Optimization of Cylindrical Grinding Process Parameters on C40E Steel Using Taguchi Technique

Surface finish and dimensional accuracy play a vital role in the today’s engineering industry.\ud There are several methods used to achieve good surface finish like burnishing, honing and lapping, and\ud grinding. Grinding is one of these ways that improves the surface finish and dimensional accuracy\ud simultaneously. C40E steel has good industrial application in manufacturing of shafts, axles, spindles, studs, etc.\ud In the present work the cylindrical grinding of C40E steel is done for the optimization of grinding process\ud parameters. During this experimental work input process parameters i.e. speed, feed, depth of cut is optimized\ud using Taguchi L9 orthogonal array. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) concluded that surface roughness is\ud minimum at the 210 rpm, 0.11mm/rev feed, and 0.04mm depth of penetration.\u