A Review on Optimization of Process Parameters for Improving Performance in Electrical Discharge Machining
The correct selection of manufacturing conditions is one of the most important aspects to take into consideration in the majority of manufacturing processes and, particularly, in processes related to Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM). It is a capable of machining geometrically complex or hard material components, that are precise and difficult-to-machine such as heat treated tool steels, composites, super alloys, ceramics, carbides, heat resistant steels etc. being widely used in die and mold making industries, aerospace, aeronautics and nuclear industries. From the point of view of industrial applications, SS 410 is a very important material and that’s why for the purpose of experimentation SS 410 with copper electrode and EDM oil as dielectric has been used In the present work. I will take input parameter discharge current, pulse on time and pulse off time. Design of Experiment (DOE) with full factorial design has been explored to produce 27 specimens on SS 410 by edm operation. MRR will be calculated from MRR equation and software available for it and then compare it. Collected data related to surface roughness have been utilized for optimization.
A Review Paper on EDM and ECM of Stainless Steel
Electric Discharge Machining (EDM) is one of the most efficiently employed non-traditional machining process for cutting hard-to-cut materials & to cut geometrically complex shapes that are difficult to machine by conventional machines. In the present paper reviews is conducted of experimental investigations carried out to study the effect of EDM parameters on material removal rate (MRR), electrode wear (EWR), surface roughness (Ra) and diameteral overcut in corrosion resistant stainless steels. The non-contact machining technique has been continuously evolving from a mere tool and die making process to a micro-scale application machining alternative attracting a significant amount of research interests and Electrochemical machining (ECM) offers several special advantages including higher machining rate, better precision and control, and a wider range of materials that can be machined.This paper reviewswork related to EDM and ECM processes applied to stainless steel materials such as AISI 304, AISI 302B, 316 L and 17-4 PH.
Thermal incompatibility analysis of metal-ceramic systems based on flexural displacement data.
The feasibility of simple tests or analytical methods for prediction of residual stress states in metal-ceramic (MC) prostheses has not been demonstrated. Biomaterial metal-ceramic strips have been proposed to provide sensitive measures of transient and residual stress states through the measurement of midpoint deflection after cooling from the ceramic sintering temperature. The objective of this study was to apply the elastic-viscoelastic analogy to calculate transient and residual midpoint deflections in MC biomaterial strips and to compare these values with deflections measured with a beam-bending viscometer (BBV). Calculations and measurements were made for five MC systems that were found from a clinical study to be "thermally compatible" systems. Metal strips, 64 mm in length, 3 mm wide, and either 0.5 mm, 1.0 mm, or 2.0 mm in thickness, were veneered with four 0.25-mm thick layers of opaque porcelain. Midpoint deflection of the MC strips (ceramic oriented in the posterior position) was measured during cooling from an initial temperature of 700 degrees C. In general, the directions of the measured residual deflections did not agree with the "textbook" convention that negative deflections are associated with positive thermal contraction mismatch (alpha(M) - alpha(c) > 0) regardless of metal thickness. For a metal thickness of 0.5 mm, the residual midpoint deflection for all thermal contraction mismatch cases, except one, was positive (upward deflection) whereas the residual midpoint deflections were all negative when the metal thickness was increased to 1 or 2 mm, independent of the thermal contraction mismatch. The best agreement between calculated and measured values of residual midpoint deflection (+16 microns vs. +14 +/- 2.3 microns, respectively was obtained for MC biomaterial strips with a Ni-Cr alloy (0.5 mm thick) while the largest difference (+346 microns vs. +61 +/- 43.8 microns) was obtained for MC bimaterial strips with a Au-Pd allow (0.5 mm thick). In all but one case, changes in deflection direction as a function of metal thickness were correctly predicted by the viscoelastic analysis. The results of this study indicate that a viscoelastic model is useful for estimating thermal compatibility conditions of MC systems.