SURFACE ROUGHNESS OF MAGNESIUM ALLOY AZ91D IN HIGH SPEED MILLING

Authors

  • Mohd Shahfizal Ruslan Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia,43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
  • Kamal Othman Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia,43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
  • Jaharah A.Ghani Production Technology Department, KT 3A, German Malaysian Institute, Jalan Ilmiah, Taman Universiti, 43000 Kajang, Selangor
  • Mohd Shahir Kassim Department of Process, Faculty of Manufacturing Engineering, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Hang Tuah Jaya, Melaka, Malaysia
  • Che Hassan Che Haron Production Technology Department, KT 3A, German Malaysian Institute, Jalan Ilmiah, Taman Universiti, 43000 Kajang, Selangor

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11113/jt.v78.9158

Keywords:

High speed machining, AZ91D, surface roughness

Abstract

Magnesium alloy is a material with a high strength to weight ratio and is suitable for various applications such as in automotive, aerospace, electronics, industrial, biomedical and sports. Most end products require a mirror-like finish, therefore, this paper will present how a mirror-like finishing can be achieved using a high speed face milling that is equivalent to the manual polishing process. The high speed cutting regime for magnesium alloy was studied at the range of 900-1400 m/min, and the feed rate for finishing at 0.03-0.09 mm/tooth. The surface roughness found for this range of cutting parameters were between 0.061-0.133 µm, which is less than the 0.5µm that can be obtained by manual polishing. Furthermore, from the S/N ratio plots, the optimum cutting condition for the surface roughness can be achieved at a cutting speed of 1100 m/min, feed rate 0.03 mm/tooth, axial depth of cut of 0.20 mm and radial depth of cut of 10 mm. From the experimental result the lowest surface roughness of 0.061µm was obtained at 900 m/min with the same conditions for other cutting parameters. This study revealed that by milling AZ91D at a high speed cutting, it is possible to eliminate the polishing process to achieve a mirror-like finishing.

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Published

2016-06-21

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Vol. 78 No. 6-9: Advances in Research on Automotive Technology Vol. 1

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Science and Engineering

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SURFACE ROUGHNESS OF MAGNESIUM ALLOY AZ91D IN HIGH SPEED MILLING. (2016). Jurnal Teknologi, 78(6-9). https://doi.org/10.11113/jt.v78.9158