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The dry sliding wear behaviour of SiC reinforced LM13 aluminium alloy was investigated by varying the process characteristics implementing the Taguchi’s Design of Experiment Methodology. Reinforcement content (0, 10, and 15 wt.% of SiC), sliding speed (2, 4, 6 m/s), applied load (10 N, 30 N, 50 N) and sliding distance (150, 300, 450 m) were selected as the independent process variables, and wear rate, frictional heating, and coefficient of friction were considered as the response characteristics followed by Taguchi’s L27 orthogonal array. Pin-on-disc wear testing configuration was employed to evaluate the wear performance. ANOVA has described each process variable’s percentage contribution on the performance characteristics and their significance to the study. The optimum processing condition obtained for optimal wear rates are: reinforcement of 15 wt.%, 10 N load @ 2 m/s and sliding distance of 300 m …