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    Effect of tool engagement on cutting force for different step over in milling aisi p20 tool steel
    ( 2021-01-01) ;
    Mohamed N.I.
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    Saravanan R.
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    Azmi H.
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    In mold production, end milling with tool path strategies is required for the process known as pocket operation. Different step overs involve depending on the type of tool path strategy used. Thus, different engagement will occur and leads to fluctuation of cutting force due to different step over during the process. However, most of study before focused on the effect of cutting speed, feed rate and depth of cut only in machining AISI P20. Thus, in this study, step over will be considered as one of the factor to improve machining force. The objective of this study are to evaluate the effect of cutting parameters and step over on cutting force and to study the behavior of cutting force for different tool engagement. A series of milling operation was carried out by varying cutting speed and feed rate. However, the depth of cut was set to 0.25 mm for each run. Step over with 100%, 75% and 50% were selected in this study. L27 Taguchi and S/N ratio were used to determine the significant factors that influence the result. Within the range of cutting parameters selected, feed rate were found to be the most significant parameters that influence cutting force. The highest cutting force found for 100% step over compared to 75% and 50% step over. According to the result, cutting force increased as the step over increased. In can be concluded that, step over is one of the important cutting parameter that affected machining output.
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    Effect of milling parameter and fiber pull-out on machinability kenaf fiber reinforced plastic composite materials
    ( 2021-01-01)
    Azmi H.
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    Haron C.H.C.
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    Lih T.C.
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    Yuzairi A.R.
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    Sanusi H.
    Milling surface quality normally depends on the value of surface roughness and delamination factor. The milling parameters, which are cutting tool geometry and fiber pull-out, are the major factors affecting the value of surface roughness and delamination factor in milling kenaf fiber reinforced plastic composite. The objectives of this research are to study the effects of milling parameters, to evaluate the fiber behavior, and to determine the optimum conditions for a range of milling parameters in order to minimize surface roughness (Ra) and delamination factor (Fd) using response surface methodology (RSM). RSM with central composite design (CCD) approach was used to conduct a non-sequential experiment and analyzed the data from the measurements of surface roughness and delamination factor. This study focused on the investigation of relationship between the milling parameters and their effects on kenaf reinforced plastic composite materials during cutting process. Kenaf composite panels were fabricated using vacuum assisted resin transfer molding (VARTM) method that was pressurized below 15 psi using a vacuum pressure. The results showed that the optimum parameters for better surface roughness and delamination factor were cutting speed of 16 Vm/min, feed rate of 0.1 mm/tooth, and depth of cut of 2.0 mm. The feed rate and cutting speed are expected to be the biggest contributors to surface roughness and delamination factor. Finally, different cutting tool geometries also influenced the fiber pull-out that affect surface roughness and delamination factor in milling kenaf fiber reinforce plastic composite materials.
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    Study the Effect of Cutting Parameter in Machining Kenaf Fiber Reinforced Plastic Composite Materials Using DOE
    ( 2021-01-01) ;
    Che Haron C.H.
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    Zakaria S.
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    Hamid S.H.A.
    Natural fiber is a hairy like raw material which comes from natural sources such as animal, plant, and mineral fibers. Kenaf fiber known with scientific name as Hibiscus Cannabinus is one natural fibers which becoming popular as a reinforced for plastic composites material in the industrial application such as automobile, aircraft, and marine engineering. However, milling these materials present a few problems, which are surface roughness and delamination factors are appear during the machining process, associated with the characteristics of the material and the cutting parameter. The objective of evaluating the cutting parameters (spindle speed, feed rate, and depth of cut), the influence of the fibers under surface roughness (Ra) and delamination factor (Fd). In this research study, Response Surface Methodology (RSM) was used to conduct the experiment. In addition, this method established considering milling with prefixed cutting parameters using HSS end mill. The experiment result was analyzed using Design Expert software. It was found that the optimum parameters for the minimum surface roughness and delamination were spindle speed at 2000 rpm, feed rate at 300 mm/min, and depth of cut at 2.0 mm. The spindle speed and feed rate are the main factors influence the effect of surface roughness and delamination in kenaf fiber reinforced plastic. High spindle speed and low feed rate resulted in minimum surface roughness and delamination.
