2012, Volume 7, Issue 4
Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering >> 2012, Volume 7, Issue 4 doi: 10.1007/s11465-012-0337-0
Effects of process parameters on surface roughness in abrasive waterjet cutting of aluminium
1. Karpagam University, Coiambatore 641001, India
2. Mahendra Institute of Technology, Namakkal 637503, India
3. Department of Engineering, Manipal University, Dubai 345050, United Arab Emirates
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Abstract
Abrasive waterjet cutting is a novel machining process capable of processing wide range of hard-to-cut materials. Surface roughness of machined parts is one of the major machining characteristics that play an important role in determining the quality of engineering components. This paper shows the influence of process parameters on surface roughness (Ra) which is an important cutting performance measure in abrasive waterjet cutting of aluminium. Taguchi’s design of experiments was carried out in order to collect surface roughness values. Experiments were conducted in varying water pressure, nozzle traverse speed, abrasive mass flow rate and standoff distance for cutting aluminium using abrasive waterjet cutting process. The effects of these parameters on surface roughness have been studied based on the experimental results.
Keywords
abrasive waterjet ; aluminium ; garnet ; water pressure ; mass flow rate ; traverse speed ; standoff distance
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