Investigation of surface roughness and material removal rate of WEDM of SS304 using ANOVA and regression models

Abstract

Abstract Use of machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze the complex interdependencies of production dataset has gained momentum in recent years. Machine learning and predictive algorithms are now used by manufacturers to fine-tune the quality of their products. WEDM of SS304 with process parameters such as pulse-on-time (Ton), pulse-off-time (T off), current (I), and voltage (V) was varied to study the effect of machining parameters such as Material Removal Rate (MRR) and surface roughness. Experiments were planned and executed according to the L’9 orthogonal array. Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) was utilized to study the machined surface. An analysis of variance (ANOVA) was performed to determine the input and output significance. ANOVA results revealed that V (81.85%) and Toff (77.75%) for surface roughness. Further to determine the relationship between variables, various regression models based on machine learning was tested. The effectiveness of the regression models were tested. From their output it was concluded that the multilayer perception model had the highest correlation coefficient (0.999) for MRR while for surface roughness it was (0.995).