Machining Characteristics Study of Ti-Al2O3 (20 Vol.% of Ti Added as Alumina Fiber into Titanium Matrix) Composite Material While Undergoing WEDM Operation

Abstract

AbstractWith the advancement towards twenty-first century, engineering world started evolving to meet the demand of the modern society. As the world is approaching towards industry 4.0, new technologies are developed and thus to fulfill the desire of modern industries, new engineering materials are fabricated. These engineering materials like metal matrix composites, ceramic matrix composites, etc., play an important role especially in the aerospace, automobile, and biomedical industries. But the problem lies in machining these materials by conventional machining processes becoming very much difficult. Thus, non-conventional machining processes are developed to meet the demand of today’s world. In this context, present research work initiated with the aim of developing new metal matrix composite material. Thus, Ti-Al2O3 is fabricated in the present research work by adding 20 volume percentage of Titanium as Alumina fiber which reinforced into the Titanium matrix to form this type of new Titanium matrix composite material. The machining characteristics of Ti-Al2O3 composite material are studied by undergoing Wire Cut Electric Discharge Machining (WEDM) operation with the help of Box-Behnken Design of RSM optimization technique. The effect of the different process parameters on the output responses is analyzed in the present research work for the sintered Ti-Al2O3 material. The comparative study between the experimental results and theoretical data are carried out with the aim to validate the actual results, which found to be satisfactory in the present research work.KeywordsIndustry 4.0Ti-Al2O3Box-Behnken DesignRSMProcess parametersOutput responses