Process Analysis and Monitoring of Process Parameters in Abrasive water jet cutting during Machining of AISI 4140 Steel

Mechanical Engineering

Abrasive water jet Machining (AWJM) is one of the widely used non-traditional machining process. It is capable of machining geometrically complex and hard material components, that are precise and difficult-to-machine such as heat treated tool steels, composites, super alloys, ceramics, carbides, heat resistant steels etc. being widely used in die and mold making industries, aerospace, and aeronautics industries. In present study, Experimental investigations were conducted to assess the influence of process parameters like Abrasive mass flow rate(gm/min), traverse speed (mm/min) and Stand of Distance (mm) on Material Removal Rate (mm3/min) and Surface Roughness(µm) of AISI 4140 steel. Here, using garnet and Aluminum oxide mixer as an abrasive material. The optimization for Abrasive water jet Machining process parameters of AISI 4140 Steel work piece using Taguchi method will done. Nine experimental runs (L9) based on an orthogonal array Taguchi method will performed and investigate the effect of Abrasive water jet cutting process parameters like Abrasive mass Flow Rate (gm/min), Traverse speed (mm/min) and Stand of Distance (mm) on MRR and SR. The MRR and SR were measured for each specimen after AWJC and the effects of these parameters were researched

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