Research Article

Calculation and Estimation of Surface Roughness and Energy Consumption in Milling of 6061 Alloy

Table 6

S/N response table for surface roughness and energy consumption.

LevelV (m/min)f (mm/rev)DOC (mm)Cm

Ra (μm)1−10.172−5.618−6.164−6.140
2−9.536−7.609−7.507−9.489
3−5.242−8.028−8.059
4−6.307−10.002−9.527
Delta4.9294.3843.364
Rank1234

Rz (μm)1−25.51−22.32−21.69−21.26
2−25.73−22.25−23.48−25.13
3−19.73−23.77−22.72
4−21.81−24.43−24.88
Delta6.002.183.193.87
Rank1432

Pcutting S (W)1−27.71−50.30−44.62−52.09
2−55.44−50.11−51.44−52.75
3−62.15−56.35−58.08
4−64.37−52.91−55.54
Delta36.666.2513.460.66
Rank1324

Pcutting X (W)1−43.21−37.47−34.84−39.22
2−43.46−38.14−40.11−42.88
3−37.70−44.04−44.30
4−39.84−44.55−44.94
Delta5.767.0810.103.66
Rank3214

SEC S (J)1−36.53−32.51−33.34−28.32
2−27.21−28.95−28.85−27.80
3−24.33−26.36−26.09
4−24.18−24.43−23.96
Delta12.358.099.380.52
Rank1324

SEC X (J)1−18.376−14.417−16.803−11.388
2−14.094−11.978−12.157−12.571
3−8.837−11.642−10.560
4−6.612−9.881−8.398
Delta11.7644.5368.4041.184
Rank1324