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Investigations on Rotary Tool Near-Dry Electric Discharge Machining

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Applications of Process Engineering Principles in Materials Processing, Energy and Environmental Technologies

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Near-dry electric discharge machining (EDM) is a process variant of EDM, which uses two-phase flow of liquid and gas as dielectric medium. This article reports the results of an investigation pertaining to the drilling of holes on high speed steel (T2 grade) by a rotary tool near-dry EDM . The One-Factor-At-a-Time (OFAT) approach was used for experimentation. The effects of process parameters, viz. tool rotation speed, peak current, pulse duration, gas pressure and liquid flow rate on material removal rate (MRR) and overcut were investigated. The dielectric medium used was a mixture of glycerin-air. The experimental results reveal that rotation of the tool electrode along with high pressure of two-phase dielectric medium contribute in an effective flushing of inter electrode gap (IEG). Further, in rotary tool near-dry EDM process, higher values of current can be used. This improves process economics in terms of MRR. The MRR measured with rotary tool near-dry EDM was three to four times higher in comparison with conventional EDM. Additionally, appreciable surface quality was achieved.

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  1. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee, India

    Vineet Kumar Yadav, Pradeep Kumar & Akshay Dvivedi

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  1. Rio Tinto Kennecott Utah Copper , Magna, Utah, USA

    Shijie Wang

  2. University of Utah , Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

    Michael L Free

  3. The University of Saskatchewan , Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

    Shafiq Alam

  4. ArcelorMittal Global R&D , Schereville, Indiana, USA

    Mingming Zhang

  5. Colorado School of Mines, George S. Ansell Chair Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, USA

    Patrick R. Taylor

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Yadav, V.K., Kumar, P., Dvivedi, A. (2017). Investigations on Rotary Tool Near-Dry Electric Discharge Machining . In: Wang, S., Free, M., Alam, S., Zhang, M., Taylor, P. (eds) Applications of Process Engineering Principles in Materials Processing, Energy and Environmental Technologies. The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51091-0_31

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