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Sintering parameter optimisation of the SS316L Metal Injection Molding (MIM) compacts for final density using taguchi method

Jamaludin, K. R. and Muhamad, N. and Ab. Rahman, M. N. and M. Amin, S. Y. and Ahmad, S. and Ibrahim, M. H. I. (2009) Sintering parameter optimisation of the SS316L Metal Injection Molding (MIM) compacts for final density using taguchi method. In: South East Asian Technical Universities Consortium(SEATUC) - 3rd SEATUC Symposium Proceeding, 25th - 26th February 2009, Johor Bahru, Malaysia.

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Abstract

Sintering parameters of the SS316L water atomised injection moulded compact has been optimized for its best sintered density. The L9 (34) Taguchi orthogonal array is used in the experiment while sintering temperature, sintering time, heating rate and coofing rate was selected as factors that influenced the sintered density. The sintering environment was in the vacuum and four replications were done for each trial. The analysis of variance shows that the confident level for the experiment was 99.5 % (a = 0.005) and all factors are highly significant at a =0.005 to the sintered density. The study concluded that the heating rate has the highest influence to the sintered density (41.29 %) followed by sintering temperature (31.60 %) , sintering time (11.13 %) and cooling rate (11.10%). The optimum sintered density obtained is 98.48 % of the theoretical density and the optimum parameter has been verified that the sintered density obtained is in a range of confident interval.

Item Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Additional Information:Hybrid Twinning Program 2008
Uncontrolled Keywords:sintering, stainless steel, taguchia method, metal injection moulding, powder injection moulding
Subjects:T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
T Technology > TS Manufactures
Divisions:Mechanical Engineering
ID Code:12620
Deposited By: Zalinda Shuratman
Deposited On:14 Jun 2011 07:42
Last Modified:14 Jun 2011 07:42

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