Feasibility study of rotary electrical discharge machining with ball burnishing for Al2O3/6061A1 composite

被引：49

作者：

Yan, BH ^{[1
]}

Wang, CC ^{[1
]}

Chow, HM ^{[1
]}

Lin, YC ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Natl Cent Univ, Dept Mech Engn, Chungli 320, Taiwan

来源：

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MACHINE TOOLS & MANUFACTURE | 2000年 / 40卷 / 10期

关键词：

EDM; ball burnishing; machining rate; surface roughness; metal matrix composite;

D O I：

10.1016/S0890-6955(00)00005-5

中图分类号：

T [工业技术];

学科分类号：

08 ;

摘要：

This study investigates the feasibility and optimization of a rotary EDM with ball burnishing for inspecting the machinability of Al2O3/6061Al composite using the Taguchi method. Three ZrO2 balls attached as additional components behind the electrode tool offer immediate burnishing following EDM. Three observed values (machining rate, surface roughness and improvement of surface roughness) are adopted to verify the optimization of the machining technique. In addition, six independent parameters are chosen as variables for evaluating the Taguchi method; these variables are categorized into two groups: (1) electrical parameters, i.e, peak current, pulse duration and non-load voltage; and (2) non-electrical parameters, i.e, flushing pressure of dielectric, rotational speed of electrode and residual height of hump. Experimental results indicated a feasible technique for applying rotary EDM with ball burnishing in machining the Al2O3/6061 composite. Optimization of this technique is also discussed. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：1403 / 1421

页数：19

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