Optimizing Process Parameters of Spark and Wire-Cut Edm through Anova using Stainless Steel Aisi 316 Material

Abstract

In the present research work, Stainless Steel AISI 316 as per ASTM A 276 has been employed as the base material to perform Spark and Wire-Cut EDM. The main agenda behind performing Spark and Wire-Cut EDM on Stainless Steel AISI 316 is to find out the effect of machining parameters like surface roughness (SR) and MRR (Material Removal Rate). In-case of wire-cut EDM, brass wire) of 0.25 mm diameter is used as a tool and distilled water is used as dielectric fluid and experimental process parameters like Current (A) (2, 3 and 4 Amps), Pulse ON time (B) (25, 30 and 35 μs) and Wire feed rate (C) (40, 60 and 80 mm/sec). Similarly for spark cut EDM copper rod of 12 mm diameter and 65 mm length. Process parameters like Current (A) (6, 12 and 16 Amps), Voltage (B) (30, 35 and 40 Volts) and Pulse ON time (C) (50, 100 and 200μs) were maintained during the experimentation. Statistical tools ANOVA & L-9 Orthogonal Array (OA) have been employed to optimize the machining parameters like Surface Roughness (SR) and MRR (Material Removal Rate).