scholarly journals Superior advance research in the electro-discharge machining of Ti alloys: Review

Author(s):  
Ramezan Ali Mahdavinejad ◽  
Mohsen Asghari Ilani

Electro Discharge Machining (EDM) known as an advanced machining process that much used for machining material with any hardness and complexity geometry in a high level of the accuracy in the cases of demand of the industrial application. The conception of the EDM process is included in applying electro-thermal energy in the gap, by discharge electrical power on the breaking point of the dielectric without any contact between electrodes. Due to the existing ability for removing debris from the surface, there is a lot of metallurgy defect on it. To improve and optimize EDM performance, the machine’s operating parameters, Input, during& output parameters, need to be optimized. Another handy way to reform of the view metallurgical must take picture sub-structure from the initial and subsequent layer. At the end for catching special status, adjust the technical parameters with metallurgical defects. Studies in case of the EDM have indicated that the appropriate selection of the way to control of the process, material, and operating parameters had considerably improved the process performance and also causing to was better the quality machined surface. This paper made a comprehensive review of the research studies in a different section of the EDM of various grades of titanium and its alloys. This review presents the simulation, experimental and theoretical studies on EDM that helped to improve the process performance, including material removal rate, surface quality, and tool wear rate, the stability of process among others. However, here are collected most of the research are done surrounding of EDM of Ti alloys as the developments of EDM and are seen material for future.

2013 ◽  
Vol 465-466 ◽  
pp. 1329-1333 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdus Sabur ◽  
Abdul Moudood ◽  
Mohammad Yeakub Ali ◽  
Mohammad Abdul Maleque

Micro-electro discharge machining (micro-EDM) technique, an advanced noncontact machining process, is used for structuring of nonconductive ZrO2 ceramic. In this study copper foil as a conductive layer is adhered on the workpiece surface to initiate the sparks and kerosene is used as dielectric for creation of continuous conductive pyrolytic carbon layer on the machined surface. Voltage (V) and capacitance (C) are considered as the parameters to investigate the process capability of machining parameters in continuous micro-EDM of ZrO2. Different voltage pulses are studied to examine the causes of lower material removal rate (MRR) in micro-EDM of nonconductive ceramics. The results showed that in micro-EDM of ZrO2 MRR increases with the increase of voltage and capacitance initially, but decreases at higher values and no significant materials are removed at capacitances higher than 1nF.


2010 ◽  
Vol 44-47 ◽  
pp. 1066-1069
Author(s):  
Li Li ◽  
Li Ling Qi ◽  
Zong Wei Niu

This paper presents an experimental investigation of the machining characteristics of sintered NdFeB permanent magnet using a combination process of electro-discharge machining (EDM) with ultrasonic machining (USM). Concentration of abrasive in the dielectric fluid is changed to explore its effect on the material removal rate (MRR). MRR of EDM /USM, conventional EDM are compared, machined surface characteristics are also compared between them. It is concluded that the combination EDM/USM process can increase the MRR and decrease the thickness of the recast layer. In the combination process, an appropriate abrasive concentration can improve its machining efficiency.


2018 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Partha Protim Das ◽  
Sunny Diyaley ◽  
Shankar Chakraborty ◽  
Ranjan Kumar Ghadai

Wire electro discharge machining (WEDM) is a versatile non-traditional machining process that is extensively in use to machine the components having intricate profiles and shapes. In WEDM, it is very important to select the optimal process parameters so as to enhance the machine performance. This paper emphasizes the selection of optimal parametric combination of WEDM process while machining on EN31 steel, using grey-fuzzy logic technique. Process parameters such as servo voltage, wire tension, pulse-on-time and pulse-off-time were considered while taking into account several multi-responses such as material removal rate (MRR) and surface roughness (SR). It was found that pulse-on-time of 115 µs, pulse-off-time of 35 µs, servo voltage of 40 V and wire tension of 5 kgf results in a larger value of grey fuzzy reasoning grade (GFRG) which tends to maximize MRR and improve SR. Finally, analysis of variance (ANOVA) is applied to check the influence of each process parameters in the estimation of GFRG.


Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Guo ◽  
Xinrong Zhang ◽  
Shibin Chen ◽  
Jizhuang Hui

Ultraviolet-curable resin was introduced as a bonding agent into the fabrication process of precision abrasive machining tools in this study, aiming to deliver a rapid, flexible, economical, and environment-friendly additive manufacturing process to replace the hot press and sintering process with thermal-curable resin. A laboratory manufacturing process was established to develop an ultraviolet-curable resin bond diamond lapping plate, the machining performance of which on the ceramic workpiece was examined through a series of comparative experiments with slurry-based iron plate lapping. The machined surface roughness and weight loss of the workpieces were periodically recorded to evaluate the surface finish quality and the material removal rate. The promising results in terms of a 12% improvement in surface roughness and 25% reduction in material removal rate were obtained from the ultraviolet-curable resin plate-involved lapping process. A summarized hypothesis was drawn to describe the dynamically-balanced state of the hybrid precision abrasive machining process integrated both the two-body and three-body abrasion mode.


