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Analysis of Process Parameters for Optimization of Plastic Extrusion in Pipe Manufacturing Mr. Sandip S. Gadekaret al. Int. Journal of Engineering Research and Applications www.ijera.com ISSN : 2248-9622, Vol. 5, Issue 5, ( Part -1) May 2015, pp.71-74 RESEARCH ARTICLE OPEN ACCESS Analysis of Process Parameters for Optimization of Plastic Extrusion in Pipe Manufacturing Mr. Sandip S. Gadekar1, Prof.Javed G. Khan2, Dr. R. S. Dalu3 1ME Student SSGMCE Shegaon, SGBAU, Amravati 2 Assistant Professor Dept of Mech, Engg. SSGMCE Shegaon 3Professor Dept of Mechanical Engineering, Government college of Engineering Amaravati, SGBA University Abstract The objective of this paper is to study the defects in the plastic pipe, to optimize the plastic pipe manufacturing process. It is very essential to learn the process parameter and the defect in the plastic pipe manufacturing process to optimize it. For the optimization Taguchi techniques is used in this paper. For the research work Shivraj HY-Tech Drip Irrigation pipe manufacturing, Company was selected. This paper is specifically design for the optimization in the current process. The experiment was analyzed using commercial Minitab16 software, interpretation has made, and optimized factor settings were chosen. After prediction of result the quality loss is calculated and it is compare with before implementation of DOE. The research works has improves the Production, quality and optimizes the process. Key word: Taguchi method, Design of experiment, Taguchi loss function, orthogonal array. I. INTRODUCTION Take off Speed Extrusion is any process in which a material is Temperatures force through a shaped orifice, with the material Vacuum Pressure solidifying to produce a continuous length of constant And Relative speed of auxiliary cross section. Squeezing toothpaste from a tube is a familiar example. In plastic extrusion, thermoplastic III. Defects in the plastic pipe Making were softened by heating prior to extrusion and, for process the shape to be held; the thermoplastics must be The common failure or defect which are quickly chilled and, usually, supported while cooling. normally occurring in plastic extrusion process are Some large extruders in polymerization plants are fed due to three main causes are part and mold design, hot melts, so their main duty is generating enough material selection, and processing. In many cases, the pressure to force the melt through spider die. In most failures occur during the processing and these failures extrusion operations, however, the plastics arrive as cause some defects that canfound in extruded part. powders or pellets at room temperature, and the Following are the defects found in the extrusion extrusion process must melt the plastic and process homogenize it before it enters the die. Therefore, Uneven Wall thickness heating and melting the feedstock, converting it from Centering problem(off-center) a cold solid to a hot viscous liquid, accounts for about Diameter variation 93% of the energy required. The work done in Crack pumping the melt through the die is only 5-10% of Discontinuity in drilling the total [1]. Rough surface finishing In the extrusion product the defect are become during II. Importantprocess parameters in the production due to poor understanding of the extrusion process- processing method, use of inadequate or machines, Effective extrusion process requires that the lack of trained staff Machine Break Down, and machine and tool operating in well conditions. This inappropriate working environments. requires control over the process parameters such as temperature, pressure, machine speed, and the IV. Need of the optimization of the relative speeds of the auxiliary [1]. As these process parameters. manufacturing processes involve steady state Plastic pipe extrusion process is the most widely conditions, any action that can stabilize any pipe manufacturing process use in the industry. In the parameter or condition is beneficial to the process extrusion process as discuss above the various defects [2]. Mainly the plastic pipe extrusion process is are frequently occurs and hampers the productivity. If depend on the following parameters we need to enhance the production rate, it is very www.ijera.com w 71|P a g e Mr. Sandip S. Gadekaret al. Int. Journal of Engineering Research and Applications www.ijera.com ISSN : 2248-9622, Vol. 5, Issue 5, ( Part -1) May 2015, pp.71-74 essential to optimize the process parameters and Following are the Taguchi method steps: improve the productivity; following are the reason to optimize the process parameters Improve the product quality production rate Minimize the variations. Design and develop the product for robust component. V. Methodology for research work To optimize the process parameters in extrusion process following methodology followed. Select the plastic pipe manufacturing industry. Figure 1: Taguchi’s method Collection of data regarding the various defects in extrusion process. a)Identification of influencing factors Finding out the parameter responsible for the Take off Speed defects and their causes. Temperatures Apply the Taguchi’s method Vacuum Pressure Predict the process parameters’, which is Relative speed of auxiliary optimized.Compare the data with previous b)Level Selection for factor VI. Planning of experiment HDPE Pipe ø14smm/1.0. 