Silicon carbide powder mixed micro electro discharge milling of titanium alloy

This paper presents the influence of silicon carbide (SiC) powder concentration in dielectric fluid and electrical discharge energy in micro electro discharge machining (μEDM) of titanium alloy (Ti-6Al-4V) with tungsten carbide (WC) electrode. SiC powder concentration and electrical discharge...

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Main Authors: Ali, Mohammad Yeakub, N.A.R.A., Atiqah, M.A., Erniyati
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Published: Universiti Malaya 2011
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spelling iium-123412012-05-08T03:37:44Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/12341/ Silicon carbide powder mixed micro electro discharge milling of titanium alloy Ali, Mohammad Yeakub N.A.R.A., Atiqah M.A., Erniyati T Technology (General) This paper presents the influence of silicon carbide (SiC) powder concentration in dielectric fluid and electrical discharge energy in micro electro discharge machining (μEDM) of titanium alloy (Ti-6Al-4V) with tungsten carbide (WC) electrode. SiC powder concentration and electrical discharge energy were two input variables. Three responses namely surface roughness (Ra), material removal rate (MRR), and electrode wear rate (EWR) were investigated. Sixteen experiments were conducted by using two factor and four level (42) full factorial design of experiment. Data were analyzed by Design Expert® software. A multi criteria optimization on low Ra, high MRR and low EWR has been achieved which showed 2.68 µm Ra., 6.908 µg/min MRR and 1.518 µg/min EWRfor the input parameters of 15.42 g/l SiC powder concentration and 54.28 µJ discharge energy. The analysis of variance revealed that powder concentrations are the most influential parameter on Ra. The optimization of MRR and EWR are mostly influenced by electrical discharge energy Universiti Malaya 2011 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/12341/4/IJMME_6%283%29_338-342-silicon.pdf Ali, Mohammad Yeakub and N.A.R.A., Atiqah and M.A., Erniyati (2011) Silicon carbide powder mixed micro electro discharge milling of titanium alloy. International Journal of Mechanical and Materials Engineering (IJMME), 6 (3). pp. 338-342. ISSN 1823-0334 http://ejum.fsktm.um.edu.my/BrowseJournal.aspx
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Ali, Mohammad Yeakub
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Silicon carbide powder mixed micro electro discharge milling of titanium alloy
description This paper presents the influence of silicon carbide (SiC) powder concentration in dielectric fluid and electrical discharge energy in micro electro discharge machining (μEDM) of titanium alloy (Ti-6Al-4V) with tungsten carbide (WC) electrode. SiC powder concentration and electrical discharge energy were two input variables. Three responses namely surface roughness (Ra), material removal rate (MRR), and electrode wear rate (EWR) were investigated. Sixteen experiments were conducted by using two factor and four level (42) full factorial design of experiment. Data were analyzed by Design Expert® software. A multi criteria optimization on low Ra, high MRR and low EWR has been achieved which showed 2.68 µm Ra., 6.908 µg/min MRR and 1.518 µg/min EWRfor the input parameters of 15.42 g/l SiC powder concentration and 54.28 µJ discharge energy. The analysis of variance revealed that powder concentrations are the most influential parameter on Ra. The optimization of MRR and EWR are mostly influenced by electrical discharge energy
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author Ali, Mohammad Yeakub
N.A.R.A., Atiqah
M.A., Erniyati
author_facet Ali, Mohammad Yeakub
N.A.R.A., Atiqah
M.A., Erniyati
author_sort Ali, Mohammad Yeakub
title Silicon carbide powder mixed micro electro discharge milling of titanium alloy
title_short Silicon carbide powder mixed micro electro discharge milling of titanium alloy
title_full Silicon carbide powder mixed micro electro discharge milling of titanium alloy
title_fullStr Silicon carbide powder mixed micro electro discharge milling of titanium alloy
title_full_unstemmed Silicon carbide powder mixed micro electro discharge milling of titanium alloy
title_sort silicon carbide powder mixed micro electro discharge milling of titanium alloy
publisher Universiti Malaya
publishDate 2011
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/12341/
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/12341/4/IJMME_6%283%29_338-342-silicon.pdf
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