Prediction and optimization of performance measures in electrical discharge machining using rapid prototyping tool electrodes

Anshuman Kumar Sahu () and Siba Sankar Mahapatra
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Anshuman Kumar Sahu: National Institute of Technology
Siba Sankar Mahapatra: National Institute of Technology

Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 2021, vol. 32, issue 8, No 4, 2125-2145

Abstract: Abstract In this work, the performance of rapid prototyping (RP) based rapid tool is investigated during electrical discharge machining (EDM) of titanium as work piece using EDM 30 oil as dielectric medium. Selective laser sintering, a RP technique, is used to produce the tool electrode made of AlSi10Mg. The performance of rapid tool is compared with conventional solid copper and graphite tool electrodes. The machining performance measures considered in this study are material removal rate, tool wear rate and surface integrity of the machined surface measured in terms of average surface roughness (Ra), white layer thickness, surface crack density and micro-hardness on white layer. Since the machining process is a complex one, potentiality of application of a predictive tool such as least square support vector machine has been explored to provide guidelines for the practitioners to predict various machining performance measures before actual machining. The predictive model is said to be robust one as root mean square error in the range of 0.11–0.34 is obtained for various performance measures. A hybrid optimization technique known as desirability based grey relational analysis in combination with firefly algorithm is adopted for simultaneously optimizing the performance measures. It is observed that peak current and tool type are the significant parameters influencing all the performance measures.

Keywords: Electrical discharge machining (EDM); Selective laser sintering (SLS); Least square support vector machine (LSSVM); Desirability grey relational analysis (DGRA); Firefly algorithm (FA) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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