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  • Parametric optimization for maximization of material removal rate in turning of mild steel using taguchi six sigma technique

  • Senthil Kumar Natarajana,*, Karthick Sekarb, Dhanenderan Natesanc and Senthil Kumar Kuppuswamid

  • aDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Ganesh College of Engineering, Salem, India
    bDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Excel Engineering College, Komarapalayam, India
    cDepartment of Automobile Engineering, Government College of Engineering, Erode, India
    dDepartment of Agricultural Engineering, Nehru Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, India

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Abstract

The Six Sigma practice is applied to increase the quality of the machined surface and in this work six sigma practice is used to determine the optimal level of parameters. Six sigma technique is combine with Taguchi technique for optimizing the turning process parameters. Mild steel is used as a work piece to optimize the material removal rate. The primary objective of this research work is maximizing the material removal rate during turning of mild steel using single point cutting tool. The turning process parameters considered in this work are cutting speed, feed rate and depth of cut. The optimal parameters combination for signal to ratio values for turning process is A3-B4-C2, which gives cutting speed as 1000rpm, feed rate 0.20 mm/rev and depth of cut 0.8mm. The validation experiments are also conducted and the optimal turning parameters are observed to provide maximum material removal rate.


Keywords: Taguchi technique, Six sigma technique, Material removal rate, Optimization.

This Article

  • 2025; 26(5): 864-869

    Published on Oct 31, 2025

  • 10.36410/jcpr.2025.26.5.864
  • Received on Jul 23, 2025
  • Revised on Aug 11, 2025
  • Accepted on Sep 2, 2025

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  • Senthil Kumar Natarajan

  • Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ganesh College of Engineering, Salem, India
    Tel : +91 9994322766

  • E-mail: Senthilnatarajanpdd@gmail.com