Multi Criteria Optimization of Electrochemical Discharge Micro-Machining Process during Micro-Channel Generation on Glass

Abstract

Electrochemical Discharge micro-machining process appears better utility with greater effectiveness in the modern micro-machining industrial field. Electrochemical discharge micro-machining process is involved to generate micro-channel as well as curve profile on glass for utilization as micro-fluidic device. This paper shows second order mathematical modeling of correlation between the machining criteria such as machining rate as a form of material removal rate (MRR), overcut (OC), machining depth (MD) with various process parameters like applied voltage (V), electrolyte concentration (wt %) and inter-electrode gap (IEG) (mm). The analysis of variance (ANOVA) has been performed to find out the adequacy of the developed models.This paper also shows the multi objective optimization to achieve the optimal parametric combination for maximum MRR, MD and minimum OC using response surface methodology (RSM). Keywords:μ-ECDM,MRR,OC,MD,RSM,ANOVA,Glass.