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Influence of Rotary Assisted Electrical Discharge Machining of 17-4PH Stainless Steel Using Taguchi Technique


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1 Lakireddy Bali Reddy College of Engineering, Mylavaram 521 230, India
2 Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad 500 090, India
3 Kakatiya Institute of Technology and Science, Warangal 506 015, India
4 Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Vaddeswaram 522 302, India
 

The current investigation has study the material removal rate, surface roughness and electrode wear rate in rotary tool assisted EDM of 17-4 PH stainless steel. 17-4 PH SS has widely used in aerospace, marine, nuclear, and chemical processing due to their characteristic high strength to weight ratio and corrosion resistance properties. This paper primarily focuses on enhancing the flushing efficiency of dielectric fluid in the EDM process and to improve the machining performance characteristics. A custom designed rotating electrode attachment has fabricated and used to assist with the EDM process. The experiments are designed and planned using Taguchi L<sub>27</sub> Orthogonal array technique. The experiments are planned for four input factors and each parameter is varied at three levels. Current, pulse on time, pulse off time and Electrode Rotation Speed are input factors. ANOVA test is conducted to find out the significance of factors and their percentage contribution on the performance characteristics like Material Removal Rate, Surface Roughness and Electrode Wear Rate. The results concluded that Electrode Rotation Speed has more influence on Material Removal Rate and Electrode Wear Rate. An individual percentage and interaction percentage of parameters from ANOVA confirm that their effects are higher in Material Removal Rate (MRR) compared to Surface roughness (Ra) and Electrode Wear Rate (EWR). Finally, surface morphology studies revealed that significantly less cracks and voids had formed on the EDM’ed sample at optimum condition.

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Rotary EDM, Taguchi Method, Surface Morphology, PH 17-4 Stainless Steel, ANOVA Analysis.
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Authors

Murahari Kolli
Lakireddy Bali Reddy College of Engineering, Mylavaram 521 230, India
Satyanarayana Kosaraju
Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad 500 090, India
Devaraju Aruri
Kakatiya Institute of Technology and Science, Warangal 506 015, India
Medikondu Nageswararao
Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Vaddeswaram 522 302, India

Abstract


The current investigation has study the material removal rate, surface roughness and electrode wear rate in rotary tool assisted EDM of 17-4 PH stainless steel. 17-4 PH SS has widely used in aerospace, marine, nuclear, and chemical processing due to their characteristic high strength to weight ratio and corrosion resistance properties. This paper primarily focuses on enhancing the flushing efficiency of dielectric fluid in the EDM process and to improve the machining performance characteristics. A custom designed rotating electrode attachment has fabricated and used to assist with the EDM process. The experiments are designed and planned using Taguchi L<sub>27</sub> Orthogonal array technique. The experiments are planned for four input factors and each parameter is varied at three levels. Current, pulse on time, pulse off time and Electrode Rotation Speed are input factors. ANOVA test is conducted to find out the significance of factors and their percentage contribution on the performance characteristics like Material Removal Rate, Surface Roughness and Electrode Wear Rate. The results concluded that Electrode Rotation Speed has more influence on Material Removal Rate and Electrode Wear Rate. An individual percentage and interaction percentage of parameters from ANOVA confirm that their effects are higher in Material Removal Rate (MRR) compared to Surface roughness (Ra) and Electrode Wear Rate (EWR). Finally, surface morphology studies revealed that significantly less cracks and voids had formed on the EDM’ed sample at optimum condition.

Keywords


Rotary EDM, Taguchi Method, Surface Morphology, PH 17-4 Stainless Steel, ANOVA Analysis.

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