Parametric optimization of ball milling process parameters for uniform distribution of particles

Abstract

This paper represents the uniform distribution of particles in a mixture of Silicon Nitride and Hexagonal Boron Nitride using Ball milling process. Here, a novel attempt is made to quantify the uniform distribution of particles in terms of the Experimental Fraction of Observations. The effects of process parameters on Average Particle Size and Experimental Fraction of Observations were studied. Taguchi Methodology was used for Design of Experiments in this study. Optimal factor level settings corresponding to the individual responses were found. Analysis of Variance was conducted as well for both the responses. The mean predicted values of responses and the 95% confidence intervals for the same were also calculated. The confirmation test results are found to lie between the predicted confidence Intervals for both the confirmation experiments and population.