Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.5599/jese.1391
Tool wear rate during electrical discharge machining for aluminium metal matrix composite prepared by squeeze casting: A prospect as a biomaterial
Arvinder Singh Channi
; Department of Mechanical Engineering, IKG Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar, Punjab, India
Harminder Singh Bains
; Department of Mechanical Engineering, University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Panjab University SSG Regional Centre Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India
Jasmaninder Singh Grewal
; Department of Mechanical and Production Engineering, Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Vettivel Singaravel Chidambranathan
; Department-Mechanical Engineering, CCET (Degree Wing), Chandigarh, India
Raman Kumar
orcid.org/0000-0003-2934-7609
; Department of Mechanical and Production Engineering, Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Abstract
Squeeze casting was used to prepare aluminium alloy-6061/titanium diboride (TiB2) to create a composite with varied TiB2 quantities. The metallographic structure, tensile strength, and hardness of the composite have been explored. The tensile strength and hardness of produced metal matrix composites increased when a particle of TiB2 was increased from 5 to 10 vol.%. This study uses electrical discharge machining (EDM) to investigate the output response tool wear rate (TWR). Variables in EDM operation were investigated, such as current, pulse on time, and voltage gap. The experiments were designed using the Box–Behnken strategy. Statistical approaches were used to analyse the experiments. At ideal settings for TiB2 concentrations of 5 and 10 vol.%, TWR was 0.2146 and 0.1749 mm3 min-1 and surface roughness was 2.47 and 3.03 µm, respectively. TiB2 is utilized in automobile disc brakes, an industry where components slide against each other. The aluminium alloy-6061/titanium diboride has many applications as biomaterial and good prospect.
Keywords
Box Behnken design; hardness; tensile strength; response surface methodology; desirability analysis
Hrčak ID:
294319
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Publication date:
19.2.2023.
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