Role of multi-wall carbon nanotubes on the main parameters of the electrical discharge machining (EDM) process

2013 ◽  
Vol 68 (5-8) ◽  
pp. 1095-1102 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Mohammadzadeh Sari ◽  
M. Y. Noordin ◽  
E. Brusa
2013 ◽  
Vol 856 ◽  
pp. 226-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamidullah Yaşar ◽  
Bülent Ekmekci

The role of suspended particles on Ti-6Al-4V surface in Powder Mixed Electrical Discharge Machining (PMEDM) is studied using SiC powder mixing in water dielectric liquid. Surface modifications due to the additives in dielectric liquid are investigated by means of optical, scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive spectroscopy. The attachment of added powders and surface topographies interrelated with powder suspension concentration, particle size and electrical parameters such as pulse on duration and current. The influence on discharge transitivity with respect to SiC additives is noticed with pock like features on the surface. The geometry and size of these features indicated a robust dependency with respect to operational parameters and indicated the role of secondary discharges during PMEDM. SiC particles severely transferred from di-electric liquid to machined surface at critical operational parameters and implied that the process could be also used as a surface alloying technique.


Manufacturing ◽  
2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott F. Miller ◽  
Albert J. Shih

The development of new, advanced engineering materials and the needs for precise and flexible prototype and low-volume production have made wire electrical discharge machining (EDM) an important manufacturing process to meet such demand. This research investigates the effect of spark on-time duration and spark on-time ratio, two important EDM process parameters, on the material removal rate (MRR) and surface integrity of four types of advanced material: porous metal foams, metal bond diamond grinding wheels, sintered Nd-Fe-B magnets, and carbon-carbon bipolar plates. An experimental procedure was developed. During the wire EDM, five types of constraints on the MRR due to short circuit, wire breakage, machine slide speed limit, and spark on-time upper and lower limits have been identified. An envelope of feasible EDM process parameters is created and compared across different work-materials. Applications of such process envelope to select process parameters for maximum MRR and for machining of micro features are presented.


2012 ◽  
Vol 192 ◽  
pp. 118-122
Author(s):  
Ren Yu Feng ◽  
Min Wang ◽  
Zhi Jian Duan

Die assembly is a kind of special tools for fabrication of metal or non-metallic materials parts with required design and purpose. Generally, the high material hardness for die assembly should be selected to increase the service life and reduce the cost in manufactory industry. Electrical discharge machining (EDM) is a suitable method for fabrication of die assembly as the material remove in EDM process mainly depends on the material's thermal characteristics, regardless of the hardness. In this paper, the machining strategies for fabrication of die assembly with typical shaped cavity using EDM were discussed, according to the different cavity structures, the best machining strategies were proposed


2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 1200-1203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahmoud Jafari ◽  
Seyyed Farhad Masoudi ◽  
Majid Vaezzadeh ◽  
Leila Bohloli Oskoui

2010 ◽  
Vol 426-427 ◽  
pp. 85-88
Author(s):  
Hong Jun Wang ◽  
Dun Wen Zuo ◽  
X.M. Wu ◽  
M. Wang

The crater diameter and depth of the surface machined by electrical discharge machining (EDM) were used to evaluate indexes for EDMed surface. The influence of discharge parameters selected on the crater diameter and depth in mirror-like surface EDM process was investigated, and the optimization scheme was obtained. An L16 (44×23) Taguchi standard orthogonal array was chosen for the design of experiments. Experimental results indicate that peak current and open discharge voltage have more influence on the crater diameter and depth in comparison with pulse off-time and pulse duration. Also the results confirm that the crater depth is about 10 to 20 percent of its diameter while the near-mirror EDM conducted in the NAK80 steel with fine discharge parameters.


2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nirdesh Ojha ◽  
Florian Zeller ◽  
Claas Mueller ◽  
Holger Reinecke

Electrical discharge machining (EDM) is widely used to manufacture complex shaped dies, molds and critical parts in conductive materials. With the help of an assisting electrode (AE), EDM process can be used to machine nonconductive ceramics. This paper evaluates the mechanical properties of three high-performance nonconductive ceramics (ZrO2, Si3N4, and SiC) that have been machined with the EDM process using AE. Mechanical properties such as Vickers hardness (HV 0.3), surface roughness (Sq), and flexural strength of the machined and the nonmachined samples are compared. The EDM process causes decrease in Vickers hardness, increase in surface roughness, and decrease in flexural strength.


2020 ◽  
Vol 996 ◽  
pp. 131-136
Author(s):  
Yao Li ◽  
Cheng Cui ◽  
Bengang Lin ◽  
Li Li

Inconel718 has been widely used in various fields for its good performance, but it is difficult to machine with traditional machining methods. Electrical discharge machining is an alternative competitive process to machine Nickel-based alloys by electrical erosion. In order to improve reduce the electrode loss and improve the machining efficiency, the horizontal ultrasonic vibration of the workpiece and the cryogenic cooling of the tool electrode were applied into the EDM process. Material removal efficiency, surface roughness, surface topography, and microhardness have been characterized.


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