Determination of The Optimal Parameters in Brass Turning Process by Taguchi Method
Determination of The Optimal Parameters in Brass Turning Process by Taguchi Method
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Trends 7, July 2021
in Engineering Research, 9(7), July 2021, 929 – 936
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optimization to optimize the gear warm forming process emission while metal machining can be very useful in
parameters [8]. identifying relative surface quality of the product and hence
selection of proper cutting parameters. Acoustic emission
The main factors in lathe production include turning, cutting technique can be effectively used in online condition
fluid, coolant, rpm, cutting speed, feed rate, depth of cut monitoring of machining parameters.
operating environment. Operator skills, expertise, and
experience are extremely important. As well as production Nitin Sharma et. al. [14] have used Taguchi method to find
materials, material removal rate. the optimal cutting parameters for surface roughness (Ra) in
turning of AISI-410 steel bars usinf tin coated inserts. The
In this research, the effects of the turning process were studied four cutting parameters namely insert radius, depth of cut,
by testing on brass material. The material is a manufacturing feed and cutting speeds are optimized with consideration of
component that is essential in the manufacture of any surface roughness. The analysis reveals that feed rate has
machine. The Taguchi Method experiment was designed to the most significant effect on Ra. They found that parameter
determine the lowest possible material removal rate per design of the Taguchi method provides a simple systematic
production process, check out the orthogonal array, noise and and efficient methodology for the optimization of the cutting
signal ratio, and the analysis of variance under a significant parameters.
statistical assumption.
Suleman et. al. [15] have investigated the influence of depth
2. LITERATURE REVIEW of cut, feed rate and spindle speed on surface roughness
during turning of mild steel. Analysis of variance (ANOVA)
T. Tamizharasan et. al. [9] had developed a mathematical is used to analyze the influence of machining parameters on
model using multiple regression analysis and artificial surface roughness. Multiple linear regression, mathematical
neural network (ANN) model for artificial intelligent model. model correlating the influence of machining parameters on
They found that depth of cut is most significant parameter surface roughness during the process were developed and
followed by cutting speed, hardness of material and lastly validated.
feed rate. The mathematical model developed by multiple
regression method shows accuracy of 97.41% which is Prof. Atul dhale1 et. Al [16] use as a technique for
reliable to be used on AE signal prediction. The result from quantitative studies of manufacturing processes. Optimum
this research is useful to be implemented in industry to selection of cutting conditions importantly contribute to the
reduce time and cost in AE signal prediction. increase of productivity and the reduction of cost, therefore
utmost attention is paid to this problem in this contribution. In
R S Pawade et. al. [10] has found that analysis of AE Signal this paper we proposed AE as non-contact and indirect
during the machining could help to determine the quality of technique for in-process surface roughness assessment in
the machine surface. Frequency amplitude of the AE signal turning. Three cutting conditions dry cut, cutting with water
is influence by the cutting speed. The feed rate and edge as coolant and normal coolant were used. The material used
geometry are found to influence the number of count in study is EN8. Three cutting parameters namely feed rate,
generated during machining deformation. depth of cut, cutting speed are optimized with consideration
with surface roughness.
T S Reddy et. al. [11] have done the turning operation using
HSS tool on mild steel. The result shows significance 3. TAGUCHI METHOD
relation between surface roughness and AE signals
parameters. The conclusions are made for predicting surface Taguchi’s philosophy, developed by Dr. Genichi Taguchi, is
roughness by suggesting consistence values and ranges for an efficient tool for the design of high quality manufacturing
on-line monitoring of AE signals parameters. system. Taguchi’s Orthogonal Array (OA) provides a set of
well-balanced experiments (with less number of experimental
J Bhaskaran et. al. [12] in study of hard turning, used the runs), and Taguchi’s signal-to-noise ratios (S/N), which are
skew and kurtosis parameters of AE signals to monitor tool logarithmic functions of desired output; serve as objective
wear. The moment parameters of AErms signals such as functions in the optimization process. Taguchi method uses a
skew and kurtosis can be used to reliably monitor the tool statistical measure of performance called signal-to-noise
wear and surface roughness. ratio. The S/N ratio takes both the mean and the variability
into account. The S/N ratio is the ratio of the mean (Signal) to
G. Priyadarshini et. al. [13] found that lower feed rate/rev, the standard deviation (Noise). The ratio depends on the
AErms Value was less and surface roughness of machined quality characteristics of the product/process to be optimized.
