Title: Temperature measurement during grinding of metal matrix composites

Authors: B. Anand Ronald; L. Vijayaraghavan; R. Krishnamurthy

Addresses: SSN College of Engineering, Kalavakkam – 603110, India ' Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600 036, India ' Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600 036, India

Abstract: Grinding is a high specific energy process which generates significant amount of heat and has potential to cause surface and sub-surface damage. During grinding of advanced materials like metal matrix composites, which has a relatively softer matrix (Al), it is essential to have better idea of the grinding temperature, so as to reduce/avoid the effects of grinding temperature on the work material being ground. This paper deals with issue related to measurement of temperature during grinding of Al/SiCp metal matrix composites. From the study, it was observed that although the temperature measured by the pyrometer is less owing to factors like emissivity and specific heat capacity, the actual temperature prevalent at the wheel-work interface could have been higher, as confirmed from the SEM of the machined surface.

Keywords: metal matrix composites; MMC grinding; surface texture; EDX; grinding temperature.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMMM.2013.053226

International Journal of Machining and Machinability of Materials, 2013 Vol.13 No.2/3, pp.253 - 261

Published online: 26 Dec 2013 *

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