Research Article
Experimental Investigation of Heat-Treated Tool on Wire Electric Discharge Machining of Titanium Alloy (Ti-6Al-4V)
Table 3
Design of experiments using 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 | 0.554 × 10−1 | 5.0444 | 0.2214 | 4.1250 | | L2 | 40 | 10 | 3 | 90 | 2.297 × 10−1 | 6.3780 | 0.2923 | 3.0982 | | L3 | 40 | 14 | 4 | 100 | 1.575 × 10−1 | 5.3010 | 0.3277 | 2.1325 | | L4 | 60 | 6 | 3 | 100 | 2.307 × 10−1 | 5.1350 | 0.1742 | 3.9872 | | L5 | 60 | 10 | 4 | 80 | 1.758 × 10−1 | 5.4437 | 0.2982 | 3.5280 | | L6 | 60 | 14 | 2 | 90 | 1.060 × 10−1 | 4.0937 | 0.4669 | 2.9682 | | L7 | 80 | 6 | 4 | 90 | 2.666 × 10−1 | 6.8372 | 0.2337 | 5.6324 | | L8 | 80 | 10 | 2 | 100 | 1.083 × 10−1 | 4.6398 | 0.5074 | 2.5554 | | L9 | 80 | 14 | 3 | 80 | 1.097 × 10−1 | 5.2216 | 0.5280 | 1.9895 |
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