surface was also less. Analysis reveal that the acoustic The standard S/N ratios generally used are as follows: -
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Nominal-is-Best (NB), lower-the-better (LB) and conducted. Taguchi thus, recommends the use of the loss
Higher-the-Better (HB). The optimal setting is the parameter function to measure the performance characteristics that are
combination, which has the highest S/N ratio, [17], [18]. deviating from the desired target value. The value of this loss
Because, irrespective of the quality criteria may be (NB, LB, function is further transformed into signal-to-noise (S/N)
HB) S/N ratio should always be maximized. Once ratio. Usually, there are three categories of the performance
experimental data (quality attribute value) is normalized characteristics to analyze the S/N ratio. They are:
using NB/LB/HB criteria; normalized value lies in between nominal-the-best, larger-the-better, and smaller-the-better.
zero to one. Zero represents worst quality to be rejected and
one represents most satisfactory quality. Since S/N ratio is 4.1 Steps Involved in Taguchi Method
expressed as mean (signal) to the noise (deviation from the
target); maximizing S/N ratio ensures minimum deviation The use of Taguchi’s parameter design involves the following
and hence it is (S/N ratio) to be maximized [19]. steps [29].
a. Identify the main function and its side effects.
Experimental design by various Taguchi methods, Taguchi b. Identify the noise factors, testing condition and quality
experimental design offers distinct advantages by which characteristics.
many factors can be examined simultaneously and much c. Identify the objective function to be optimized.
quantitative information can be extracted with a few d. Identify the control factors and their levels.
experimental trials [20], [21]. A few reports are available on e. Select a suitable orthogonal array and construct the
the application of Taguchi’s method in the field of matrix
biotechnology [22]-[24]. The basic principle of this method f. Conduct the matrix experiment.
serves as screening filters which examine the effects of many g. Examine the data; predict the optimum control factor
process variables and identify those factors which have major levels and its performance.
effects on process using a few experiments [25]. Taguchi h. Conduct the verification experiment.
method of DOE involves the establishment of a large number
of the experimental situation described as orthogonal arrays 4.1.1 The process of preparing for efficiency
(OA) to reduce experimental errors and to enhance their
efficiency and reproducibility of the laboratory experiments or The process of preparing equipment and materials to be tested
workshops in university but operation of control under the for efficiency takes the principles of a Taguchi experiment
hypothesis of the experimental according [26]. design to determine the optimization in the manufacturing
process for lathes. The testing procedure of the machining
4. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN process for the best value by the Taguchi method is shown in
Figure 1 and Table 1 shows the design factors along with their
Experiments will be conducted on a selected lathe, selected level.
tools and materials were carbides the three process
parameters as stated above. Spindle of speed (A), feed rate (B) Material preparation Control
- Materials to make the factor
and depth of cut (C) were considered in the study. Spaced five
workpiece will choose - Spindle of
evenly levels within the operating range of the input
from 1 types of speed
parameters were selected for each process parameter. By
materials, totaling 27 - Feed rate
experimenting with the Taguchi method, A L27 (OA)
orthogonal array has been developed that includes 27
different experiments at three levels. According [27] the Testing for
Taguchi method was selected to obtain the most suitable efficacy
solution for material removal rates in a given input range such As designed by
as rake angle, cutting speed and feed. the Taguchi Take
measurements
Therefore, modern methods of finding the best results above a and visually
given set of inputs can be easily accomplished using the inspect them.
