Research Article
Experimental Investigation of Heat-Treated Tool on Wire Electric Discharge Machining of Titanium Alloy (Ti-6Al-4V)
Table 12
Design of experiments using zinc-coated brass wire as a tool.
| | Exp. | Ton (μs) | Toff (μs) | Ip (A) | Wire feed (m/min) | Material removal rate (g/min) | Ra (μm) | Recast layer thickness (mm) | Tool wear rate (g/min) |
| | L1 | 40 | 6 | 2 | 80 | 2.222 × 10−1 | 3.9952 | 0.3327 | 3.0555 | | L2 | 40 | 10 | 3 | 90 | 1.946 × 10−1 | 4.4327 | 0.1802 | 2.8224 | | L3 | 40 | 14 | 4 | 100 | 1.509 × 10−1 | 6.0951 | 0.1963 | 1.8868 | | L4 | 60 | 6 | 3 | 100 | 4.441 × 10−1 | 4.6747 | 0.3235 | 3.8490 | | L5 | 60 | 10 | 4 | 80 | 3.303 × 10−1 | 4.6796 | 0.3627 | 3.0238 | | L6 | 60 | 14 | 2 | 90 | 5.915 × 10−1 | 4.9992 | 0.2880 | 1.0353 | | L7 | 80 | 6 | 4 | 90 | 5.333 × 10−1 | 4.7921 | 0.4032 | 4.9777 | | L8 | 80 | 10 | 2 | 100 | 1.439 × 10−1 | 4.1095 | 0.2954 | 1.3087 | | L9 | 80 | 14 | 3 | 80 | 1.363 × 10−1 | 6.6128 | 0.3452 | 1.4366 |
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