Investigating the machinability of Al-Si-Cu cast alloy containing bismuth and antimony using coated carbide insert

Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation

Volumn 62, Issue , 2015, Pages 170-178

  Barzani, Mohsen Marani ^a   Sarhan, Ahmed A D ^a,c   Farahany, Saeed ^b   Ramesh, Singh ^a   Maher, Ibrahem ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c Assiut University   (Egypt)

^d University of Kafrelsheikh   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Aluminum alloy; Chip morphology; Melt treatment; Surface roughness; Turning

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; ALUMINUM COATINGS; BISMUTH; CARBIDES; COPPER ALLOYS; CUTTING; MACHINABILITY; MORPHOLOGY; SILICON; SILICON ALLOYS; SURFACE TREATMENT; TURNING;

CHIP MORPHOLOGIES; COATED CARBIDE INSERT; CUTTING FORCES; MACHINED SURFACE; MELT TREATMENTS; POWER REQUIREMENT; SILICON MORPHOLOGY; TURNING PROCESS;

SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 84918526515     PISSN: 02632241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.measurement.2014.10.030     Document Type: Article

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