Papers by Author: Shu Qiang Xie

Abstract: Comparing with conventional WEDM in emulsion, dry finishing of high-speed WEDM (HS-WEDM) has advantages such as higher material removal rate, better surface roughness and straightness. Authors have presented a new procedure as gas-liquid combined multiple cut, in which roughing is processed in dielectric liquid, and semi-finishing is in liquid or gas, while finishing is in gas. For better understanding the effect of machining parameters on surface roughness(Ra) and cutting speed (Vw) in dry finishing, a L25(56) Design test was implemented. The analysis of variance shows that offset and wire length are not significant on Ra and Vw. In this paper, the other four significant parameters, such as pulse duration, pulse interval ratio, peak current and no load worktable feed, were selected as factors in Uniform Design test. The final regression equations for Ra and Vw in terms of the actual parameter values were calculated out with MATLAB. Regression statistics of values R2 imply the two regression equtions fit well with test data and Model F-Values imply the two models are significant. Values t and α for regression equation coefficient tests of Ra and Vw show the major impacting items and interactions between them.

Abstract: To explore machining properties of the EDM in gas basically, thermal fields of single pulse discharge in gas and liquid were analyzed by FEM software ANSYS. Crater size and thermal strain graph affected by instantaneous high temperature owing to single spark were simulated. They can provide references for optimizing parameters of comparative experiments of single pulse EDM in liquid and gas.

Abstract: This paper studies the surface quality of mould steel with high-speed wire electrical discharge machining (WEDM) method, which is conducted in gas to improve the accuracy of finish cut, and compares the surface quality in atmosphere and in emulsion dielectric. Experiment results showed that WEDM in atmosphere offers advantages such as better surface roughness and higher material removal rate. The relationship about winding speed and worktable feed on WEDMed surface quality in semi-finishing cut and finishing cut had been obtained. Morover, a new attemption was successful in applying dry WEDM in multiple cut to improve surface roughness.

Abstract: In this paper, the characteristics and general laws of cutting complex curved surface by wire electrical discharge machining (WEDM) system are studied. Based on analysis of motion parameters the universal mathematical model of polar coordinates is derived. Moreover, the simulation of WEDM system is introduced, which is carried out by using language Visual C++ and the three dimensional graph software OpenGL.This simulation method is helpful in improving machining quality and productivity of complex curved surfaces, and is fundation for establishing CAD/CAPP/CAM technology in WEDM.

Abstract: Utilizing gas as the dielectric instead of dielectric liquid has enabled the development of dry wire electrical discharge machining (dry WEDM) technology for finishing cut. Experiment results showed that Low-Speed WEDM (LS-WEDM) in gas offers advantages such as better straightness, and shorter discharge gap. This paper studies on influence of different gas dielectrics, wire winding speed and pulse duration on the WEDMed surface quality (discharge gap, straightness, surface roughness, removal rate) in finishing. New attempt of applying dry WEDM as the 4th cut had been proved feasible in improving conventional multiple cut surface quality of LS-WEDM.