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Multi-criteria decision making in the selection of machining parameters for Inconel 718

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Taguchi’s methods and design of experiments are invariably used and adopted as quality improvement techniques in several manufacturing industries as tools for offline quality control. These methods optimize single-response processes. However, Taguchi’s method is not appropriate for optimizing a multi-response problem. In other situations, multi-responses need to be optimized simultaneously. This paper presents multi-response optimization techniques. A set of non-dominated solutions are obtained using non-sorted genetic algorithm for multi-objective functions. Multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) is proposed in this work for selecting a single solution from nondominated solutions. This paper addresses a new method of MCDM concept based on technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS). TOPSIS determines the shortest distance to the positive-ideal solution and the greatest distance from the negative-ideal solution. This work involves the high-speed machining of Inconel 718 using carbide cutting tool with six objective functions that are considered as attributes against the process variables of cutting speed, feed, and depth of cut. The higher-ranked solution is selected as the best solution for the machining of Inconel 718 in its respective environment.

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    R. Thirumalai

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    J. S. Senthilkumaar

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R. Thirumalai received his ME degree in Manufacturing Technology from the National Institute of Technology, Trichy (NITT). He is currently pursuing PhD studies in Mechanical Engineering. Currently, he is an Associate Professor of the Mechanical Engineering Department, SNS College of Technology, Coimbatore. His areas of interests include machining, multicriteria decision making, design of experiments, and optimizations techniques.

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Thirumalai, R., Senthilkumaar, J.S. Multi-criteria decision making in the selection of machining parameters for Inconel 718. J Mech Sci Technol 27, 1109–1116 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-013-0215-7

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