Title: An experimental study of surface roughness in double tool turning process

Authors: R. Kalidasan; S. Senthilvelan; U.S. Dixit

Addresses: School of Mechanical Engineering, Lovely Professional University, Punjab 144 411, India ' Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati 781 039, India ' Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati 781 039, India

Abstract: The objective of this investigation was to determine the influence of machining parameters on the surface roughness of AISI 1050 steel and grey cast iron work pieces. It was observed that the surface roughness decreases with the increase in cutting speed. On increasing the feed for AISI 1050 steel, initially the surface roughness decreased up to 0.12 mm/rev feed and thereafter it increased, but for grey cast iron it increased with feed for all cutting conditions. The surface roughness was not affected significantly by tool separation distance. Compared to single tool turning process, the double tool turning produced much better surface finish. As a consequence, it is possible to reduce the cost of machining by suitably targeting the process parameters. An approximate cost analysis has been done to support this claim.

Keywords: double tool turning; surface roughness; cutting speed; infra-red camera; cutting temperature; profilometer; cast iron; steel; cost analysis; spanzipfel.

DOI: 10.1504/IJASMM.2017.089921

International Journal of Additive and Subtractive Materials Manufacturing, 2017 Vol.1 No.3/4, pp.310 - 327

Received: 31 Mar 2017
Accepted: 29 Sep 2017
Published online: 25 Feb 2018 *

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