Author : Mejar Singh and Sushil Mittal

Abrasive flow machining is a manufacturing technique that is flow of pressurized abrasive media to remove work piece material and improve surface roughness. AFM is very efficient and suitable for finishing of complex inner surface and difficult to reach surface. In the present study the effect of different input parameters on MRR has been investigated by using Taguchi analysis. An experimental study was carried out on Aluminium-6061 work piece. The abrasive size, properties of carrier, no of cycles and abrasive concentration are important parameters that affect the performance of AFM. The objective is to study the effect of process variables on material removal rate.

Keywords: Abrasives, Machining, Finishing, Taguchi method

Article published in International Journal of Current Engineering and Technology, Vol.5, No.4 (Aug-2015)