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    Surface roughness analysis of NiTi alloy in electrical discharge coating process
    Nickel-Titanium (NiTi) alloys, most widely known as nitinol, are presently employed in many micro-engineering applications such as coronary stents of medical implants due to their unique properties (shape memory effect and superelasticity). However, non-optimized surface finishing attributed a significantly high potential of nickel exposure after a long time of application. Releasing of nickel ion to the body environment can be harmful and toxicity resulting in adverse health as well as degrading the material biocompatibility. It is widely known that controlled surface roughness play a vital role in the formation of new bone ingrowths around implant. In this study, surface modification of NiTi alloy was used through electrical discharge coating (EDC); an adaptation of electrical discharge machining. The potential of EDC in which can facilitates the production of hard coatings may exploit the phenomena for the attachment of desirable materials onto the surface of materials. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to present a robust method (two levels of full factorial design and ANOVA) to determine the desired parameters and significant factors based on the surface roughness of the machined surface. Manipulation of parameters set up such as gap voltage, discharge duration and pulse interval and the current were employed and a reverse polarity was selected for this experiment. The results demonstrated that the most significant factors influence the surface coating performances are the discharge duration, current, gap voltage as well as the interaction between gap voltage and discharge duration.
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    Effect of Inclined Angle in Trimming of Ultra-high Strength Steel Sheets Having Inclined and Curved Shapes
    Trimming the scrap portion of ultra-high strength steel (UHSS) components poses a significant challenge due to the inherent high strength and hardness characteristics of the material. For UHSS components with a higher geometric complexity such consisting of inclined and curved sections, sharp tilt, and small bend radius, the large trimming load results in poor sheared quality and shape defects, which commonly happen in these areas. This research investigated the effects of applying a small inclination angle to the punch in the trimming of the UHSS parts having an inclined and curved shape. The inclined punch was modified to four sets of different degrees of inclination i.e., 1°, 3°, 5°, and 10°. A comparative analysis of the trimming load, trimming energy, sheared edge quality and shape defects was conducted between these modified punches and the normal punch for their effectiveness in the trimming operation. Results showed that the application of inclination angle significantly decreased the trimming load, reduced the trimming energy, and improved the sheared edge surface quality, as well as prevented the shape defects at the inclined and curved zones as compared to the outcomes produced when trimming using the normal punch. The study suggested that the change to the punch geometry is an effective option to improve the performance of the process as well as the quality of the part, particularly in trimming the high-strength components having complex shapes.
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    Enhancement on the surface quality in machining of aluminum alloy using graphene nanoparticles
    Aluminum alloys are popularly used in the aerospace industry due to their lightweight and high strength-to-weight ratio. However, cutting these alloys can result in various machinability issues such as tool wear, built-up edges, and material adherence on the cutting tool. To address these issues and minimize the use of lubricants, researchers are exploring alternative greener techniques. One such technique is the use of nano lubrication technology. In this research, the consequence of three cutting techniques - dry cutting, minimum quantity lubrication (MQL), and MQL dispersed with graphene nanoparticles - was experimentally studied to assess their impact on hole quality, surface roughness, and the number of holes drilled. The findings showed that the addition of graphene nanoparticles improved roughness quality, reduced tool wear, and increased the number of holes drilled, but had less impact on hole accuracy. This study highlights the importance of nanoparticles in enhancing the machinability of aluminum alloys and offers promising avenues for future research in this area.
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    Progressive tool wear in machining of aluminum alloy: The influence of solid lubricant nanoparticles
    ( 2021-01-01) ;
    Jaaffar N.S.
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    Harun A.
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    Jaafar H.
    The abstract should summarize the contents of the paper in short terms, i.e. 150–250 words. Aluminum alloy 7075 are used in a variety of applications particularly in automotive and aerospace industry owing to their features of lightweight, high-strength and corrosion resistant properties. However, build up edge (BUE) and material adhesion either on cutting tool or workpiece render these materials difficult to machine. Their machining is associated with rapid tool wear and poor workpiece quality. Cutting fluids are currently the common solution to these problems although there are concerns on their use in terms of health footprint and environmental effects. Thus, new innovations are crucial to enhance the machinability as well as diminishing hazards through encouraging greener machining techniques. In this research, the use of solid lubricants; graphene and hexagonal boron nitride nanoparticles to augment minimum quantity lubricant were researched in macro drilling. Effects of four different machining conditions namely dry, minimum quantity lubricant, minimum quantity lubricant dispersed with graphene and hexagonal boron nitride nanoparticles were investigated on their progressive tool wear behavior. A notable finding is that the nanoparticles of solid lubricants had a significant factor in improving machinability of aluminum alloy 7075 compared to dry and minimum quantity lubricant alone. It was observed that the use of minimum quantity lubricant dispersed with hexagonal boron nitride demonstrated desirable tool life enhancement, tool wear reduction and number of holes drilled increment.
