A Comparative Investigation on Tribological Properties of Al-Si Alloy based MMC Reinforced with Waste Materials

In the present study Al-Si alloy (LM6) was reinforced with 15% of flyash and rice husk ash. This experimental analysis shows that Al-Si Alloy based MMC reinforced with fly ash and rice husk ash have a better Tribological behaviour as compared to the Al-Si alloy. The wear test was carried out using pin-on-disk machine with a constant load of 30N with varying sliding speed. The experiments are conducted at both elevated and ambient temperature. Based on the observations of weight loss, wear graphs and C.O.F graphs corresponding observations were drawn. With the help of these experiments it was found that the Al-Si alloy reinforced with waste materials shows a better wear behaviour than the existing Al-Si alloy. (paper)