TITLE:
Influence of Machining Parameter on Surface Roughness and Tool Life While Machining EN24 Grade Alloy Steel
AUTHORS:
Chand R. Prem, T. V. Sreerama Reddy
KEYWORDS:
EN24, Uncoated Inserts, Coated Inserts, Turning, Surface Roughness, Tool Life Test
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Minerals and Materials Characterization and Engineering,
Vol.10 No.3,
May
26,
2022
ABSTRACT: The requirements of high quality machined surface as well as demand of enhanced contact time of cutting tools drive towards adopting multilayer coated carbide inserts. The industry requires higher productivity, hence higher machining parameters need to be used in order to meet the industry requirements. The alloy steel material used to fabricate machine parts consists of alloying elements like nickel, chromium and molybdenum difficult to machine, since the cutting tool fails by high tool wear, if we use uncoated carbide inserts to machine alloy steels. Hence in the present research work it is intended to use tungsten carbide inserts coated with different coatings for the experiments. The turning experiments were carried out using different grades of uncoated and coated carbide inserts of identical tool signature. The cutting speed selected for the experiments was 100 to 500 m/min in steps of 100 m/min, and the feed per revolution was 0.1 mm to 0.4 mm in step of 0.1 mm. The experimentation was carried out following ISO3685 standards. The results of the experiments revealed that the surface roughness measured was the least at cutting speed 500 m/min and feed per revolution of 0.1 mm, however the chip breaking found better when the feed used was greater than 0.2 mm/revolution.