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Journal of Powder Metallurgy & Mining
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  • DOI: 10.4172/2168-9806.1000352

The Effect of Mixing Method and Particle Size on the Hardness and Compressive Strength of an Aluminium-Based Metal Matrix Composite Prepared Via Powder Metallurgy

Symon Wojichowski*
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Management, Poznan University of Technology, Poznan, 60-965, Poland
*Corresponding Author : Symon Wojichowski, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Management, Poznan University of Technology, Poznan, 60-965, Poland, Email: sjwojichowski@o2.pl

Received Date: Jan 25, 2023 / Published Date: Feb 28, 2023

Abstract

Properties of essence matrix mixes( MMCs) are affected by colorful process variables similar as flyspeck size of maquillages, the proportion of underpinning material, mixing styles, sintering temperature, and duration. The significant debit of stir casting is underpinning isolation, which is too delicate to avoid. Hence, the greasepaint metallurgy route is employed to prepare Al- MMC. In the current work, aluminium- grounded MMC is fabricated with varying proportions of silicon carbide( SiC) as a underpinning material. Mixing of maquillages is done using V- Blender and barrel mixer with three different mixing ways and the mixing quality of set maquillages is assessed. A significant reduction of mixing time, i.e., further than 50, is achieved through a new barrel mixer as compared to a conventional V- blender. Two important parcels, hardness and compressive strength of fabricated Al- MMC, are experimentally delved. At the same time effect of the mixing fashion is also studied, and it's apparent that hardness and compressive strength bettered when maquillages are mixed using a barrel mixer [1]. Therefore, a new approach to greasepaint mixing has been achieved. An increase in SiC proportion by 5 redounded in an increase in hardness by 14. The average compressive strength of Al- MMC is loftiest when underpinning content is 25. Due to the invariant dissipation of patches achieved through barrel mixer, compressive strength of MMC is 8-20 advanced than the strength of those MMC for which maquillages are mixed through conventional V- blender. A analogous effect is observed in the hardness also, where the average hardness of MMC is 10-20 advanced, for which maquillages are mixed through barrel mixer. Hence, the recently designed barrel mixer provides an effective result for the quality mixing of maquillages through the greasepaint metallurgy process for fabricating Al- MMC.

Citation: Wojichowski S (2023) The Effect of Mixing Method and Particle Size on the Hardness and Compressive Strength of an Aluminium-Based Metal Matrix Composite Prepared Via Powder Metallurgy. J Powder Metall Min 12: 352. Doi: 10.4172/2168-9806.1000352

Copyright: © 2023 Wojichowski S. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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