Experimental study on slicing of sapphire with fixed abrasive diamond wire saw was conducted in this paper. The process parameters were optimized through orthogonal experiment of three factors and four levels. The effects of wire speed, feed speed and tension pressure on the surface roughness were analyzed. Surface roughness in cutting direction and feed direction were both detected. The result...

Since the cutting tools used in machining process of super alloys are subjected to high cutting forces, accordingly tools life is reduced, therefore improvement in alloys machining and reducing cutting forces to achieve longer tools life is an essential necessity. In this research, the effect of changes in feed rate on cutting forces in machining process of nickel based super alloys is investig...

This paper investigates the grinding performance of epoxy matrix composites reinforced by unidirectional carbon fibres, using an alumina grinding wheel. Emphasis was placed on understanding the effect of fibre orientations and grinding depths on the grinding force and surface integrity, and on understanding the grinding mechanisms, with a comparison to orthogonal cutting. It was found that grea...

This investigation proposes a grey-based Taguchi method to solve the multi-response problems. The grey-based Taguchi method is based on the Taguchi’s design of experimental method, and adopts grey relational analysis (GRA) to transfer multiresponse problems into single-response problems. In this investigation, an attempt has been made to optimize the drilling process parameters considering weig...

Johnson–Cook (J-C) material model is often used for Finite Element (FE) modeling of cutting processes and it affects significantly the results of simulation. Since experimentally determination of J-C equation parameters is an expensive and time-consuming task, in this paper, a new and efficient methodology was implemented based on the evolutionary optimization algorithm to identify new J-C mate...

In this paper, we develop a methodology to determine flow stress at the machining regimes and friction characteristics at the tool-chip interface from the results of orthogonal cutting tests. We utilize metal cutting analysis originally developed by late Oxley and present some improvements. We also evaluate several temperature models in calculating the average temperatures at primary and second...

In this paper, FEM modeling and simulation of orthogonal cutting of AISI 1045 steel is studied by using dynamics explicit Arbirary Lagrangian Eulerian method. The simulation model utilizes the advantages offered by ALE method in simulating plastic flow around the round edge of the cutting tool and eliminates the need for chip separation criteria. JohnsonCook work material model is used for elas...

Recently, machining has been exploited as a means for producing ultra-fine grained (UFG) and nanocrystalline microstructures for various metal materials, such as aluminum alloys, copper, stainless steel, titanium and nickel-based super alloys, etc. However, no predictive, analytical or numerical work has ever been presented to quantitatively predict the change of grain sizes during machining. I...