Manufacturing of Aluminum Alloy 6061 Composite Material using Bagasse Ash- Working Paper

Aluminium (Al) is existing in a very large quantity found in the earth’s crust and third most abundant element. Al is easily available, it has a high strength to weight ratio and it is durable. Al alloy is light weight and corrosion resistant hence used in aircraft and automobile industries. Wear is loss of material from surfaces and the life of material decreases due to wear. Al 6061 has good mechanical properties, it exhibits good weldability and it has wear resistant properties. In the literature review, information about wear resistance properties of composites containing Al 6061 as a matrix is studied for different reinforcement materials for various applications. Very few researchers studied Al 6061 is a matrix material and bagasse ash as reinforced materials. In this paper, aluminum composite material manufacturing using the stir casting method is carried out for manufacturing because of flexibility, simplicity, and having mass production capability. The problem identification about improving the wear properties of Al 6061 matrix material reinforced bagasse ash has been explored and further, research objective and methodology for the same is discussed with flowcharts. The work carried still to date is reported in this working paper.