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Experimental analysis of heat-affected zone HAZ in laser cutting of sugar palm fiber reinforced unsaturated polyester composites

In this paper, the influence of processing input parameters on the heat-affected zone (HAZ) of three different material thicknesses of sugar palm fiber reinforced unsaturated polyester (SPF-UPE) composites cut with a CO2 laser was investigated. Laser power, traverse speed, and gas pressure were sele...

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Main Authors: Masoud, Fathi, Salit, Mohd Sapuan, Mohd Ariffin, Mohd Khairol Anuar, Nukman, Y., Bayraktar, Emin
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Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/97197/
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spelling my.upm.eprints.971972023-04-19T04:05:09Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/97197/ Experimental analysis of heat-affected zone HAZ in laser cutting of sugar palm fiber reinforced unsaturated polyester composites Masoud, Fathi Salit, Mohd Sapuan Mohd Ariffin, Mohd Khairol Anuar Nukman, Y. Bayraktar, Emin In this paper, the influence of processing input parameters on the heat-affected zone (HAZ) of three different material thicknesses of sugar palm fiber reinforced unsaturated polyester (SPF-UPE) composites cut with a CO2 laser was investigated. Laser power, traverse speed, and gas pressure were selected as the most influential input parameters on the HAZ to optimize the HAZ response with fixing all of the other input parameters. Taguchi’s method was used to determine the levels of parameters that give the best response to the HAZ. The significance of input parameters was also determined by calculating the max–min variance of the average of the signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) ratio for each parameter. Analysis of variation (ANOVA) was used to determine each input parameter’s contribution to the influence on HAZ depth. The general results show that the minimum levels of laser power and the highest levels of traverse speed and gas pressure gave the optimum response to the HAZ. Gas pressure had the most significant effect on the HAZ, with contribution decreases as the material thickness increased, followed by the traverse speed with contribution increases with the increase in material thickness. Laser power came third, with a minimal contribution to the effect on the HAZ, and it did not show a clear relationship with the change in material thickness. By applying the optimum parameters, the desired HAZ depth could be obtained at relatively low values. Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021 Article PeerReviewed Masoud, Fathi and Salit, Mohd Sapuan and Mohd Ariffin, Mohd Khairol Anuar and Nukman, Y. and Bayraktar, Emin (2021) Experimental analysis of heat-affected zone HAZ in laser cutting of sugar palm fiber reinforced unsaturated polyester composites. Polymers, 13 (5). pp. 1-13. ISSN 2073-4360 https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/13/5/706 10.3390/polym13050706
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description In this paper, the influence of processing input parameters on the heat-affected zone (HAZ) of three different material thicknesses of sugar palm fiber reinforced unsaturated polyester (SPF-UPE) composites cut with a CO2 laser was investigated. Laser power, traverse speed, and gas pressure were selected as the most influential input parameters on the HAZ to optimize the HAZ response with fixing all of the other input parameters. Taguchi’s method was used to determine the levels of parameters that give the best response to the HAZ. The significance of input parameters was also determined by calculating the max–min variance of the average of the signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) ratio for each parameter. Analysis of variation (ANOVA) was used to determine each input parameter’s contribution to the influence on HAZ depth. The general results show that the minimum levels of laser power and the highest levels of traverse speed and gas pressure gave the optimum response to the HAZ. Gas pressure had the most significant effect on the HAZ, with contribution decreases as the material thickness increased, followed by the traverse speed with contribution increases with the increase in material thickness. Laser power came third, with a minimal contribution to the effect on the HAZ, and it did not show a clear relationship with the change in material thickness. By applying the optimum parameters, the desired HAZ depth could be obtained at relatively low values.
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author Masoud, Fathi
Salit, Mohd Sapuan
Mohd Ariffin, Mohd Khairol Anuar
Nukman, Y.
Bayraktar, Emin
spellingShingle Masoud, Fathi
Salit, Mohd Sapuan
Mohd Ariffin, Mohd Khairol Anuar
Nukman, Y.
Bayraktar, Emin
Experimental analysis of heat-affected zone HAZ in laser cutting of sugar palm fiber reinforced unsaturated polyester composites
author_facet Masoud, Fathi
Salit, Mohd Sapuan
Mohd Ariffin, Mohd Khairol Anuar
Nukman, Y.
Bayraktar, Emin
author_sort Masoud, Fathi
title Experimental analysis of heat-affected zone HAZ in laser cutting of sugar palm fiber reinforced unsaturated polyester composites
title_short Experimental analysis of heat-affected zone HAZ in laser cutting of sugar palm fiber reinforced unsaturated polyester composites
title_full Experimental analysis of heat-affected zone HAZ in laser cutting of sugar palm fiber reinforced unsaturated polyester composites
title_fullStr Experimental analysis of heat-affected zone HAZ in laser cutting of sugar palm fiber reinforced unsaturated polyester composites
title_full_unstemmed Experimental analysis of heat-affected zone HAZ in laser cutting of sugar palm fiber reinforced unsaturated polyester composites
title_sort experimental analysis of heat-affected zone haz in laser cutting of sugar palm fiber reinforced unsaturated polyester composites
publisher Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
publishDate 2021
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/97197/
https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/13/5/706
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