Taguchi method rather than the other conventional methods. Check to
This method has a wide application scope in various fields of find the
engineering science. The experimental data were analyzed optimizatio
using Minitab Release 19.00 software. To overcome this
problem [28] Taguchi suggested a specially designed method Figure 1: The testing process of the machining process for the
called the use of orthogonal array to study the entire optimization by the Taguchi method
parameter space with lesser number of experiments to be
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4.1.2 The objective function Table 2: (cont.) Orthogonal array (OA) L27
Experiment No. Control factors
Objective function: Smaller-the-Better 1 2 3
S/N Ratio for this function: 12 2 1 2
1 n 13 2 2 3
S / N S 10 log yi2 (1)
n
i 1 14 2 2 3
15 2 2 3
Where, n= Sample Size, and y= MRR in that run.
16 2 3 1
16 2 3 1
4.1.3 The control factors and parameters used in the
17 2 3 1
experiment 18 2 3 1
19 3 1 3
The factors and parameters used in the experiment were 20 3 1 3
determined in the conduct of the experiment and based on the 21 3 1 3
guidelines outlined in the manufacturer's turning operation. 22 3 2 1
In this study spindle of speed, flow rate and depth of cut was 23 3 2 1
selected as control factors and their levels are shown in (see 24 3 2 1
Table 1).
25 3 3 2
Table 1: Factors and parameters used in the experiment 26 3 3 2
Level Spindle of Flow rate Depth of cut 27 3 3 2
speed (rpm) (mm/rev) (mm.)
1 200 0.25 0.3 4.1.5 Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)
2 220 0.36 0.5
3 270 0.45 0.7 ANOVA is a statistical tool used to test differences between
two or more means. It may seem odd that the technique is
called analysis of variance (ANOVA) rather than analysis of
4.1.4 Selection of orthogonal array means. The analysis of variance is obtained by dividing the
measured the sum of the squared deviations from the total
To select an appropriate orthogonal array for conducting the mean S/N ratio into contributions by each of the control
experiments, the degrees of freedom are to be computed. The factors and the errors. [30] Analysis of variance identify the
percentage of contribution of controlled process parameters.
same is given below:
Degrees of Freedom: 1 for mean value, and 8= (2x4), two each 5. ANALYSIS OF EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS
for the remaining factors
Total degrees of freedom: 9 5.1 Results
The most suitable orthogonal array for experimentation is Table 3 shows the experiment results for the MRR and
L27 array as shown in (see Table 2). Therefore, a total corresponding S/N ratios were obtained with the help of
twenty-seven experiments are to be carried out. Minitab release19.00 software.
Table 2: Orthogonal array (OA) L27
5.2 Cause of spindle of speed, flow rate and depth of cut on
Experiment No. Control factors MRR
1 2 3
1 1 1 1 From the response in (see Table 3), it is clear that cutting
2 1 1 1 speed is the most influencing factor followed by spindle of
3 1 1 1 speed, depth of cut, and flow rate for MRR. The optimum for
4 1 2 2 MRR is a spindle of the speed of 220 rpm, a flow rate of 0.25
5 1 2 2
mm/rev, and a depth of cut of 0.5 mm respectively.
6 1 2 2
5.3 Material removal rate measurement
7 1 3 3
8 1 3 3 The Material removal rate is employed to work out the
9 1 3 3 quantity of material removed per second. It's given by the
10 2 1 2 formula
11 2 1 2 MRR = SS FR DC
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Mean of SN ratios
speed (mm/rev) cut (mm.) -22
(rpm) MRR -24
200 220 270 0.25 0.36 0.45
N0 SS FL DC DC
1 SS FL DC MRR -16
-20
3 200 0.25 0.3 4.621
-22
4 200 0.25 0.3 4.625
-24
5 200 0.36 0.5 11.933 0.3 0.5 0.7
6 200 0.36 0.5 11.820 Signal-to-noise: Smaller is better
8
17 220 0.45 0.3 14.493 6
200 220 270 0.25 0.36 0.45
18 220 0.45 0.3 13.966 DC
19 220 0.45 0.3 14.368 14
20 270 0.25 0.7 9.653 12
21 270 0.25 0.7 9.506 10
22 270 0.25 0.7 9.560 8
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