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Improvement of Flat Surfaces Quality of Aluminum Alloy 6061-O By a Proposed Trajectory of Ball Burnishing Tool

Ruba Alghazoul¹, Almohanad Makki¹, Magd Abdel Wahab^2,3,*

1 Faculty of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Al Baath University, Homs, Syria.
2 Institute of Research and Development, Duy Tan University, 03 Quang Trung, Da Nang, Vietnam.
3 Soete Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium.

*Corresponding Author: Magd Abdel Wahab. Email: .

Computers, Materials & Continua 2019, 61(2), 555-568. https://doi.org/10.32604/cmc.2019.06337

Abstract

Burnishing is a profitable process of surface finishing due to its ability to be automated, which makes burnishing method more desirable than other finishing methods. To obtain high surface finish, non-stop operation is required for CNC machine and we can attain that by choosing a suitable trajectory of the finishing tool. In other words, burnishing paths should be multidirectional rather than monotonic, in order to cover uniformly the surface. Indeed, the burnishing force is also a key parameter of the burnishing process because it determines the degree of plastic deformation, and that makes determining the optimum burnishing force an essential step of the burnishing process a success. Therefore, we consider the strategy of ball burnishing path and the burnishing force as variable parameters in this study. In this paper, we propose a new strategy of burnishing tool path with trochoid cycles that achieves a multidirectional burnishing of the surface according to various patterns. Taking into consideration the optimum burnishing force, to improve flat surface finish of AL6061-O samples by reducing the surface roughness parameter (Rz). Experiments carried out on 3-axis milling machine show that the proposed trochoidal path is more effective than the conventional one.

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