Dynamic Modeling of Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) System Using Matlab

Abstract:

Electrical discharge machining (EDM) is a nonconventional milling in which holes or shape can be created without any contact between electrode and work piece during the material removal process. Throughout the machining process a series of stochastic sparks are produced when the gap between electrode and work piece is very narrow just about 10 to 50 microns. Controlling this gap in micro dimension not only depends on electrode position but also on work piece surface. So a combination of PID controller and EDM process is used to monitor the gap. In this study an indirect measurement of surface position is carried out by implementing voltage average gap model. And Simulink models have been done to simulate the dynamic behavior of EDM system.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 661)
• Pages: 176-182
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.661.176
• Online since: October 2014
• Authors: Elnaz Karimpour*, Azli Yahya, Sophan Wahyudi, Andromeda Trias, Muhammad Arif Abdul Rahim
• Keywords: Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM), Modeling, PID Controller

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