TY - GEN
T1 - Image segmentation and particle size analysis of vibratory disc milled titanium alloy powder
AU - Ogbonna, Okwudili S.
AU - Akinlabi, Stephen A.
AU - Madushele, Nkosnathi
AU - Adedeji, Paul A.
AU - Ekolu, Stephen
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd 2020.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Composite materials constitute two or more constituents with significant differences in their physical and chemical behaviours which combine to form a single material with superior properties than any of the individual constituents. Particle-reinforced composite is a class of composite materials in which particles (metallic, fibre, polymer, etc.) of various sizes are used to improve the property of the base material. The properties of particle-reinforced composite are greatly dependent on the particle size of the component used as reinforcement in the base or matrix material among other factors. This is due to a change in the interface bonding of the particles with the matrix component as the particle size changes. However, these reinforcing materials do not always come in the required particle size desired by the composite manufacturer. As a result of this, there is a need to reduce the particles to the required sizes. Vibratory disc milling is one of the techniques used in reducing the reinforcing material into the required size. In this study, the effect of milling duration on the particle size of titanium alloy powder has been analysed with MATLAB software. The result shows that when other milling parameters are held constant, the particle size reduces with increasing milling duration.
AB - Composite materials constitute two or more constituents with significant differences in their physical and chemical behaviours which combine to form a single material with superior properties than any of the individual constituents. Particle-reinforced composite is a class of composite materials in which particles (metallic, fibre, polymer, etc.) of various sizes are used to improve the property of the base material. The properties of particle-reinforced composite are greatly dependent on the particle size of the component used as reinforcement in the base or matrix material among other factors. This is due to a change in the interface bonding of the particles with the matrix component as the particle size changes. However, these reinforcing materials do not always come in the required particle size desired by the composite manufacturer. As a result of this, there is a need to reduce the particles to the required sizes. Vibratory disc milling is one of the techniques used in reducing the reinforcing material into the required size. In this study, the effect of milling duration on the particle size of titanium alloy powder has been analysed with MATLAB software. The result shows that when other milling parameters are held constant, the particle size reduces with increasing milling duration.
KW - Composite
KW - Milling
KW - Particle
KW - Powder
KW - Titanium
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85091285857&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-981-15-5753-8_34
DO - 10.1007/978-981-15-5753-8_34
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85091285857
SN - 9789811557521
T3 - Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering
SP - 367
EP - 374
BT - Advances in Manufacturing Engineering - Selected Articles from ICMMPE 2019
A2 - Emamian, Seyed Sattar
A2 - Yusof, Farazila
A2 - Awang, Mokhtar
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
T2 - 5th International Conference on Mechanical, Manufacturing and Plant Engineering, ICMMPE 2019
Y2 - 19 November 2019 through 21 November 2019
ER -