PMID- 36080660 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20220913 IS - 2073-4360 (Electronic) IS - 2073-4360 (Linking) VI - 14 IP - 17 DP - 2022 Aug 30 TI - Experimental Investigation and Optimization of Turning Polymers Using RSM, GA, Hybrid FFD-GA, and MOGA Methods. LID - 10.3390/polym14173585 [doi] LID - 3585 AB - The machining of polymers has become widely common in several components of industry 4.0 technology, i.e., mechanical and structural components and chemical and medical instruments, due to their unique characteristics such as: being strong and light-weight with high stiffness, chemical resistance, and heat and electricity insolation. Along with their properties, there is a need to attain a higher quality surface finish of machined parts. Therefore, this research concerns an experimental and analytical study dealing with the effect of process parameters on process performance during the turning two different types of polymers: high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and unreinforced polyamide (PA6). Firstly, the machining output responses (surface roughness (Ra), material removal rate (MRR), and chip formation (lambdac)) are experimentally investigated by varying cutting speed (v(c)), feed rate (f), and depth of cut (d) using the full factorial design of experiments (FFD). The second step concerns the statistical analysis of the input parameters' effect on the output responses based on the analysis of variance and 3D response surface plots. The last step is the application of the RSM desirability function, genetic algorithm (GA), and hybrid FFD-GA techniques to determine the optimum cutting conditions of each output response. The lowest surface roughness for HDPE was obtained at v(c) = 50 m/min, f = 0.01 mm/rev, and d = 1.47 mm and for PA6 it was obtained at v(c) = 50 m/min, f = 0.01 mm/rev, and d = 1 mm. The highest material removal rate was obtained at v(c) = 150 m/min, f = 0.01 mm/rev, and d = 1.5 mm for both materials. At f = 0.01 mm/rev, d = 1.5 mm, and v(c) = 100 for HDPE, and v(c) = 77 m/min for PA6, the largest chip thickness ratios were obtained. Finally, the multi-objective genetic algorithm (MOGA) methodology was used and compared. FAU - Alateyah, Abdulrahman I AU - Alateyah AI AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4503-2033 AD - Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Qassim University, Unaizah 56452, Saudi Arabia. FAU - El-Taybany, Yasmine AU - El-Taybany Y AD - Department of Production Engineering and Mechanical Design, Port Said University, Port Fouad 42526, Egypt. FAU - El-Sanabary, Samar AU - El-Sanabary S AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9829-3814 AD - Department of Production Engineering and Mechanical Design, Port Said University, Port Fouad 42526, Egypt. FAU - El-Garaihy, Waleed H AU - El-Garaihy WH AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7026-965X AD - Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Qassim University, Unaizah 56452, Saudi Arabia. AD - Mechanical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Suez Canal University, Ismailia 41522, Egypt. FAU - Kouta, Hanan AU - Kouta H AD - Department of Production Engineering and Mechanical Design, Port Said University, Port Fouad 42526, Egypt. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220830 PL - Switzerland TA - Polymers (Basel) JT - Polymers JID - 101545357 PMC - PMC9459756 OTO - NOTNLM OT - ANOVA OT - GA OT - MOGA OT - MRR OT - RSM OT - chip formation OT - optimization OT - polymers OT - surface roughness OT - turning COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2022/09/10 06:00 MHDA- 2022/09/10 06:01 PMCR- 2022/08/30 CRDT- 2022/09/09 01:30 PHST- 2022/08/01 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/08/19 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/08/26 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/09/09 01:30 [entrez] PHST- 2022/09/10 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/09/10 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2022/08/30 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - polym14173585 [pii] AID - polymers-14-03585 [pii] AID - 10.3390/polym14173585 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Polymers (Basel). 2022 Aug 30;14(17):3585. doi: 10.3390/polym14173585.