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Machinability Study of Zirconia Material by Micro-ECDM

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The need for zirconia material is increasing nowadays due to excellent properties such as high strength, wear resistance, hot hardness, and chemical stability. Zirconia material is used in dental frameworks such as crowns, refractory material, lab crucible, wear coating, and electroceramics. In the present research study, machining characteristics for drilling the zirconia are studied using developed electrochemical discharge machining (ECDM) setup, which is a hybridization process (ECDM) of electrochemical machining (ECM) and electro-discharge machining (EDM). The effect of input parameter voltage is studied on the surface integrity of the machined surface using one factor at a time (OFAT). From the results, it is evident that at higher levels of voltage, the material removal rate and overcut increase. Moreover, high thermal energy results into the crack propagation in the material due to brittle nature of zirconia which ultimately leads to its fracture.

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Abbreviations

ECDM:

Electrochemical discharge machining

MEMS:

Microelectromechanical system

MOEMS:

Microoptoelectromechanical system

USM:

Ultrasonic machining

LBM:

Laser beam machining

EDM:

Electric discharge machining

ECM:

Electrochemical machining

DC:

Direct current

AC:

Alternative current

NaOH:

Sodium hydroxide

V:

Voltage

EC:

Electrolyte concentration

IEG:

Inter-electrode gap

SS:

Stainless steel

WC:

Tungsten carbide

MRR:

Material removal rate

(W)OC:

(width of) overcut

TWR:

Tool wear rate

SR:

Surface roughness

MSD:

Mean square deviation

S/N ratio:

Signal-to-noise ratio

DF:

Duty factor

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    Manoj Kumar, Rahul Omprakash Vaishya & Narendra Mohan Suri

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Kumar, M., Vaishya, R.O., Suri, N.M. (2020). Machinability Study of Zirconia Material by Micro-ECDM. In: Sharma, V., Dixit, U., Sørby, K., Bhardwaj, A., Trehan, R. (eds) Manufacturing Engineering . Lecture Notes on Multidisciplinary Industrial Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4619-8_15

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