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Manufacturing Science and Technology(CEASE PUBLICATION) Vol. 3(2), pp. 38 - 41
DOI: 10.13189/mst.2015.030203
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Experimental Investigations on the Stir Casting of 6063 Aluminum Alloy for Automobile Applications
Tony Thomas. A *, Muthu Krishnan. A , Sre Nandha Guhan. K. S
Department of Mechatronics Engineering, Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai, Tamilnadu, India
ABSTRACT
Composite materials play a major role in our automobile industries. The objective of the investigation is to fabricate a composite material which will be used as an alloy wheels in automobile vehicles. Existing alloy wheels used in vehicles nowadays includes aluminium alloys, aluminium nickel alloys, magnesium, steel, etc. These alloy wheels possess less fatigue, less thermal conductivity which in turn has less heat dissipation and also has less strength to withstand stress when it is allowed to impact with some load. In the proposed study, three metals which are combined to form a metal matrix composite that includes aluminium 6063, copper and gun metal. Aluminium is chosen because of its less weight. Copper is chosen because of its ability to dissipate heat quickly. Gun metal for its ability to with stand stress. The composite material is fabricated using Stir casting process which uses an induction furnace. The specimens are subjected to tensile test and hardness test using UTM (Universal Testing Machine) and Hardness tester respectively. From the result it is found that the tensile strength and hardness of the material increases with increasing in the addition of copper and gun metal.
KEYWORDS
Manufacturing, Stir Casting, Aluminium Matrix Composites, Copper, Gun Metal Alloy Wheel, UTM
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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Tony Thomas. A , Muthu Krishnan. A , Sre Nandha Guhan. K. S , "Experimental Investigations on the Stir Casting of 6063 Aluminum Alloy for Automobile Applications," Manufacturing Science and Technology(CEASE PUBLICATION), Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 38 - 41, 2015. DOI: 10.13189/mst.2015.030203.
(b). APA Format:
Tony Thomas. A , Muthu Krishnan. A , Sre Nandha Guhan. K. S (2015). Experimental Investigations on the Stir Casting of 6063 Aluminum Alloy for Automobile Applications. Manufacturing Science and Technology(CEASE PUBLICATION), 3(2), 38 - 41. DOI: 10.13189/mst.2015.030203.