Abstract

With the advent of large number of composite materials, a systematic study of machining characteristics of these new materials is necessary for their rapid adoption in the actual engineering applications. Al-Cu-TiC metal matrix composite is widely used in aeronautical and automobile industries due to their excellent mechanical and physical properties. However machining of these composites is difficult because of the harder reinforcement particles. This paper presents an experimental investigation on the machinability bahavior of Al-4.5Cu-TiC in-situ cast metal matrix composite reinforced with weight percentage of 10% of Titanium Carbide. The experimental studies were conducted under varying process parameters e.g. cutting speed, feed rate and depth of cut. The optimization of machining parameters was done by designing a full factorial (L27) matrix using Taguchi method. The analysis of variance (ANOVA) is employed to investigate the influence of used parameters on surface roughness Ra.

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