Study of the Performance of Wire EDM on Titanium alloy using Taguchi Method

Abstract

In this work, an experiment using wire electro-discharge machining to analyse titanium alloy is described (WEDM). The goal is to examine how various process factors affect a number of process performance indicators, including pulse width, servo reference voltage, pulse current, and wire tension (such as cutting speed, wire rupture and surface integrity).The Taguchi approach was used. Charmilles WEDM has been used in every trial. It was also shown that both peak current and pulse interval can speed up cutting. It has been demonstrated that surface roughness rises with pulse width and falls with pulse interval.