Integrated vibration in electrical discharge machining (EDM) plays a key role in achieving high efficiency. High levels of variables can be employed in this approach due to integration. However, simultaneous optimization of the EDM parameters to achieve multi-objectives is still very complex and challenging. Studies on integrated vibration are still in a preliminary stage. This report addresses multi-objective optimization in EDM for SKD61 die steel using low-frequency vibration. MOORA (Multi-objective optimization based on ratio analysis) was chosen to resolve this multi-objective optimization problem. The material removal rate (MRR), tool wear rate (TWR) and surface roughness (SR) were selected as performance measures in the EDM process. An analytical hierarchical process (AHP) was used to determine the weight value of the quality indicators. The results indicate that low-frequency vibrations significantly improve machining efficiency. When the frequency of the vibrations increased, MRR increased significantly such that MRR MAX = 64.48%. TWR and SR are smaller and their increase are given as TWR MAX = 20.3% and SR MAX = 18.47%. MOORA has been identified as a suitable alternative to multi-objective optimization in an EDM process using low-frequency vibrations for an assigned workpiece. The optimum parameters required to achieve the multi-objective were Ton = 25 ls, I = 8 A, Tof = 5.5 ls and F = 512 Hz, at the resultant quality criteria of MRR = 9.564 mm 3 /min, TWR = 1.944 mm 3 /min and SR = 3.24 lm with a maximum error of 8.24%.

It is very essential to form such high stregth and hard-to-cut materials by using modern machining methods. It is important to introduce the efforts on modification of the process for improving the machining quality. In the present investigation, an effort was made to analyze the effects of micro size aluminium particles mixed dielectric medium under different powder concentration on machining titanium alloy in electro erosion process. The response-surface-methodology(RSM) based algorithm was utilized to analyze the performance measures by considering machinning time with Cost of Goods Manufactured (COGM) method in PMEDM process. It was found that the micron size powders can significantly help to enhance the surface quality of the Ti-6Al-4V surface during machining in EDM process. The presence of carbon, oxygen elements and the formation of surface oxides and carbides has been found due to the decomposition of dielectric fluid in PMEDM process. The lower deep cavities and uniform machining surface have been produced with the aluminum oxide powder EDM process owing to lower surface cracks density, conductivity. To sum up, investigation and comparison of surface scanning showed that this setting has been implied could be considered by the industries needs more precision.

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