Research Article
Optimization of Reinforced Aluminium Scraps from the
Automobile Bumpers with Nickel and Magnesium Oxide in
Stir Casting
V. Vijayan,
1
A. Parthiban,
2
T. Sathish ,
3
L. Ponraj Sankar,
4
S. Dinesh Kumar,
5
S. Saravanakumar,
6
and Dawit Tafesse
7
1
Department of Mechanical Engineering, K. Ramakrishnan College of Technology (Autonomous), Samayapuram, Trichy 621 112,
Tamil Nadu, India
2
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vels Institute of Science, Technology & Advanced Studies, Pallavaram,
Chennai 600 117, Tamil Nadu, India
3
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Saveetha School of Engineering, SIMATS, Chennai 602 105, Tamil Nadu, India
4
Department of Civil Engineering, CMR Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, India
5
Department of Mechanical Engineering, St. Peter’s Institute of Higher Education and Research, Avadi,
Chennai 600 054, Tamil Nadu, India
6
Department of Mechanical Engineering, M.Kumarasamy College of Engineering, Karur, Tamil Nadu, India
7
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Manufacturing, Institute of Technology, Hawassa University,
Hawassa, Ethiopia
Correspondence should be addressed to Dawit Tafesse; dawitt@hu.edu.et
Received 25 June 2021; Accepted 16 July 2021; Published 31 July 2021
Academic Editor: Samson Jerold Samuel Chelladurai
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Here, the investigation is spotlighted on the aluminium alloy from the waste materials of the automobile bumpers which is a
reinforced metal matrix composite created with 5 percentage of nickel and 5 percentage of magnesium oxide through the stir
casting method. e stir casting process inputs parameters such as pressure of squeezing, time of squeezing, and speed of stirrer
which were optimized based on the two mechanical properties’ outcome such as the tensile strength (TS) and Rockwell hardness.
ere are nine different experiments which were conducted based on the L9 array. e Taguchi method is used to identify the
optimum input values for the greatest result of the processing condition by Minitab software. e responses-based parameters
were ordered based on the rank identified through the investigational effects. Finally, the optimized input consideration values and
the linear equations are recommended for both the considered outputs as conclusions.
1. Introduction
Around the world, scraps of the automobiles are increased
day by day, so the effective utilization of the wastes of au-
tomobiles, such as accidental bodies, damaged bodies, and
replaced bodies, can be reusable after recycling. Here, es-
pecially the automobile bumpers which are made up of
aluminium were chosen for this investigation. Christy et al.
[1] completely explained about optimization techniques
used for the input parameters of the squeeze and stir casting
with the help of the Taguchi technique. ey also explained
with the various microstructure diagrams and comparison
plots. ey used the four input parameters for the four
output responses. e basic things of the optimization
techniques for the various machining processes of com-
posites such as various proportions of aluminium with
zirconium carbide composite [2], several combinations of
aluminium with silicon carbide [3], and numerous combi-
nations of aluminium with nanomaterials [4] in the same
way machining such as parameters of the laser welding
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Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
Volume 2021, Article ID 3735438, 10 pages
https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/3735438