Author(s):  
Murali M. Sundaram ◽  
Sridevi Billa ◽  
Kamlakar P. Rajurkar

Drilling a micro hole with an aspect ratio above 10 is a challenging task for any-micromachining process. In micro electro discharge machining (micro EDM), a proven metallic micromachining process, this is due to the problems associated with debris removal. In such cases, where the capabilities of existing macro machining methods are constantly being challenged, innovative micro manufacturing approaches are required to make progress. Hybrid micromachining is one such approach in which the synergy of constituent processes is exploited to achieve desired results. In this paper, the results of ultrasonic vibration assisted micro electro discharge machining process are presented. This hybrid process is capable of deep hole drilling with aspect ratio of 20 in austenitic stainless steel by overcoming the limitations in the debris removal faced in the typical micro EDM process. Other benefits of ultrasonic vibration are the savings in machining time, and less tool wear. It is also noticed that the ultrasonic vibration causes some shape distortion and produces rougher machined surface.


Author(s):  
Omer Eyercioglu ◽  
Kursad Gov

This study presents an experimental investigation of small hole electrical discharge machining of Al-Mg-Ti alloys. A series of drilling operations were carried out for exploring the effect of magnesium content. Holes of 2 mm diameter and 15 mm depth were drilled using tubular single-hole rotary brass electrodes. The rates of material removal and electrode wear, surface roughness, overcut, average recast layer thickness, taper height and angle were studied for Al-Mg-Ti alloys contain 2%, 4%, 6%, 8%, 10%, 12%, and 14% Mg. The results show that the material removal rate is increasing with increasing Mg content while the rate of electrode wear is almost unchanged. Due to decreasing the melting temperature of the Al-Mg-Ti alloy with increasing Mg content, more metal melts and vaporizes during electrical discharge machining drilling. Therefore, more overcut and taper, thicker white layer, and rougher surfaces were measured for higher Mg content.


Author(s):  
Murali Meenakshi Sundaram ◽  
Yakup Yildiz ◽  
K. P. Rajurkar

Cryogenic treatment is a heat treatment process in which the specimen is subjected to an extremely low temperature of the order of −300° F and below, to cause beneficial changes in the material properties. The advantages of cryogenic treatment include relieved residual stresses, and better electrical properties. Electro discharge machining (EDM) is a well known nontraditional machining process in which electrical energy is converted to thermal energy to remove material by melting and evaporation from electrically conductive materials. The process performance of EDM is affected by several factors including the material properties. In this study, the effect of cryogenic treatment on the performance of EDM is investigated experimentally. Copper tool electrodes were subjected to two different treatment methods, namely cold treatment (around −150° F) and deep cryogenic treatment (around −300° F). Using these electrodes, experiments were conducted to study the effect of various process parameters. Significant improvement in material removal rate was observed for EDM with cryogenically treated tools. However, their effect on tool wear is only marginal.


2011 ◽  
Vol 204-210 ◽  
pp. 1830-1834
Author(s):  
Zhao Long Li ◽  
Shi Chun Di

The method of machining deep hole on Ni-base alloy which can tolerant high temperature by pulse electrochemical machining has been proposed in this paper. Five technical parameters are discussed on the effect of mass removal rate of machining process. Establish a dynamic math model, and analyze the effect of process parameters on the mass material removal rate of deep small holes. Machining accuracy of deep small holes was analyzed.


Electro discharge machining is a non-traditional machining process used for machining hard-to-machine materials, such as various grades of titanium alloys, heat-treated alloy steels, composites, tungsten carbides, and so forth. These materials are hard to machine with customary machining procedures like drilling, milling and hence electro-discharge machining is used to machine such materials to get better quality and efficiency. These materials are generally utilized in current industries like die making industries, aeronautics, nuclear industries, and medical fields. This type of machining is thermalbased, and machining takes place due to repetitive electric sparks that generate between workpiece and tool. Both tools and workpieces are inundated in a dielectric liquid, which has two primary functions. In the first place, it behaves like a medium between the work metal and the tool. Second, it is a flushing agent to expel the machined metal from the machined zone. Machining parameters like a pulse on time, current, wire feed the tool and gap voltage affect the output responses like surface roughness and material removal rate. The material removal rate is a significant parameter that determines machining efficiency. Surface roughness is also a vital parameter that decides machining quality. A lot of research has been conducted to determine the optimum parameters for obtaining the best results. In the present work, a comprehensive review of different types of EDM and the effect of various machining parameters on the surface roughness, material removal rate, and other response parameters has been done.


Author(s):  
R Rajeswari ◽  
MS Shunmugam

Electrical discharge machining is used in the machining of complicated shapes in hardened molds and dies. In rough die-sinking stage, attempts are made to enhance material removal rate with a consequential reduction in cycle time. Powder mix and ultrasonic assistance are employed in the electrical discharge machining process to create gap conditions favoring material removal. In the present work, experiments are carried out on hardened D3 die steel using full-factorial design based on three levels of voltage, current and pulse on time. The gap phenomena in graphite powder-mixed and ultrasonic-assisted rough electrical discharge machining are studied using a detailed analysis of pulse shapes and their characteristic trains. Two new parameters, namely, energy expended over a second ( E) and performance factor ( PF) denoting the ratio of energy associated with sparks to total discharge energy, bring out gap conditions effectively. In comparison with the conventional electrical discharge machining for the selected condition, it is seen that the graphite powder mixed in the dielectric enhances the material removal rate by 20.8% with E of 215 J and PF of 0.227, while these values are 179.8 J and 0.076 for ultrasonic-assisted electrical discharge machining with marginal reduction of 3.9%. Cross-sectional images of workpieces also reveal the influence of electrical discharge machining conditions on the machined surface. The proposed approach can be extended to different powder mix and ultrasonic conditions to identify condition favoring higher material removal.


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