6.1 Selection of industry Control factors L e v e l For research work Shivraj HY-Tech Drip (Temperature zones Irrigation Company was selected this company is in ͦC , Take-off situated in MIDC Khamgaon, in Buldhana district of speed in Maharashtra state in India. Uni m/min) 1 2 3 t 6.2 Collection of data m/ Take-off speed 18 20 22 Table1 Data collection for1-month observation min Frequency of Temperature1 in ͦc 172 178 180 S.No Type of quality defects defect Temperature2 in ͦc 169 173 165 1 Uneven Wall thickness (A) 3000 Centering problem(off- 2 300 c) Selection of orthogonal array center) (B) The choice of a suitable OA design is 3 Diameter variation (C) 2400 critical for the success of experiment design and this 4 Crack (D) 900 depends upon number of process parameters and their 5 Discontinuity in drilling (E) 1200 level. In this, work L9 OA was select with the help of 6 Rough surface finishing (F) 600 Minitab-15 software and following calculations ware 7 Total 8400 adopted. 6.3 Data analysis- d) S/N Calculation From the above observation, it is conclude that SNRA MEAN the uneven wall thickness is most important 51.1228 13.9955 parameter, which affect the process and we 38.5829 13.9955 concentrating on the same in this paper 35.0237 14.0350 6.4 Apply Taguchi Method 39.9747 14.1010 6.4.1 Taguchi technique for optimization: 65.1097 14.0075 Taguchi and Konashi developed Taguchi 36.0364 14.0680 techniques [2]; these techniques have been utilized 37.4455 14.1220 widely in engineering analysis to optimize the performance characteristics within the combination 39.0221 14.0895 of design parameters. Taguchi technique is also 35.2488 14.1580 optimization power tool for the design of quality system. It introduced an integrated that is simple and Table 2 Mean response and S/N ratio analysis efficient to find the optimum range of design for Flexible conduit (F/C∅ퟏ4풎풎) quality performance, and computational cost[3]. www.ijera.com w 72|P a g e Mr. Sandip S. Gadekaret al. Int. Journal of Engineering Research and Applications www.ijera.com ISSN : 2248-9622, Vol. 5, Issue 5, ( Part -1) May 2015, pp.71-74 For this product L9rthogonal array is chosen and Graph no.1 the all factors main effect plot for the Taguchi’s design is used. The mean response value means and Signal to noise ratio is shown in the and S/N response value is shown in the table figures below for the product F/C14mm Table-3 Table 3Response Table for Means of F/C ∅ퟏ4퐦퐦 Take off Level Temp1 Temp2 Speed 1 14.06 14.07 14.05 2 14.01 14.03 14.05 Graph 1(a)data means for means (b) data means 3 14.12 14.09 14.08 for SN ratio Delta 0.11 0.06 0.03 Rank 1 2 3 The target value required to be produced 14mm and the mean response graph above sows that on the Table 4 take off speed 2 setting 20m/min, temperature 2 Analysis of variance for means of F/C 14mm setting 178, temperature 3 setting 169 produce the Sourc DF Seq SS Adj Adj MS product with the value close to target value. But to F P e SS select setting its effect on the S/N ratio should be Take- 0.0197 0.0197 0.00988 27. 0.03 considered. The response S/N ratio is required to be 2 Off 66 66 3 97 5 large or should not be significantly minimized for Temp1Speed 0.0051 0.0051 0.00256 7.2 0.12 any type of design of experiment analysis, and from 2 19 19 0 4 1 the response S/N ration above figure is Take off Temp2 0.0020 0.0020 2.9 0.25 speed 1 setting 18, temperature 2 setting 178, 2 0.01030 59 59 1 5 temperature 3 setting 165 makes the response S/N Residu 0.0007 0.0007 0.00035 ratio large. 2 al 07 07 3 To select optimum setting of temperature values, the setting that results in a mean response value TotalError 0.0276 8 closing to the target value and that has a large or not 51 significantly reduced S/N ratio is advised be considered. Table 5 From the analysis before and the main effects Response Table for S/N Ratio of F/C 14mm plot in the previous figures, factors and their Source DF Seq Adj Adj F P respective levels selected for this product are: SS SS MS Take off speed-------------------------18 (level 1) Take- 144.7 144.7 0.4 0.6 Temperature 2------------------------172 (level 1) Off 2 72.37 4 4 4 94 Temperature 3------------------------165 (level 1) Speed 224.5 224.5 112.2 0.6 0.5 Temp1 2 In addition, the predicted value of the response 1 1 5 8 94 parameter at these temperature settings is 0.2 0.7 Temp2 2 94.24 94.24 47.12 Mean value---------------------------14.059mm 9 77 S/N ratio value-----------------------51.84db Residual 328.9 328.9 164.4 2 Standard deviation-------------------0.0821 Error 8 8 9 792.4 Total 8 Summary of factor setting selected using the 6 design of experiment Table 6 Analysis of variance for S/N ratio of F/C Controlled Factor Unit 1,2,3 14mm Take-off speed m/min 18 (level 1) Take off Level Temp1 Temp2 Speed Temperature1 in ͦC 172 (level 1) 1 47.04 42.85 45.86 Temperature2 in ͦC 165 (level 1) 2 41.58 47.57 42.06 3 37.24 35.44 37.94 Delta 9.80 12.14 7.92 Rank 2 1 3 www.ijera.com w 73|P a g e Mr.
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