INVESTIGATION OF MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND MACHINING BEHAVIOUR OF ALUMINIUM ALLOY FILLED WITH WALNUT CELL MICRO PARTICLES

The use of aluminium alloys in manufacturing industries has increased significantly in recent years. This is primarily because of their ability to combine lightness and strength in a single material. Concomitant to his growth, marching of aluminum alloys has enormously increased in volumetric proportions, so that the chip volume represents up to 80% of the original volume of the machined material in certain segments of the industry, like aerospace. In this context, knowledge of the characteristics of machinability of aluminium alloy is essential to provide industry and researchers with information that allows them to make the right decisions when they come to machining the material. On the other hand, the combination of relevant milling parameters ( feed rate, cutting speed, depth of cut) on flat samples (flat specimen have been selected by attempting to reproduce with most accurate ways the geometry and the type of machining process known as face milling is usually used in the manufacturing fields). The results from the whole of the specimens allowed us to evaluate how the main mechanical properties have been affected by the process applied. The purpose of this review is, to compile relevant information about the characteristics of the milling of the aluminium alloy with the walnut particle.