DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF PADDY CULTIVATION

EQUIPMENT

A MINIPROJECT REPORT
Submitted to

SAVEETHA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND TECHNICAL SCIENCES

In partial fulfilment for the award of the degree of

BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

By
SRIHARI. R (Reg. No. 191714054)

Supervisor
Dr. T. SATHISH

SAVEETHA SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

SAVEETHA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND TECHNICAL
SCIENCES, CHENNAI – 602 105

JULY 2021

SAVEETHA SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

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 SAVEETHA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND TECHNICAL
SCIENCES, CHENNAI – 602 105
BONAFIDE CERTIFICATE

Certified that this project report “DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF

PADDY CULTIVATION EQUIPMENT” is the bonafide work of

R.SRIHARI (Reg. No. 191714054), who carried out the project work under my

supervision.

SIGNATURE SIGNATURE

Dr. B. Ramesh Dr. T. Sathish

HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT SUPERVISOR
Department of Mechanical Engineering Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engg,
Saveetha School of Engineering, Saveetha School of Engineering,
SIMATS, Saveetha University. SIMATS, Saveetha University.

INTERNAL EXAMINER EXTERNAL EXAMINER

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 DECLARATION BY THE CANDIDATE

I declare that the report entitled “INVESTIGATING INFLUENCE OF

CUTTING TOOL ON CNC GREEN MACHINING OF SYNTHESIZED

NOVEL AA8014 + SiC + FLY ASH REINFORCED COMPOSITE FOR

OPTIMIZING AND MATERIAL REMOVAL RATE (MRR) AND

SURFACE FINISH (SR)” submitted by us for the degree of Bachelor of

Engineering is the record of the project work carried out by me under the

guidance of “Dr.T.Sathish” and furthermore this work has not formed the basis

for the award of any degree or diploma in this or any other University or other

similar institution of higher learning.

SIGNATURE

R.SRIHARI
(Reg.191714054)

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 ABSTRACT

The aim of this research is to synthesize AA8014 + SiC + fly ash reinforced composite by stir
casting method and investigate its machinability in the CNC green turning operation with
conventional uncoated and advanced coated tools to minimise the surface roughness and
maximize the material removal rate. Materials and methods: The Control Group is HSS tool
and Experimental Group is TiAlN coated WC tool and TiCN coated WC tools. Aluminium
alloy AA8014+ SiC+Fly ash is fabricated and machined using HSS tool and TiAlN coated
WC tool at CNC lab. This has 2 groups of samples with a sample size of 32(16 for each
group) with 95% as its pre-test power. It is then tested for surface roughness using a
profilometer. The values of surface roughness are tabulated and the graph of comparison
between the surface roughness values using both the tools is plotted using the SPSS tool.
Result: The samples machined with the experimental group (TiAlN coated WC tool and
TiCN coated WC tools) shows better surface finish than the samples machined with the
control group (HSS tool).It has its level of significance value p<0.05 with both the tools.
Conclusion: Within the limitations of this study, we can conclude that in contrast with other
conventional groups like the HSS tool the surface finish of the aluminium alloy increases and
has better quality when machined with TiAlN coated WC tool and TiCN coated WC tools

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

This project work would not have been possible without the contribution of many

people. It gives me immense pleasure to express my profound gratitude to our honourable

Chancellor Dr. N. M. Veeraiyan, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences,

for his blessings and for being a source of inspiration. I sincerely thank our Vice Chancellor

Dr. Rakesh Kumar Sharma for his visionary thoughts and support. I am indebted to extend

my gratitude to our Director madam Mrs. Ramya Deepak, Saveetha School of Engineering,

for facilitating us all the facilities and extended support to gain valuable education and

learning experience.

I register my special thanks to Prof. Dr. B. Ramesh, Principal, Saveetha School of

Engineering and Dr. B. Ramesh, HoD, Department of Mechanical Engineering, for the

support given to me in the successful conduct of this project. I wish to express my sincere

gratitude to my supervisor Dr. T. Sathish, for his inspiring guidance, personal involvement

and constant encouragement during the entire course of this work.

I am grateful to Project Coordinators, Review Panel External and Internal Members

and the entire faculty of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, for their constructive

criticisms and valuable suggestions which have been a rich source to improve the quality of

this work.

R SRIHARI - 191714054

TABLE OF CONTENT
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CHAPTER TITLE PAGE NO.
NO.
1 INTRODUCTION 1-10
2 LITERATURE REVIEW 11-15
3 PROBLEM DEFINITION 16-18
3 DESIGN / FABRICATION/ TESTING 19-25
4 RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS 26-29
5 CONCLUSION 30
REFERENCES 31