23-10-2014, 01:20 PM
Abstracts: Laser cutting is widely used thermal energy based non-contact type, non- convectional machining process. In the present research, the effect of laser machine processing parameters such as laser power, gas pressure, cutting speed and thickness effect on measured response such as surface roughness. The experiment was designed according to Taguchi L27 orthogonal array with three different level of each input parameter. For result interpretation, analysis of variance (ANOVA) was conducted and optimum parameter is selected on the basis of the signal to noise ratio, which confirms the experimental result. The result indicated that cutting speed and work piece thickness play important role in surface roughness.