“…In order to satisfy these requirements, the corresponding NTM process, work material, shape feature and sub-shape feature are accordingly selected in Figure 12. For the PAM process, based on an extensive survey of the existing literature (Xu et al, 2002;Das et al, 2014;Adalarasan et al, 2015;Ramakrishnan et al, 2018), arc voltage, cutting current, cutting speed, feed rate, torch stand-off distance, plasma gas pressure and pierce height are identified as the predominant control parameters influencing its machining performance. On the other hand, the important responses are shortlisted as conicity, chamfer, dross, heat affected zone (HAZ), kerf width, MRR and SR. Now, in Figure 13, the end user preselects arc voltage, cutting current, feed rate and torch stand-off distance as the available PAM process parameters, and chamfer, dross, kerf width and SR as the desired responses.…”