scholarly journals Experimental Investigation and Optimization of Electric Discharge Machining Process Parameters Using Grey-Fuzzy-Based Hybrid Techniques

Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (19) ◽  
pp. 5820
Author(s):  
Ankit Sharma ◽  
Vidyapati Kumar ◽  
Atul Babbar ◽  
Vikas Dhawan ◽  
Ketan Kotecha ◽  
...  

Electrical discharge machining (EDM) has recently been shown to be one of the most successful unconventional machining methods for meeting the requirements of today’s manufacturing sector by producing complicated curved geometries in a broad variety of contemporary engineering materials. The machining efficiency of an EDM process during hexagonal hole formation on pearlitic Spheroidal Graphite (SG) iron 450/12 grade material was examined in this study utilizing peak current (I), pulse-on time (Ton), and inter-electrode gap (IEG) as input parameters. The responses, on the other hand, were the material removal rate (MRR) and overcut. During the experimental trials, the peak current ranged from 32 to 44 A, the pulse-on duration ranged from 30–120 s, and the inter-electrode gap ranged from 0.011 to 0.014 mm. Grey relational analysis (GRA) was interwoven with a fuzzy logic method to optimize the multi-objective technique that was explored in this EDM process. The effect of changing EDM process parameter values on responses was further investigated and statistically analyzed. Additionally, a response graph and response table were produced to determine the best parametric setting based on the calculated grey-fuzzy reasoning grade (GFRG). Furthermore, predictor regression models for response characteristics and GFRG were constructed, and a confirmation test was performed using randomly chosen input parameters to validate the generated models.

2012 ◽  
Vol 445 ◽  
pp. 994-999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Reza Shabgard ◽  
Mirsadegh Seyedzavvar

This paper details the correlation between the input parameters with the tool material on the machining response in comparison of two different combinations of toolworkpiece material, namely copper-H13 and graphite-H13. The considered machining input parameters included pulse current and pulse on-time, and the investigated characteristics of the machining response were the material removal rate, tool wear, and surface roughness of the workpiece. Furthermore, differences in pulse shapes and process stability between the copper-H13 and graphite-H13 combinations were investigated.


2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3.12) ◽  
pp. 1161
Author(s):  
Nishant Kumar Singh ◽  
Sandeep Agrawal ◽  
Rajvardhan . ◽  
Yashvir Singh

Hard materials cannot be machined effectively by the individual machining process. In order to machine workpiece made from hard and stiff materials effectively a concept of Hybrid machining process (HMP) is originated. The HMP is an integration of two or more machining process to get the advantage of each individual process. HMP is used to machine  This study focuses on evolving a novel process using both oil and gas as dielectrics to analyse the effect on tool wear rate (TWR) and material removal rate (MRR). The flow of compressed gas through eccentric-hole rotating tool improved the debris removal from inter-electrode gap, hence it improve the flushing competence of the machining process. In this experimental investigation, the workpiece material is Al-20% SiC metal matrix composite (MMC) and the electrode material is copper. The experiments were conducted following the Taguchi method of design experiments. The effect of various machining parameters on MRR and TWR has been studied. The optimization of process parameter has also been done. The results of TWR and MRR are analysed using S/N ratio, ANOVA and main effect plots. The experimental results, revels that discharge current, gap voltage and pulse on time significantly affected MRR, and TWR. The experimental inference reveal that provision of compressed air through eccentric hole rotary tool has a positive effect on machinability of electrical discharge machining (EDM) process.  


Author(s):  
Kaushik Kumar ◽  
J. Paulo Davim

Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) process is a widely used machining process in several fabrication, construction and repair work applications. Considering Pulse-On Time, Pulse OFF time, Peak-Current and Gap voltage as the inputs and among all possible outputs, in the present work Material Removal Rate and Surface Roughness are considered as outputs. In order to reduce the number of experiments Design of Experiments (DOE) was undertaken using Orthogonal Array and later on the outputs were optimized using ANN and PSO. It was found that the results obtained from both the techniques were tallying with each other.


2021 ◽  
Vol 1026 ◽  
pp. 147-154
Author(s):  
Kamlesh Paswan ◽  
Somnath Chattopadhyaya ◽  
Alokesh Pramanik

This paper emphasises the effect of the surfactant in the PMEDM process. The preparation of nanofluid is done by mixing and sonicating thoroughly into the deionised water is discussed. The effect of varying the graphene nanopowder concentration into the dielectric is also discussed. Also, the effect of surfactant SDS and CTAB in the machining process is elaborated at 0.1 and 0.2g per 800ml concentration. MRR improved by 21.27% and roughness by 18.91% at 0.2g and 8µs, 2A and 50V in 800ml deionised water. SDS provide better MRR and low roughness compared to CTAB at higher peak current and higher pulse on time Simultaneously, the addition of surfactant into the dielectric medium reduces the performance of the EDM process. The MRR varies from 21mg/min at 0g graphene to 45mg/min at 0.2g and then 31.81mg/min at 0.2g with 0.1g SDS, 43mg/min at 0.2g SDS, 28.33mg/min at 0.1g CTAB and 30mg/min at 0.2g CTAB. Debris size also varies with the input parameters.


2022 ◽  
pp. 824-842
Author(s):  
Kaushik Kumar ◽  
J. Paulo Davim

Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) process is a widely used machining process in several fabrication, construction and repair work applications. Considering Pulse-On Time, Pulse OFF time, Peak-Current and Gap voltage as the inputs and among all possible outputs, in the present work Material Removal Rate and Surface Roughness are considered as outputs. In order to reduce the number of experiments Design of Experiments (DOE) was undertaken using Orthogonal Array and later on the outputs were optimized using ANN and PSO. It was found that the results obtained from both the techniques were tallying with each other.


