Performance evaluation of end milling aluminium epoxy using HSS cutting tool

The latest introduction of particulate-filled polymer composite materials for rapid tooling applications has led CNC machining to become a rather appealing alternative to additive rapid prototyping processes. Aluminum filled epoxy tooling technique plays a main role in rapid tooling applications. Ho...

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Main Author:	Abdul Ghaffar, Mohd. Salahuddin
Format:	Thesis
Published:	2013
Subjects:	TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
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spelling	my-utm-ep.421922020-08-17T02:19:58Z Performance evaluation of end milling aluminium epoxy using HSS cutting tool 2013 Abdul Ghaffar, Mohd. Salahuddin TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery The latest introduction of particulate-filled polymer composite materials for rapid tooling applications has led CNC machining to become a rather appealing alternative to additive rapid prototyping processes. Aluminum filled epoxy tooling technique plays a main role in rapid tooling applications. However, aluminum filled epoxy composites have its own disadvantages, namely low compressive strength, high wear rate and low hardness. This material is considered suitable for the high-speed CNC milling of injection molds and forming dies, nonetheless, its machinability characteristics have not been examined in detail in any other studies. Study on machining of aluminium particulate filled epoxy material is still lacking particularly in the investigation the performance of the high speed end milling using high speed steel cutting tool. Experiments were conducted to evaluate surface roughness, tool wear, and chip formation. The machining parameter of cutting speed was varied at three level whereas feed and depth of cut were kept constant. It was found that TiCN coated HSS tool outperformed uncoated HSS tool in terms of tool life and surface roughness when end milling aluminum particulate filled epoxy composite material at all cutting conditions. Cutting speed significantly affects the surface roughness of the machined surface whereby high cutting speed resulted in better surface finish. Lower cutting speed should be employed when end milling aluminum particulate filled epoxy composite material in order to achieve a longer tool life performance. 2013 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/42192/ http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:75239 masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
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spellingShingle	TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Abdul Ghaffar, Mohd. Salahuddin Performance evaluation of end milling aluminium epoxy using HSS cutting tool
description	The latest introduction of particulate-filled polymer composite materials for rapid tooling applications has led CNC machining to become a rather appealing alternative to additive rapid prototyping processes. Aluminum filled epoxy tooling technique plays a main role in rapid tooling applications. However, aluminum filled epoxy composites have its own disadvantages, namely low compressive strength, high wear rate and low hardness. This material is considered suitable for the high-speed CNC milling of injection molds and forming dies, nonetheless, its machinability characteristics have not been examined in detail in any other studies. Study on machining of aluminium particulate filled epoxy material is still lacking particularly in the investigation the performance of the high speed end milling using high speed steel cutting tool. Experiments were conducted to evaluate surface roughness, tool wear, and chip formation. The machining parameter of cutting speed was varied at three level whereas feed and depth of cut were kept constant. It was found that TiCN coated HSS tool outperformed uncoated HSS tool in terms of tool life and surface roughness when end milling aluminum particulate filled epoxy composite material at all cutting conditions. Cutting speed significantly affects the surface roughness of the machined surface whereby high cutting speed resulted in better surface finish. Lower cutting speed should be employed when end milling aluminum particulate filled epoxy composite material in order to achieve a longer tool life performance.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Abdul Ghaffar, Mohd. Salahuddin
author_facet	Abdul Ghaffar, Mohd. Salahuddin
author_sort	Abdul Ghaffar, Mohd. Salahuddin
title	Performance evaluation of end milling aluminium epoxy using HSS cutting tool
title_short	Performance evaluation of end milling aluminium epoxy using HSS cutting tool
title_full	Performance evaluation of end milling aluminium epoxy using HSS cutting tool
title_fullStr	Performance evaluation of end milling aluminium epoxy using HSS cutting tool
title_full_unstemmed	Performance evaluation of end milling aluminium epoxy using HSS cutting tool
title_sort	performance evaluation of end milling aluminium epoxy using hss cutting tool
granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
granting_department	Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
publishDate	2013
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Performance evaluation of end milling aluminium epoxy using HSS cutting tool

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