关键词:
EDM
Fuzzy rule base
Machining parameters
Stainless steel
摘要:
Electrical discharge machining (EDM) is widely used process in the production of mould / dies, aerospace, automobile and electronics industries where intricate complex shapes need to be machined in very hard materials. The selection of the AISI 304 stainless steel was made taking into account its use in almost all industrial applications for approximately 50% of the world's stainless steel production and consumption. In this paper an attempt has been made to develop the mathematical model for predicting die-sinking electrical discharge machining of AISI 304 stainless steel characteristics such as the metal removal rate (MRR), the tool wear rate (TWR), the surface roughness (Ra value) and the hardness(HRB) using fuzzy mathematical method. The process parameters taken into consideration were the current (I), the open-circuit voltage (V), the servo (SV) and the dutycycle (η). A fuzzy rule base characterizing the relationship between input and output parameters was built through experiments. The design of experiments technique has been used to conduct the experiments, which in turn reduced the number of experiments. The prediction of the metal removal rate, the tool wear rate, the surface roughness and the hardness was achieved under the condition of given input parameters by rule-based fuzzy reasoning. The predicted results were analyzed through experimental verification. The model predicted values and measured values were fairly close to each other. A regression analysis of experimental and predicted outputs was performed to investigate the model. It was found that the R2 values are 0.978, 0.91, 0.992 and 0.979 for the metal removal rate, the tool wear rate, the surface roughness and the hardness, respectively. © 2010, INSInet Publication.