Effect of Powder Mixed Dielectric fluid on Surface Integrity by Electrical Discharge Machining of RENE 80

Abstract

This paper mainly focussed to investigate the machining characteristics of RENE 80 Nickel Alloy during powder mixed electrical discharge machining. The experiments were conducted considering electrical parameters (pulse on time, peak current and pulse off time) at optimal combination to get maximum material removal rate by varying powders like aluminium, graphite and combination of aluminium and graphite powders and their concentrations. The experimental results reveal that improvement in material removal rate with addition of powders into dielectric fluid. The maximum material removal rate (75.08 mm3/min) was noticed with graphite powder substances at 9 g/l. Minimum surface roughness (4.44µm) was noticed at the combination of aluminium and graphite powders (1:1 ratio) substance of 4.5 g/l. However considering simultaneously better values of all two responses namely material removal rate (71.90 mm3/min) and surface roughness (4.44µm) are obtained with the combination of aluminium and graphite powders (1:1 ratio) of 4.5 g/l.