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Cryogenic treatment (CT) is a relatively new field, which has emerged during the last three decades of the twentieth century. However, its impact on material shaping and making tool life, and enhancement of their mechanical properties are quite remarkable. The selection of appropriate process parameters for CT is essential for cost reduction and optimum productivity. This study focuses on the influence of key parameters of CT cycles (i.e., soaking temperature and duration) on the friction and wear behavior of AISI H13 hot die steel under dry sliding conditions against hardened and tempered AISI D3 cold work tool steel (counter face) at varying sliding speeds and loads. Mathematical models have been developed for wear rate, the average coefficient of friction, and maximum contact temperature using the Box-Cox methodology. The developed mathematical models have been validated by comparing with the experimental results. Moreover, the optimum values of the process parameter have been employed to maximize the output and validate the same by confirmation of the experiments. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study that demonstrates the modeling and optimization of sliding friction and wear characteristics of AISI H13 under varied CT cycles.
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The authors gratefully acknowledge their gratitude to the National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur to grant funds for the procurement of the hot die steel material, making available their tribological test; Institute of Auto Parts and Hand tools Technology, Ludhiana for extending facilities under the expert supervision of spectroscopic analysis, vacuum heat treatment and cryogenic treatment facility required for the study.
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Sanjeev KATOCH. He was graduated in science from Government Degree Collage Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, India in 1993. He obtained his master degree in materials science from Thapar University, Patiala, Punjab, India in 1997. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. degree in the Center for Materials Science & Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, India. Along with his research work, he is working as deputy manager (Testing & Evaluation and Heat treatment Department) with Institute for Auto Parts & Hand Tools Technology, Ludhiana, Punjab, India. He has 18 years of experience in the heat treatment of materials, testing, evaluation of auto component & tool material through metallurgical, and mechanical & NDT techniques. His area of research/interest is cryogenic processing of materials, tribological behavior of tools and dies, and failure analysis and nondestructive evaluation of materials and components. He has several publications in various reputed journals and international conference proceedings.
Rakesh SEHGAL. He is a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at National Institute of Technology (Institute of higher learning-Government of India), Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, India. He obtained his M.Tech. degree in design of mechanical equipment from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India, and received his PhD degree in mechanical engineering from Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, India in 2001. Dr. Sehgal has also completed his Post-Doctorate under PDF Award scheme of University Grants Commission, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India. His research interest includes tribology, reliability modeling, and machining and optimization of production systems. He has two years of field and 25 years of teaching and research experience. He has published in journals such as Transactions of the ASME, Journal of Tribology, Tribology International, Tribology Online, Proc. IMechE Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture, International Journal for Manufacturing Science & Production, International Journal of Precision and Manufacturing, International Journal of Production Economics, Journal of Reliability & Systems Safety, Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, Materials and Manufacturing Processes, Applied Acoustics, Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, among others.
Vishal SINGH. He is presently an associate professor at the Centre for Materials Science and Engineering, National Institute of Technology (Institute of higher learning- Government of India), Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, India. He received a B.E. degree in metallurgical engineering from University of Roorkee, Roorkee, India in 1992, an M. Tech. degree in metallurgical engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, India in 1995 and a Ph.D. degree from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, India in 2003. His research interests include electrical, mechanical, and tribological behavior of polymer composites/nano-composites, physical metallurgy, and ceramic processing and characterization. He has more than twelve years of research and teaching experience in materials science related areas and his research work has been published in several international journals and conference proceedings of repute.
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Katoch, S., Sehgal, R. & Singh, V. Optimization of friction and wear characteristics of varied cryogenically treated hot die steel grade AISI-H13 under dry condition. Friction 5, 66–86 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40544-017-0139-9
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