Study of machining parameters of micro ECM on SS304 steel with nickel coated copper tool

Abstract

The aim of present study is to determine the optimum parameters on machining the material SS304 and nickel-coated copper tool by micro electrochemical machining. The coating process is done by an electroplating method. The parameters involved in the process are feed rate (0.5, 0.6, 0.7) duty ratio (0.6, 0.7, 0.8) voltage (16, 17, 18). Taguchi approach is used to find out the optimum machining parameter and the Minitab 17software is used to achieve better results. Copper coated tool life is improved when compared to the normal tool. The material removal rates (MRR), tapered angle, circularity, overcut are calculated by measuring the values on the video measuring machine.

Micro electrical discharge drilling in SS304 and its multiparameter optimization using desirability function analysis

“…They also discovered that for lower energy discharges, the volume and size of the microcraters are more uniform than at higher energy discharges. In an experimental research using a nickel-coated copper tool on SS304 in a μEDM setup, Gnanasekaran et al [13] discovered that the coated tool's life duration is significantly greater than that of the uncoated tool's. Mishra and Dixit [14] investigated the wear behavior of four distinct tool materials, notably brass, SS304, molybdenum, and tungsten, while fabricating very long (>15 mm) and deep array (>200 μm) microchannels.…”