Surface Feature Prediction Modeling and Parameter Optimization for Turning TC17 Titanium Alloy

Abstract

Surface integrity has a very significant effect on surface roughness and surface microhardness. These are the main characteristics of surface integrity. The present study investigated the influence of the cutting depth (ap), the cutting speed (vc), and the feed rate (f) on the surface roughness (Ra) and surface microhardness (HV) in turning TC17 titanium alloy. Data obtained from the Box-Behnken design experiments were used to develop the response surface methodology (RSM) and artificial neural network (ANN) models. Through analysis of variance (ANOVA), the relative effects of each cutting parameter on the responses have been determined. To examine the interaction effects of cutting parameters, 3D surface plots were generated. The desirability function approach (DFA) was used to optimize cutting parameters to achieve the lowest surface roughness and highest surface microhardness. The results show that ANN response prediction models have higher prediction accuracy and lower error than RSM prediction models. The optimization parameters are 60 m/min cutting speed, 0.06 mm/r feed rate, and 0.2 mm cutting depth for the minimum surface roughness and maximum surface microhardness with a maximum error of 2.83%.