Wear Behavior in Wire of Wire Cut EDM

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Wire electrical discharge machining (WEDM) is a specialized thermal machining process, capable of accurately machining parts with different hardness, complex shapes and sharp edges that are very difficult to be machined by the traditional machining processes. The practical technology of the WEDM process is based on the conventional EDM sparking phenomenon utilizing the widely accepted noncontact technique of material removal.In this paper, the effects of various process parameters of WEDM like pulse on time (Ton), peak current (IP), wire feed (WF) and wire tension (WT) have been investigated to study their impact on wear of wire of ELECTRONICA SPRINTCUT WEDM machine.It is found that the wear is influenced with increase in pulse on time (Ton) and wire tension.

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70-76

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December 2014

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IP, Ton, Wear, WEDM, WF, WT

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