Author : Ravi Kumar, Gurpreet Singh Virk and Yadvinder Singh

Wire-cut Electrical Discharge Machining (WEDM) is extensively used in machining of conductive materials producing intricate shapes with high accuracy. This study exhibits that WEDM process parameters can be altered to achieve betterment of Material removal rate (MRR), Surface Roughness (SR). The main goals of WEDM manufacturers and users are to achieve a better stability and higher productivity of the WEDM process, i.e., higher machining rate with desired accuracy and minimum surface damage. However, due to a large number of variables and the stochastic nature of the process, even a highly skilled operator working with a state-of-the-art WEDM is unable to achieve the optimal performance and avoid wire rupture and surface damage as the machining progresses.

Keywords: Ton, Toff, IP, MRR, SR, C-45 steel and orthogonal array, WEDM.

Article published in International Journal of Current Engineering and Technology, Vol.5, No.5 (Oct-2015)