INVESTIGATION OF EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT CUTTING AND MACHINING PARAMETERS ON SURFACE ROUGHNESS AND MAIN CUTTING FORCES VIA RESPONSE SURFACE METHOD

Abstract

In this study, the effects of cutting speed, feed rate and minimum quantity lubrication (MQL), frequently employed in machining applications, on main cutting force (Fc) and average surface roughness (Ra), resulting from turning AISI 4140, were investigated. For this purpose, analyses for Fc and Ra were performed utilizing Box-Behnken model. By using experimental parameters, the efficiency and the changes of the parameters on Fc and Ra were examined with the help of 13 experiments. In addition, the effectiveness of design models was investigated by creating different design models. The high success rate modelling for Fc and Ra was realized with 99% success as a result of analyses conducted according to Box-Behnken methods (BoxBehnken, Box-Behnken-Stepwise, Box-Behnken-Backward and BoxBehnken-Forward). The most effective parameter on Fc and Ra was found to be the feed rate according to analysis of variance (ANOVA). It was demonstrated that the estimations on the created Box-Behnken model were quite successful on the data initially entered into the system; and that R2 values obtained for Fc and Ra were 0.999 and 0.996, respectively. It was determined that optimum parameters for Fc were feed rate 0.25 mm/rev, cutting speed 125 m/min and cutting condition MQL2 ml/min, while they were feed rate 0.25 mm/rev, cutting speed 125 m/min and cutting condition MQL1 ml/min for Ra.