Effects of multi-pass cutting during wire electrical discharging
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Gurusamy Selvakumar
, Velayutham Balasubramanian , Sundaravel Vijayan und Nagarajan Lenin
Abstract
In recent years, the use of wire electrical discharge machining (WEDM) has gained momentum for processing hardened alloys. The machining of a hardened alloy commonly reveals poor surface finish and poor corner accuracy. In order to improve the machining performance, multi-pass cutting was employed during wire EDM of Monel 400 alloy. In this work, multi- pass cutting is achieved by one rough cut followed by two trim cuts. Control factors such as offset distance, pulse-on time (Ton), corner angle, flushing nozzle height, pulse-off time (Toff), open circuit voltage and wire tension are selected as control factors in so far as the process criteria results in reduced speed, corner error and surface roughness. The experiments were carried out using Taguchi design, and the results were analyzed. These showed that surface finish and corner accuracy were improved if the machining had been performed with a single trim cut. The outcome of the results revealed that the use of a trim cut more than once adversely affects the productivity and accuracy of the products in question. Moreover, a comparative study on (i) a single pass cut versus a trim cut (ii) a trim cut versus path modification was carried out.
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Inhalt/Contents
- Contents
- Fachbeiträge/Technical Contributions
- In situ computed tomography for the characterization of the fatigue damage development in glass fiber-reinforced polyurethane
- Phase evolution of surface-modified Incoloy 825 superalloy using pack aluminization
- Material qualification of a 13Cr-L80 casing for sour conditions
- Influence of processing parameters on the fatigue life time of specimens made from quenched and tempered steel SAE 4140H
- Impact of notch geometry on dynamic strength of materials
- Hygrothermal environment effects on mechanical properties of T700/3228 CFRP laminates
- Effect of austenitizing temperature on the microstructure evolution and properties of Cu-bearing CADI
- Characterization of the boron layer formed by pack boronizing of binary iron-niobium alloys
- Corrosion inhibition of steel in a sodium chloride solution by natural honey
- Effect of notch-depth ratio on intermittent electromagnetic radiation from Cu-Ni alloy under tension
- Physical, mechanical and thermal behavior of recycled agro waste GSA reinforced green composites
- Effects of multi-pass cutting during wire electrical discharging
- Effects of thrust force variation during the drilling of pure and chemically treated Kevlar based polymer composites
- Dynamic mechanical and fracture morphology of kevlar fiber filled groundnut reinforced epoxy composites