Experimental investigation of surface and geometrical characteristics of rotary ultrasonic drilling of soda glass |
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Authors: | Abdallah Abdelkawy Mohab Hossam Hassan El-Hofy |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Industrial Engineering and Systems Management (IEM), School of Innovative Design Engineering (IDE), Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST), Alexandria, Egypt;2. Production Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt |
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Abstract: | Edge-chipping, surface roughness and dimensional accuracy are crucial quality aspects of drilled holes in hard-to-cut material such as glass, ceramics and carbon fiber reinforced plastics. In this article, an experimental study was conducted to investigate the quality measures of holes produced by rotary ultrasonic drilling (RUD) and conventional drilling. Edge-chipping width at tool exit side, the surface roughness (Ra and Rz), out-of-roundness, cylindricity error and hole conicity were the main responses when drilling soda glass using diamond abrasive tools and a cutting fluid. Statistically designed experiments were carried out for rotary ultrasonic and conventional drilling (CD) at two levels of tool feed rate (0.6 and 6?mm/min), spindle speed (3,000 and 8,000?rpm) and tool particles-concentration. Analysis of variance was used to define the significant factors and their interactions and build models for predicting the responses. The results showed that reducing the chipping, surface roughness and roundness error. The normal tool concentration showed a substantial effect in improving the surface quality and reducing the hole-geometrical errors. |
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Keywords: | Cylindricity error edge-chipping out-of-roundness rotary ultrasonic drilling (RUD) soda glass surface roughness |
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