The quality performance of the deep cryo-treated 100Cr6 steel samples based on the L9 OA was evaluated by conducting the reciprocatory wear tests. Three replications were taken in each test.
4.1 Signal-to-Noise Ratio: Taguchi recommends the use of the S/N ratio to measure the quality characteristic deviating from the desired values. The ratio measures the level of performance against the …show more content…
For the cooling rate level 2 has the highest value therefore A2, similarly for soaking temperature B2, soaking period C3 and tempering temperature D1 are having the highest response values. Rank for each process parameters is applied accordance higher values is better response characteristic of the DCT level in Table 5. Rank is given to each process parameter to find the most influencing factor among the four parameters. Hence soaking period has the highest response value of -0.564 compared other response values. Likewise the response values are compared with other parameters and ranks are …show more content…
The peak values in the graph are considered as the optimal values. Rank 1 shows that soaking period is the most influencing factor.
4.2 Anova The goal of the ANOVA is to estimate and test the effect of different treatments on the response variables. In the present work, the ANOVA is used to investigate, which DCT process parameters significantly influence the performance characteristics, among the factors, namely, the cooling rate, soaking temperature, soaking time and tempering temperature, for the multi response values of wear resistance. Using the ANOVA, the influence of the DCT parameters on the quality targets can be examined. The percentage contribution of the variance can be calculated using the following equation. Correction factor CF=1/m [∑_(i=1)^m▒y_i^2 ]2