International Journal of Engineering and Technology

This paper focused on evaluation of machining parameters influencing thrust force during drilling of Al–SiC–Gr metal matrix composites using multifaceted carbide drills. There are three machining parameters i.e. Spindle speed, Feed rate, Drill diameter. Experiments are conducted on a vertical machining centre using Taguchi design of experiments. Taguchi orthogonal array is designed with three levels of drilling parameters with the help of software Minitab 15. A model is developed to correlate the drilling parameters with thrust force using Response surface Methodology (RSM).The results indicate that the developed model is suitable for prediction of thrust forces in drilling of Al/SiC/Gr composites. The influences of different machining parameters on thrust force of Al/SiC/Gr composites have been analyzed through contour graphs and 3D plots. The investigation has revealed that the type of spindle speed affects the thrust force significantly followed by the feed rate and drill diameter.