Electro Discharge Machining (EDM) is a very efficient machining process widely used in manufacturing components of complicated geometry. Based on its nature, i.e. material removal by electric discharge, the process induces thermal stresses that in turn result in generation of wide spread micro-cracks on the surface of the machined part. In this paper the influence of EDM characteristic paramete...

In this paper, fuzzy logic integrated with the Taguchi method is used to optimize Wire Electro Discharge Machining (WEDM) process with multiple quality characteristics. Rough machining with EDM gives poor surface finish and has micro cracks and pores. Finish machining gives better surface finish but with very poor machining speed (MRR). Spark gap width is one of the important performance measur...

The wire cut EDM is one of the most important machining process for technologists in the field of moulds, dies and in precision manufacturing .The wire electrical discharge machining producing parts with in very short period , the demand over the time increases extensively .So that an extensive research work has been carried out to optimize the parameters of the process by eliminating trial and...

Stainless steel is a material which has high corrosive resistance and oxidation at temperature with the combination of chromium, nickel, niobium as primary constituent. This difficult to machine complex shape taken by using wire cut electric discharge machining. Wire electrical machining nontraditional process widely for cutting shapes. review paper involves EDM optimization parameters. Pulse i...

Advanced Ceramics find wide range of industrial applications. Cutting of advanced ceramic (SiC) is very difficult using conventional machining methods due to its low fracture toughness. In the past few years, researchers have claimed successful machining of ceramic composites using EDM process. Furthermore, increasing trend, necessity of miniaturization, micro components in MEMS and semiconduct...

The wire electrical discharge machining (WEDM) experiments has been conducted using air and water mixture as a dielectric medium, is called environmental friendly near dry WEDM. In this technology, the dielectric fluid (Deionized water) is replaced by liquid-air to minimize the environmental impact in the machining zone and operator health. The effect of discharge current (I), Pulse width (TON)...

This paper presents an investigation on the effect of machining parameters on the surface roughness (centre line average roughness: Ra) and the optimal combination of process parameter for minimum Ra in wire electrical discharge machining (WEDM) of EN 31 steel using artificial bee colony (ABC) algorithm. The experimental studies are conducted by varying discharge current, voltage, pulse on time...

WEDM is one of the important variants of electrical discharge machining (EDM) which uses the thermal energy generated between the electrodes for machining the electrically conducive materials. This method has been successfully implemented in common materials like aluminum, stainless steel etc., But its application in super alloys like Ti6Al4V is still under investigations. This paper reviews th...

Abstract The present investigation aimed to determine the optimal parameters for wire-cut electrical discharge machining (WEDM) stir cast aluminum alloy AA6063 at 850°C reinforced with 10 wt.% green SiC (SiC g ) and black b particles. WEDM parameters, such as pulse on time ( T ON ), wire feed (WF) rate, flushing pressure (FP) of resultant AA6063/SiC composites, were optimized using Taguchi meth...

This paper presents an investigation on WEDM of pure titanium (grade-2). An attempt has been made to model the response variable i.e. surface roughness in WEDM process using response surface methodology. The experimental plan is based on Box-Behnken design. Six parameters i.e. pulse on time, pulse off time, peak current, spark gap voltage, wire feed and wire tension has been varied to investiga...