Manufacturing Technology Today

V. Senthilkumar ¹, K. Thangadurai ², A. Asha ³

Affiliations
1 Dept. of Production Engg., National Institute of Technology, Trichy, IN
2 Dept. of Mech. Engg., Jayaram College of Engineering & Technology, Trichy, IN
3 Dept. of Mech. Engg., KLN College of Engineering & Technology, Sivagangai, IN

Abstract

Nowadays modern manufacturing system is enforced to find out the new material such as metal matrix composite or ceramic matrix composite. The aim of this research is to invent the aluminium based metal matrix composite such as 80% of Al 6061-20% of SiC and 90% of Al 6061-10% of SiC. The aluminum 6061 alloy based composite is prepared through stir casting route. Then the composite is heat treated at the critical temperature. After heat treatment, the mechanical properties of composite are compared before extrusion and after heat treatment. Mechanical properties of both heat-treated and as fabricated composites showed a high dependence on the ceramic content. The yield, ultimate tensile strength, and the elastic modulus of the material were increased with volume fraction of carbide, whereas the ductility was decreased. The tensile properties are seen to vary significantly with ageing treatment. The highest strengths were obtained for the solution heat-treated and naturally aged Al-6061: SiC composites containing 20 vol. % SiC.

Keywords

Plastic Deformation, Metal Matrix Composite, Microstructure.

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V. Senthilkumar ¹

Affiliations
1 Dept. of Mechanical Engg., A V C College of Engg., Mayiladuthurai, Mannampandal, IN

Abstract

Engineering is mostly concerned about customers' satisfaction. Initial stage for every production processes is designing. It is the only activity through which a designer can express his ideas into a real product. It covers the major portion of time and cost of production. Hence our project focus on modeling, to reduce the time and cost. Transfer of energy is the basic for any action and for this mainly used industrial component is shaft. Couplings and joints act as a language between two shafts. Based on the diameter of the shaft the dimensions of the coupling vary. Hence there is a need to remodel the component as per the new dimension. To reduce the time of modeling, this project deals with automatic generation of universal coupling. This paper can be further enhanced by following the same procedure to customize the generation of any component.

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