An Analysis on Temperature & Surface Roughness during End Milling of Ti-6Al-4V Alloy

Abstract:

The heat produced in metal cutting process is one of the most critical issue in machining of titanium alloys. High temperature in metal cutting degrades the tool life, surface integrity, size accuracy and machining efficiency dramatically. The temperature generated during end milling of titanium alloy, has been measured using Thermo camera. Surface roughness plays a vital role in evaluating and measuring the quality of the machined surface. During the experiments, cutting speed and feed rate have been changed to analyse the effect of temperature and surface roughness. It is observed that cutting speed has the greater effect on temperature and surface roughness during end milling of titanium alloy. The regression equations generated have better fit which can be used for optimization.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 592-594)
• Pages: 38-42
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.592-594.38
• Online since: July 2014
• Authors: S. Samsudeensadham*, Vijayan Krishnaraj
• Keywords: ANOVA, End Milling, Regression, Surface Roughness (SR), Temperature, Ti6Al4V

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