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    Effect of Different Cutting Conditions on Tool Wear and Chip Formation in Drilling of Cobalt Chromium Molybdenum
    ( 2021-01-01) ;
    Zulkefli N.A.
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    Saravanan R.
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    Zakaria S.
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    Cobalt-Chromium Molybdenum (CoCrMo) alloy is categorized under hard to cut material due to its unique combination characteristics such as high strength and low thermal conductivity. However, there was a problem during machining hard alloy material which is rapid tool wear. The tool wear will cause changes at tooltip geometry consequently has significant influence on the chip forming. There are some factors that influence tool wear which are cutting parameters, type of drill bit, and cutting fluids. In this study, a series of experiment were conducted to investigate the effect of cooling conditions on tool wear and chip formation during drilling this material. The cooling conditions used were dry, pure Karanja oil (MQL condition), and combination of Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) nanoparticles with Karanja oil (MQL condition). The experiment was conducted under constant cutting speed of 20 m/min, and feed rate of 0.07 mm/rev through holes. Each hole was inspected when the tool wear reached 0.3 mm. The result showed that mixed of hBN with Karanja Oil (MQL condition) had lowest growth of flank wear and produced more holes compared to dry and pure Karanja oil condition. In addition, for chip formation, the size of lamellae produced was finest compared to other conditions.
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    Investigation of the effect of tool engagement angle on cutting energy, tool wear and surface roughness in machining P20 tool steel
    Milling is the most common machining method, a material removal procedure by cutting away the unwanted material. During the process, the engagement between cutting tool and workpiece will cause the fluctuation of cutting force and consumption of cutting energy. The cutting energy consumed affected the power consumption of the production and indirectly increase the production cost. The tool engagement also has a big impact on machining performances such as chip formation, tool wear, and integrity of the machined surface. The study related to tool engagement focused more on the effect on cutting force. However, not much attention given on the study of the effect of tool engagement on cutting energy. Hence, this study is to explore how different tool engagement angle affected the cutting energy. In addition, the result of tool wear and surface roughness also will be analyzed. In this study the experiment was conducted by using AISI P20 tool steel and 2 flutes coated carbide end mill. Cutting speed, feed rate and depth of cut are remains constant during the machining process which are 250 m/min, 100 mm/min and 0.2 mm respectively. The tool engagement angle varies from 90°, 135° and 180°. The cutting energy, surface roughness and tool wear were measured. From the result, it shows that cutting energy and tool wear is directly proportional to the tool engagement while the surface roughness is inversely proportional to the tool engagement.
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    Nature Driven IOT Based Automation of Aquaponic System
    ( 2021-01-01)
    Zakaria S.
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    Jafri M.A.A.A.
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    Ariff E.A.R.
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    Automation of Aquaponic with (Internet of Things) IoT system model is designed with the integration of hydroponics (growing plant or vegetable without soil), aquaculture (fish farming) and vertical farming. The main purpose of the designed model is to ultimately support the survival and healthy growth of bacteria in plants, fish as well as saving water by increasing the productivity. The development of the system with IoT to monitor and control parameters such as water level, water temperature and water pH. The control system based on Arduino Uno, multiple sensors for water pH, water level and water temperature as well as automatic feeder dispenser are used in this project. This system is using IoT as a platform supported by Wi-Fi module ESP8266 Wi-Fi module in Blynk Software. System settings and controls can be carried out manually on the main control unit or remotely through mobile phone commands. This system also used to collect different data parameters and those data will be compared with the optimal range as the data will be transferred to Blynk for analysis. Therefore, the design system can operate independently without manually monitoring and utilized IoT to control and monitor the system systematically.
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