LECTURE NOTES IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, cilt.1, ss.251-263, 2023 (Scopus)
Polypropylene (PP) material and its composites are preferred
for many applications due to their advanced properties. Although PP material
products are produced in a near-net shape, milling, which is a secondary
machining process, is required to obtain dimensional tolerances, appropriate
geometric shapes, and quality surfaces. For this reason, the chip removal
process gains importance so that PP can be used in structural parts and
assembled with different parts. In this study, milling of pure polypropylene
(Pure PP) and carbon black reinforced polypropylene (CB-PP) composite
investigated the effect of cutting speed (70, 100, and 130 m/min) and feed
(0.4, 0.5, and 0.6 mm/rev) on the average surface roughness (Ra),
chip morphology, and exit burr formation. In addition, the Ra value
was predicted by mathematical modeling of the Ra, and a relationship
was established between the Ra and cutting parameters such as cutting
speed, feed and radial depth of cut. The experimental results showed that as
the cutting speed increased, the Ra value decreased, and the exit
burr area increased. Also, as the feed increased, the Ra value and
the exit burr size increased. It was seen that the deviation of mathematical
modeling from experimental results was 11% on average, and it was usable. It
was observed that CB-PP gave better Ra than pure PP under the same
cutting parameters.