Prediction and Modelling with Taguchi, ANN and ANFIS of Optimum Machining Parameters in Drilling of Al 6082-T6 Alloy

In this study, the drilling of an Al 6082-T6 alloy and the effects of cutting tool coating and cutting parameters on surface roughness, cutting temperature, hole diameter, circularity, and cylindrical variations was investigated. In addition, the prediction accuracy of Taguchi, artificial neural networks (ANNs), and adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) methods was compared using both experimental results and Signal/Noise (S/N) ratios derived from the experimental results. The experimental design was prepared according to Taguchi L27 orthogonal indexing. As a result, it was observed that increasing the cutting speed and feed rate increases the cutting temperature hole error, circularity error and cylindricity error. Increasing the cutting speed positively affected the surface roughness, while increasing the feed rate led to an increase in the surface roughness. The lowest surface roughness, cutting temperature, hole diameter error and hole circularity error values were measured for the uncoated cutting tool. The minimum cylindricity variation was measured for drilling with TiAlN-coated cutting tools. The optimum cutting parameters were A1B1C3 (Uncoated, 0.11 mm/rev, 200 m/min) for surface roughness, A1B1C1 (Uncoated, 0.11 mm/rev, 120 m/min) for cutting temperature, hole error, circularity error and cylindricity error. In the estimation of the output parameters with Taguchi, ANNs and ANFIS, it was observed that the estimates made by converting the experimental values into S/N ratios were more accurate than the estimates made with the experimental results. The reliability coefficient and prediction ability of the ANN model were found to be higher than Taguchi and ANFIS models in estimating the output parameters.