Al-based automotive alloys with different level of Si content has been conducted on the characterization of machined surfaces in terms of roughness, temperature, chips formation as well as microstructue evaluation under different machining conditions. For this experiment a shaper machine with HSS single point V-shaped cutting tool is used at different cutting speed and depth of cut. The experimental results show that the surface roughness of the alloys decresess with cutting speed and depth of cut but it is more prominent on cutting speed. It is because of high cutting speed is more associated with the higher cutting temperatur and softening the work material leading to better surface finish. Higher Si added alloys shows the better surface finish due to formation of different intermettalics as more brittle. For brittle and higher hardness it produces the higher temperature during machining. During machining relatively curly and short chips are form by the high Si added alloy becase of its low elongation properties. Fracture surfaces of higher Si added alloy display more crack propagation obtained by the plate-like Si rich intermetallics.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.