PROCESS PARAMETERS OPTIMIZATION FOR FRICTION VIBRATION JOINING OF POLYPROPYLENE/SPHERI GLASS COMPOSITES USING TOPSIS

D. Jafrey Daniel () and K. Panneerselvam ()
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D. Jafrey Daniel: Department of Mechanical Engineering, K. Ramakrishnan College of Engineering, Samayapuram, Tiruchirappalli 621112, Tamil Nadu, India
K. Panneerselvam: #x2020;Department of Production Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli 620015, Tamil Nadu, India

Surface Review and Letters (SRL), 2020, vol. 27, issue 06, 1-11

Abstract: The rapid growth in the usage of polymers/polymer composites demands innovative welding techniques for joining. In this research work, Polypropylene (PPE) is chosen as the thermoplastic matrix and the filler selected is Spheri Glass 3000 (SGE) at 2.5wt.%. In this work, Friction Vibration Joining (FVJ) is used for joining PPE/SGE composites. The FVJ experiments were carried out according to Taguchi L27 orthogonal array with input parameters as (i) Tool Profile (TP), (ii) Frequency of Vibrating Tool (FVT) and (iii) Feed Rate of Workpiece (FRW). The joints were analyzed mechanically (tensile strength, impact strength and shore D hardness) and metallurgically (scanning electron microscope). Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) is used for studying the significance of the input factors over output factors. The mechanical characteristics of FVJ joints were optimized by Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS).

Keywords: Clay; compounding; extrusion; hardness; impact resistance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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