PMID- 31416249 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20200930 IS - 1996-1944 (Print) IS - 1996-1944 (Electronic) IS - 1996-1944 (Linking) VI - 12 IP - 16 DP - 2019 Aug 14 TI - A Study on Optimal Machining Conditions and Energy Efficiency in Plasma Assisted Machining of Ti-6Al-4V. LID - 10.3390/ma12162590 [doi] LID - 2590 AB - This research objective was to determine the significant parameters for effective plasma assisted machining (PAM) of Ti-6Al-4V and to derive optimal processing conditions. PAM parameters such as feed rate, spindle speed, and depth of cut have significant effects on its machining characteristic. In this study, the design of experiments (DOE) was used to select optimal machining conditions for PAM. The signal-to-noise (S/N) ratio was analyzed using the Taguchi method and the contributions of the factors were determined using analysis of variance (ANOVA). Finally, the optimal PAM machining conditions were selected using response optimization. In addition, the energy efficiency of conventional machining (CM) and the PAM were compared. The energy efficiency was analyzed by specific cutting energy. The cutting force and surface roughness of PAM decreased by 60.2% and 70.5%, respectively, in optimal PAM machining conditions. FAU - Lee, Young-Hun AU - Lee YH AD - School of Mechanical Engineering, Changwon National University, 20, Changwondaehak-ro, Uichang-gu, Changwon 51140, Korea. FAU - Lee, Choon-Man AU - Lee CM AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3401-6866 AD - School of Mechanical Engineering, Changwon National University, 20, Changwondaehak-ro, Uichang-gu, Changwon 51140, Korea. cmlee@changwon.ac.kr. LA - eng GR - 2019R1A2B5B03070206/National Research Foundation of Korea/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20190814 PL - Switzerland TA - Materials (Basel) JT - Materials (Basel, Switzerland) JID - 101555929 PMC - PMC6720597 OTO - NOTNLM OT - design of experiment OT - energy efficiency OT - plasma assisted machining COIS- The authors declare no conflicts of interest. EDAT- 2019/08/17 06:00 MHDA- 2019/08/17 06:01 PMCR- 2019/08/14 CRDT- 2019/08/17 06:00 PHST- 2019/07/14 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/08/07 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/08/12 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/08/17 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/08/17 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/08/17 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2019/08/14 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ma12162590 [pii] AID - materials-12-02590 [pii] AID - 10.3390/ma12162590 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Materials (Basel). 2019 Aug 14;12(16):2590. doi: 10.3390/ma12162590.