A number of WC-Co cemented carbides with 6–12 wt. % Co were machined and surface finished by grinding or Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM). EDM was executed in deionised water through several consecutive gradually finer steps. Correlations between Material Removal Rate (MRR), surface finish and EDM parameters were derived. The quality and integrity of surface finishes were analysed by Scanni...

Tribological characteristics of fine-grained WC–8 wt%Ni with different surface finishing conditions corresponding to sequential wire electrical discharge machining (wire-EDM) or grinding were investigated by performing dry reciprocating sliding experiments on TE77 pin-on-plate equipment with WC–6 wt%Co as mating material. Surface finishes and wear surfaces were characterized using surface topog...

Nowadays, Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) has become one of the most extensively used non-traditional material removal process. Its unique feature of using thermal energy to machine hard to machine electrically conductive materials is its distinctive advantage in the manufacturing of moulds, dies and aerospace components. Howevere, EDM is a costly process and hence proper selection of its ...

Processing effect is a lot of. In this paper, the research perspective is to improve the machining efficiency and machining quality of the system. Based on the analysis of the characteristics of the edm process as the foundation, proposed a fuzzy control technology. In edm process, using fuzzy neural network control technology. According to the characteristics of the fuzzy controller, combined ...

Electrical Discharge Machining technological law is very complex, and many factors influence machining process. From the point of improving process efficiency and process quality, this paper analyses the characteristic in the process course of EDM first. Based on the analyses, a fuzzy neural control system for EDM was achieved. Utilizing the characteristic of fuzzy controller and combining with...

correct selection of manufacturing condition is one of the most important aspects which should be considered in the majority of manufacturing processes,  particularly in the process related to advanced machining process like electrical discharge machining. in electrical discharge machining (edm), dielectric fluid plays an important role since machining characteristics are greatly influenced by ...

Micro Electric Discharge Machining is a nontraditional machining process which can be used for drilling micro holes in high strength to weight ratio materials. This present research study deals with the single optimization of micro EDM process using Genetic Algorithm. Mathematical models using Response Surface Methodology (RSM) is used to correlate the response and the parameters. The desired r...

This work investigates the machining characteristics of American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) D2 tool steel with copper as a tool electrode during electrical discharge machining (EDM) process. The multi wall carbon nano tube (MWCNT) is mixed with dielectric fluids in EDM process to analyze the surface characteristics of surface roughness. Regression model were developed to predict the surfac...

There is an increasing demand for industrial products, not only with the increased number of functions and also there will be a requirement of product in reduced size. Hence, it is essential to develop a product with maximum functions and minimum size. Micromachining technology gives the best solution to develop the product with maximum number of functions and also the size of the product will ...

Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) is a non conventional machining process, where electrically conductive materials are machined by using precisely controlled sparks that occur between an electrode and a work piece in the presence of a dielectric fluid. It has been a demanding research area to model and optimize the EDM process in the present scenario. Lots of efforts have been exercised to m...