Vortex Tube Air Cooling: The Effect on Surface Roughness and Power Consumption in Dry Turning

Zahari, Taha and Hadi, Abdul Salaam and Tuan Mohammad Yusoff, Tuan Ya and S. Y., Phoon and C. F., Tan and M. A., Akiah (2013) Vortex Tube Air Cooling: The Effect on Surface Roughness and Power Consumption in Dry Turning. International Journal of Automotive and Mechanical Engineering (IJAME), 8. pp. 1477-1586. ISSN 1985-9325(Print); 2180-1606 (Online). (Published)

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Abstract

There has been an increase awareness to reduce environmental impact in the last 10 years. The manufacturing industry is striving to reduce environmental impact by introducing new materials with better characteristics, consume less processing power and use less amount of processing coolant. The main objective of this paper is to study the effect of Ranque-Hilsch vortex cooling tube on power consumption and surface roughness quality in turning process when machining mild steel material with coated carbide cutting tool. The machining parameters involved in the experiment are cutting speed, feed rate and depth of cut. The cutting speed is fixed at 160 m/min while the feed rate and the depth of cut are varied. The feed rates used are 0.10, 0.18 and 0.28 mm/rev, while the depth of cut is varied from 1.0 to 4.0 mm. During the machining process, the cutting temperatures are measured using an infrared thermometer and the power consumption measured using a Prova 6830 power and harmonics analyzer. The machined parts surface roughnesses are measured using a surface roughness tester. The results show that cooling using Ranque-Hilsch vortex tube air cooling reduces the cutting temperature, but the power consumption and surface roughness is better under ambient condition except at higher feed rate.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	This paper presented at International Conference on Mechanical Engineering Research (ICMER2013), 1-3 July 2013, Bukit Gambang Resort City, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Ranque-Hilsch Vortex Tube (RHVT); Turning process; Power Consumption; Surface roughness.
Subjects:	T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Faculty/Division:	Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Depositing User:	fawaz
Date Deposited:	08 Apr 2014 05:15
Last Modified:	22 Jan 2018 02:16
URI:	http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/3933
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