Improvement of the Surface Quality in the Honing Process Using Taguchi Method

Abstract

Steel cylinders are critical components of hydraulic systems and they are available in various diameters and thicknesses. Defects and discontinuities that remain on the inner body surfaces of the cylinders after turning operation can harm components that move inside the cylinders such as pistons and piston seals. Honing operation is commonly performed after turning operation as a finishing operation to improve inner surface quality of cylinders. Honing operation reduces surface roughness values to acceptable levels. The most critical parameters that are important in the honing operation are honing tool head forward speed, rotational speed of the tool and honing stone grain size. Optimizing these parameters will increase honing operation productivity and provide the best surface roughness values. This study aims to obtain the values of the most critical parameters that provide the best surface quality in the honing operation using Taguchi method.