The aim of this study is to investigate the utilization of silkworm cocoon waste, such as pierced or stained cocoons, as a sorbent material for the removal of motor and vegetable oils from water. The oil-sorption capacity, rate and reusability of the material were evaluated. The results show the high sorption capacity of the silkworm cocoon waste sorbent (42-52 g(oil)/g(sorbent) for motor oil a...

Advanced Ceramics find wide range of industrial applications. Cutting of advanced ceramic (SiC) is very difficult using conventional machining methods due to its low fracture toughness. In the past few years, researchers have claimed successful machining of ceramic composites using EDM process. Furthermore, increasing trend, necessity of miniaturization, micro components in MEMS and semiconduct...

ISBN 978-93-82338-21-5 | © 2012 Bonfring Abstract--The present paper is an experimental study to investigate the effect of cutting parameters (cutting speed, depth of cut and feed) on tool wear, surface roughness and material removal rate (MRR) during dry turning of EN-31 steel. Turning experiments were conducted with cutting speeds: 250, 300, 350 m/min, feeds: 0.15, 0.2, 0.25 mm/rev and depth ...

An approach to modeling the material removal rate (MRR) during rotary ultrasonic machining (RUM) of ceramics is proposed and applied to predicting the MRR for the case of magnesia stabilized zirconia. The model, a first attempt at predicting the MRR in RUM, is based on the assumption that brittle fracture is the primary mechanism of material removal. To justify this assumption, a model paramete...

background: this study assessed the removal of organic material and nutrients from full-scale subsurface flow (ssf) constructed wetlands (cws) followed by anaerobic stabilization ponds under environmental conditions. methods: the effluents were distributed evenly in 12 reed beds. samples were taken twice monthly for a total of 6 months from several points in the wetland. biochemical oxygen dema...

A machining operation is basically termed a material removal process, where material is removed in the form of chips. In a machining operation, the output parameter is achieved by controlling various input parameters. This paper discusses the effects of various input parameters in abrasive Jet machining (AJM) on the output parameter(Metal Removal Rate [MRR).This paper presents an extensive revi...

This paper presents a volume-based haptic rendering method for a haptic shape modeling system based on simulated milling process. Previous proposals on point-based and ray-based haptic rendering methods cannot provide the force feedback in a milling process. The method proposed in this paper adopts a volumetric force model in material removal process. The force is calculated based on the relati...

Porous carbon is an important material for manufacturing ultraprecision air bearings. This paper investigates the material removal mechanism and surface quality of porous carbon in diamond turning process. A total of 32 diamond turning tests were performed and the effects of feed rate, depth of cut, cutting speed, and tool rake angle were investigated. Scanning electron microscopy of the machin...

Because of the friction in the contact zone between the tool and a work piece during the robot supported belt grinding process of metallic work pieces, high temperatures can be generated, causing modifications of material microstructure and change of material properties. The results of first experiments, which describe the effects of diverse process parameters (grinding time, material of work p...

The autonomous control of vehicles interacting forcibly with their environment, such as dozers and tractors, is an unsolved and challenging problem. Forces and motions are inherently coupled between the tool and the means of vehicle propulsion. Furthermore, they are often operated within uncertain and unstructured environments, such as those encountered in underground mining. There is a growing...