Cylindrical Concentricity and Coaxiality Optimization for Boring Process by Using Taguchi Method

Abstract

Machining is the process where the material on the surface of the workpiece is being removed through application of force and relative moment. Machining process involves a lot of process parameters. The utmost important thing in machining process is to achieve accurate dimensions and good surface finish where its lead to produce the high-quality product. A good surface finish is one of the factors that greatly influence manufacturing cost and also describes the geometry of the machined surface combine with the surface texture. This experimental research has been conducted in order to determine the optimum parameter involved that could affect the Concentricity and Coaxiality value by using Taguchi Method. To select the cutting parameters properly, the researcher collects the previous study to select the cutting parameters involving in Boring Operation of Computer Numerical Control (CNC) Lathe machine. Based on the collected previous study, it is shown that best cutting parameters used for the boring process are cutting speed, feed rate and depth of cut and using these cutting parameters as the controllable factor in this experiment. The researcher also uses the different type of materials which are Aluminum Alloy 6061, Mild Steel and Carbon Steel. This experiment also used only one type of cutting tools which is cemented coated carbide. Taguchi Method approach has been used to achieve the best-intended models and analyze the optimum parameter for the boring process by measure its concentricity and coaxiality of the workpiece. There are 9 workpieces been run in Conventional Lathe machine after been designed from the Computer-Aided Design (CAD). Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and main effect plot been analyzed to find out the significant factor that affects the concentricity and coaxiality.