Abstract
Monel K-500, a nickel–copper based alloy, is a very hard and tough material. Machining of such hard and tough materials always becomes a challenge for industry and this has been resolved by wire electric discharge machining (WEDM), a popular non-conventional machining method used for machining tough and hard materials having complex shapes. For the first time reported in this present research work is an experimental investigation executed on Ni-27Cu-3.15Al-2Fe-1.5Mn based superalloy using WEDM to model cutting rate (CR) and surface roughness (SR) using response surface methodology (RSM). The process parameters have been selected as pulse-on time, pulse-off time, spark-gap voltage and wire-feed rate. Experiments have been planned according to the central composite design (CCD). The results show that pulse-on time has a direct effect on CR while the pulse-off time has a reverse effect. The CR increases as pulse-on time increases, and decreases as pulse-off time increases. SR increases as pulse-on time increases, and decreases as pulse-off time increases. Furthermore, increase in spark-gap voltage decreases CR and SR both. The wire feed-rate has a negligible effect for both the response parameters. The optimized values of CR and SR achieved through multi-response optimization are 2.48 mm/min and 2.12 µm, respectively.
Subject
General Materials Science
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