 0.974 0.158 0.026 0.842
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contribution
0.6
50
0.5
40
Mean of Means
0.4 30
1 2 1 2 3
20
d (mm) f (mm/rev) 7.4
10 1.58 0.37
0.6
0
0.5
C N d f
0.4
1 2 3 1 2 3 Source
Fig.6 Main Effect plot - milling parameters on Ra Fig.7 Effect of milling parameters on Ra
Fig. 6 presents the main plots for data means of Ra A. Equal weights for Ra and MRR (w1=w2=0.5)
showing the effect of each milling parameter on surface
roughness. The lower surface roughness can be obtained by 0.45 w1=w2=0.5
setting the milling parameters as N3, d1, f1 and C (flooded 0.3731
0.39
grey grade
coolant).The surface roughness decreases as there is
increment in cutting speed (N), while feed rate and depth of 0.33
cut have direct relation with Ra. Also it can be seen from 0.27
main plots that feed rate has more influence on Ra as
compared to cutting speed and depth of cut. 0.21
The influence of selected cutting parameters on surface
0.15
roughness have been assessed with the help of analysis of
variance (ANOVA) applied for data means for surface 3 17 9 13 11 6 16 12 2 18 14 5 8 10 15 4 1 7
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grey grade
w1=w2=0.5 by 0.28
prediction mation
mere GRA 0.26
Parameter 0.24
C, N3, d3, f2 C, N3, d3, f3 C, N3, d3, f3
setting 0.22
0.2
Ra (m) 0.36 0.44
0.18
MRR 0.16
73.978 110.966
(mm3/s)
D C N1 N2 N3 d1 d2 d3 f1 f2 f3
Grey grade 0.3731 0.3741 0.5053
Fig.11 - Grey grade (means) for milling parameters levels
Improvement in grade by 0.1322, MRR by
36.988(mm3/s)
Table VI enumerates the comparative results obtained for Table VII - Comparison between GRA and grey-Taguchi
for grey grade prediction (L18)
optimum parameter setting given by mere GRA and
grey-Taguchi method. It is seen that there is improvement in Optimum
w1=0.65 Grey-Taguchi Confir-
Grey relational grade from 0.3731 to 0.5053 and increase in by
w2=0.5 prediction mation
MRR from 73.978 to 110.966 mm3/s. Here justification for mere GRA
level f3 can be given as; i) equal weights for Ra and MRR. ii) Parameter
f3 favours the higher MRR and the surface roughness of C, N3, d3, f2 C, N3, d3, f1 C, N3, d3, f1
setting
0.44m is much smaller compared with the Ra obtained with
dry milling runs in L18 array. Ra (m) 0.36 0.33
MRR
B. Unequal weights (wRa=0.65, wMRR=0.35) 73.978 36.989
(mm3/s)
0.33
V. CONCLUSION
0.27
The grey relational analysis based on Taguchi method is
0.21 applied for the observations obtained from milling
experimental runs on LM25 with TiCN coated solid carbide
0.15
end mill cutter. The surface roughness and material removal
3 17 9 13 11 6 16 12 2 18 14 5 8 10 15 4 1 7 rate are taken as the two performance characteristics. The
Run no optimum milling parameters for multiperformance in terms
Fig.10 - Grey relational grades of lower Ra and higher MRR given by grey-Taguchi method
are C, N3, d3, f3 for selected ranges. From confirmative test
The effect of relative unequal weights has been analyzed results it is seen that there is improvement in MRR from
giving more weight for Ra as compared to MRR. With the 73.978 to 110.966 mm3/s with grey relational grade
given weights the optimum setting of milling parameters for improvement from 0.3731 to 0.5053. The results obtained
best multiperformance by mere GRA prediction remains with equal weights (importance) to Ra and MRR.
same i.e. run no. 7 as best with grey relational grade = 0.3907 A comparative study for relative unequal weights for Ra
(fig.10). But the grey-Taguchi analysis for grades gives the and MRR has been carried out. More emphasis is given for
optimum parameter setting as C2, N3, d3, f1 as shown in fig Ra by giving weights of 0.65 and 0.35 to Ra and MRR
11. This is because of more emphasis is given on Ra as respectively. The optimum parameter setting by
compared to MRR (more weight is attached to Ra) The grey-Taguchi method have resulted into C, N3, d3, f1 with
shifting of level f3 to f1 is justified as from main plots (fig. 6) improvement in grey relational grade by 0.0055. The
the lower Ra favours f1 as compared to f3, secondly feed rate confirmative test has shown that there is reduction in Ra also
(f) is more influencing on Ra than N and d. Thus results (from 0.36 to 0.33m). From above results it is finally
obtained by mere GRA and grey-Taguchi approach listed in concluded that the Grey-Taguchi approach applied here is a
Table VII shows that there is improvement (lowered) in Ra very efficient and versatile tool to manipulate the
from 0.36 to 0.33 m and grey relational grade is improved experimental data in order to have best multiperformance
by 0.0055. under various conditional requirements.
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APPENDIX
Table VIII Grey relational grades and ranks for various weights combinations L18
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