Wire Electrical Discharge Machining of Tungsten Carbide

This paper presented a study on the machining of tungsten carbide (WC-15%Co) using wire electro-discharge machining (WEDM) with brass wire diameter of 0.2 mm used as the tool electrode. The main purposes of this study is to investigate the influenced of various parameters involved in WEDM on the mac...

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Main Author:	Mas Ayu, Hassan
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2008
Subjects:	TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Online Access:	http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/1227/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/1227/2/2008_Full_paper_COSTAM_Mas_Ayu.pdf

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spelling	ump-12272018-01-31T06:34:31Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/1227/ Wire Electrical Discharge Machining of Tungsten Carbide Mas Ayu, Hassan TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering This paper presented a study on the machining of tungsten carbide (WC-15%Co) using wire electro-discharge machining (WEDM) with brass wire diameter of 0.2 mm used as the tool electrode. The main purposes of this study is to investigate the influenced of various parameters involved in WEDM on the machining characteristics, namely, sparking gap (Gap), cutting speed (CS) and microstructure after undergone WEDM process. The Full Factorial Design of Experiment (DOE) method with two-level was used to formulate the experimental layout, to analyze the effect of each parameter on the machining characteristics and to predict the optimal setting for each WEDM parameters such as pulse on (ON), pulse off (OFF), peak current (IP) and servo voltage (SV). Confirmation tests were also conducted for the optimum conditions for each machining characteristics, in order to verify and compared the results from the theoretical prediction (Design Expert) and experimental confirmation tests. In this investigation, the machining operation for tungsten carbide is performed using Sodick linear motor WEDM series AQ537L. Meanwhile, for the measurement equipments; Zeiss Axiotech High Power Optical Microscope is used to measure Gap and to examine the microstructures of the machined surface, Scanning Electron Microscope XL40 is carried out. Analysis done by DOE method reveals that in general, pulse on has appeared to be significant effect to all three responses investigated in this research. Overall, the results from the confirmation tests showed that the percentage of performance is acceptable due to all the results obtained were within the allowable values which is less than 10% of margin error. 2008 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/1227/2/2008_Full_paper_COSTAM_Mas_Ayu.pdf Mas Ayu, Hassan (2008) Wire Electrical Discharge Machining of Tungsten Carbide. In: Malaysian Science And Technology Congress 2008 (MSTC 2008), 16 – 17 December 2008 , Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre. . (Unpublished)
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description	This paper presented a study on the machining of tungsten carbide (WC-15%Co) using wire electro-discharge machining (WEDM) with brass wire diameter of 0.2 mm used as the tool electrode. The main purposes of this study is to investigate the influenced of various parameters involved in WEDM on the machining characteristics, namely, sparking gap (Gap), cutting speed (CS) and microstructure after undergone WEDM process. The Full Factorial Design of Experiment (DOE) method with two-level was used to formulate the experimental layout, to analyze the effect of each parameter on the machining characteristics and to predict the optimal setting for each WEDM parameters such as pulse on (ON), pulse off (OFF), peak current (IP) and servo voltage (SV). Confirmation tests were also conducted for the optimum conditions for each machining characteristics, in order to verify and compared the results from the theoretical prediction (Design Expert) and experimental confirmation tests. In this investigation, the machining operation for tungsten carbide is performed using Sodick linear motor WEDM series AQ537L. Meanwhile, for the measurement equipments; Zeiss Axiotech High Power Optical Microscope is used to measure Gap and to examine the microstructures of the machined surface, Scanning Electron Microscope XL40 is carried out. Analysis done by DOE method reveals that in general, pulse on has appeared to be significant effect to all three responses investigated in this research. Overall, the results from the confirmation tests showed that the percentage of performance is acceptable due to all the results obtained were within the allowable values which is less than 10% of margin error.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Mas Ayu, Hassan
author_facet	Mas Ayu, Hassan
author_sort	Mas Ayu, Hassan
title	Wire Electrical Discharge Machining of Tungsten Carbide
title_short	Wire Electrical Discharge Machining of Tungsten Carbide
title_full	Wire Electrical Discharge Machining of Tungsten Carbide
title_fullStr	Wire Electrical Discharge Machining of Tungsten Carbide
title_full_unstemmed	Wire Electrical Discharge Machining of Tungsten Carbide
title_sort	wire electrical discharge machining of tungsten carbide
publishDate	2008
url	http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/1227/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/1227/2/2008_Full_paper_COSTAM_Mas_Ayu.pdf
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