2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (8A) ◽  
pp. 1226-1235
Author(s):  
Safa R. Fadhil ◽  
Shukry. H. Aghdeab

Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) is extensively used to manufacture different conductive materials, including difficult to machine materials with intricate profiles. Powder Mixed Electro-Discharge Machining (PMEDM) is a modern innovation in promoting the capabilities of conventional EDM. In this process, suitable materials in fine powder form are mixed in the dielectric fluid. An equal percentage of graphite and silicon carbide powders have been mixed together with the transformer oil and used as the dielectric media in this work. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of some process parameters such as peak current, pulse-on time, and powder concentration of machining High-speed steel (HSS)/(M2) on the material removal rate (MRR), tool wear rate (TWR) and the surface roughness (Ra). Experiments have been designed and analyzed using Response Surface Methodology (RSM) approach by adopting a face-centered central composite design (FCCD). It is found that added graphite-silicon carbide mixing powder to the dielectric fluid enhanced the MRR and Ra as well as reduced the TWR at various conditions. Maximum MRR was (0.492 g/min) obtained at a peak current of (24 A), pulse on (100 µs), and powder concentration (10 g/l), minimum TWR was (0.00126 g/min) at (10 A, 100 µs, and 10 g/l), and better Ra was (3.51 µm) at (10 A, 50 µs, and 10 g/l).


2012 ◽  
Vol 622-623 ◽  
pp. 19-24
Author(s):  
P. Balasubramanian ◽  
Thiyagarajan Senthilvelan

In this study, input parameters of Electrical Discharge machining (EDM) process have been optimised for two different materials EN-8 and Die steel-D3 were machined by using sintered copper electrode. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was applied to study the influences of process parameters viz: - peak current, pulse on time, di-electric pressure and diameter of electrode on material removal rate (MRR), tool wear rate (TWR) and surface roughness (SR) for both materials. Response surface methodology (RSM) has been applied to optimise the multi responses in order to get maximum MRR, minimum TWR and minimum SR. Furthermore, mathematical model has been formulated to estimate the corresponding output responses for both work pieces. It has been observed that compared to EN 8 material, the MRR value is low and TWR is high for D3 material. However the SR value is marginally lower than obtained in EN8.R2 value is above 0.90 for both work pieces.


2012 ◽  
Vol 622-623 ◽  
pp. 380-384 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Muthuramalingam ◽  
B. Mohan

In automobile and aeronautical industries, complex moulds and dies is produced by Electrical Discharge Machining process. The surface finish is determined by the crater volume in EDM process. The amount of crater volume is influenced by the amount and distribution of discharge energy. The discharge energy is directly proportional to the average discharge current. This amount of current is determined by the duration of discharging effect. This study deals about evaluating the performance of iso current pulse generator on machining characteristics in EDM. Due to its ability of reducing stochastic nature in EDM process, iso pulse generator could produce better surface finish than conventional transistor pulse train generator with higher material removal rate.


2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (02) ◽  
pp. 101-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jagdeep Singh ◽  
Rajiv Kumar Sharma

The main aim of this work is to propose a hybrid framework, which makes use of intelligent decision-making tools, that are gray, fuzzy, and ANFIS, to optimize the multi-performance characteristics (MPCs) of powder-mixed electrical discharge machining (PM-EDM) of tungsten carbide (WC). To perform the experimentation, four input parameters: (i) pulse-on time, (ii) current, (iii) powder concentration, and (iv) powder grain size are considered to investigate the MPCs such as material removal rate, tool wear rate, surface roughness, and micro-hardness. The proposed framework uses response surface methodology (RSM) with gray, gray-fuzzy, and gray-ANFIS approaches to obtain optimal solution and also to handle the element of uncertainty or fuzziness associated with the uncertain, multi-input, and discrete data. This method helps to generate the values of gray relational grade (GRG), gray-fuzzy reasoning grade (GFRG), and gray adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system grade (G-ANFISG) for all the 30 experiments. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) is performed on GRG, GFRG, and G-ANFISG to identify the major contributing input parameters which may affect the MPCs. Finally, the theoretical prediction is done to verify the improvement in the performance characteristics obtained through the proposed approaches. Both the experimental and statistical results clearly demonstrate the success of proposed framework for the optimization of PM-EDM of WC alloy.


2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (03) ◽  
pp. 189-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Vikram Reddy ◽  
P. Madar Valli ◽  
A. Kumar ◽  
Ch. Sridhar Reddy

In the present work, an investigation has been made into the electrical discharge machining process during machining of precipitation hardening stainless steel PH17-4. Taguchi method is used to formulate the experimental layout, to analyze the effect of each process parameter on machining characteristics and to predict the optimal choice for each electrical discharge machining process parameters namely, peak current, pulse on time and pulse off time that give up optimal process performance characteristics such as material removal rate, surface roughness, tool wear rate and surface hardness. To identify the significance of parameters on measured response, the analysis of variance has been done. It is found that parameters peak current and pulse on time have the significant affect on material removal rate, surface roughness, tool wear rate and surface hardness. However, parameter pulse off time has significant affect on material removal rate. Confirmation tests are conducted at their respective optimum parametric settings to verify the predicted optimal values of performance characteristics.


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