Investigation of Input Parameters of MAF Process on Material Removal by using Al-1050 alloy Plate Work piece

Shakir M. Mousa; Jaber J. A. Al-kafaje; Alawi Hamada Alwan

Shakir M. Mousa Msayab Technical Institute / Al-Furat Al-Awsat Technical University
Jaber J. A. Al-kafaje Msayab Technical Institute / Al-Furat Al-Awsat Technical University
Alawi Hamada Alwan Msayab Technical Institute / Al-Furat Al-Awsat Technical University

Keywords: Micro cutting, magnetic abrasive finishing, magnetic abrasive particles, material removal, MINITAB software

Abstract

Magnetic abrasive finishing (MAF) is a micro cutting process that uses magnetic field and magnetic abrasive particles to behavior the mechanism of material removal in micro-nanometer scales. One of the disadvantages of this process is low material removal rate, in this work, by an experimental method and statistical software analysis, the influence of input variable parameters like current, percent weight of abrasives, working gap and feed rate, on the flat surfaces of aluminum 1050 Plate work piece were investigated on material removal. The results of this study show that the feed rate most a significant influence on the improvement of the material removal, it has been indicated that in vitro material removal improved 75%. The mathematical model quality sufficient and is very acceptable or satisfactory as the Coefficient of Determination (R²) is found to be 98.20% and adjusted R²-statistic (R² adj ) 96.50%.