Prediction of material removal rate and surface roughness for wire electrical discharge machining of nickel using response surface methodology

Authors

  • Thangam Chinnadurai VIT University, Division, School of Electrical Engineering (SELECT), Industrial Automation and Instrumentation
  • Subbiah Arungalai Vendan VIT University, Division, School of Electrical Engineering (SELECT), Industrial Automation and Instrumentation

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/revmetalm.077

Keywords:

Brass wire, Material removal rate (MRR), Nickel, Response surface methodology (RSM), Surface roughness (SR), Zinc coated wire, Wire-EDM

Abstract


This study focuses on investigating the effects of process parameters, namely, Peak current (Ip), Pulse on time (Ton), Pulse off time (Toff), Water pressure (Wp), Wire feed rate (Wf), Wire tension (Wt), Servo voltage (Sv) and Servo feed setting (Sfs), on the Material Removal Rate (MRR) and Surface Roughness (SR) for Wire electrical discharge machining (Wire-EDM) of nickel using Taguchi method. Response Surface Methodology (RSM) is adopted to evolve mathematical relationships between the wire cutting process parameters and the output variables of the weld joint to determine the welding input parameters that lead to the desired optimal wire cutting quality. Besides, using response surface plots, the interaction effects of process parameters on the responses are analyzed and discussed. The statistical software Mini-tab is used to establish the design and to obtain the regression equations. The developed mathematical models are tested by analysis-of-variance (ANOVA) method to check their appropriateness and suitability. Finally, a comparison is made between measured and calculated results, which are in good agreement. This indicates that the developed models can predict the responses accurately and precisely within the limits of cutting parameter being used.

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Published

2016-12-30

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Chinnadurai, T., & Arungalai Vendan, S. (2016). Prediction of material removal rate and surface roughness for wire electrical discharge machining of nickel using response surface methodology. Revista De Metalurgia, 52(4), e077. https://doi.org/10.3989/revmetalm.077

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