Environmentally friendly trends in electrical discharge machining (EDM)

Current Research Trends in Electrical Discharge Machining: A Review

EDM is an unconventional electro thermal machining process used for manufacturing geometrically complex or hard material parts that are extremely difficult-to-machine by conventional machining process. The process involves a controlled erosion of electrically conductive materials by the initiation of rapid and repetitive spark discharges between the tool and work piece separated by a small gap ...

Environmentally Friendly Machining: Vegetable Based Cutting Fluids

Abstract A wide variety of cutting fluids are commercially available in the cutting fluid suppliers in order to provide machining performances for a number of industries. In machining, mineral, synthetic and semi-synthetic cutting fluids are widely used but, recently, uses of vegetable based cutting fluids have been increased. Although, these cutting fluids are beneficial in the industries, the...

A Case Study on Application of Fuzzy Logic in Electrical Discharge Machining (edm)

Thermal Analysis of Workpiece under Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM), Using Hyperbolic Heat Conduction Model

Whereas in electrical discharge machining (EDM) the heat flux entering the workpiece is extremely high, the Fourier heat conduction model may fails. This article reports on determination of temperature distribution in the workpiece due to EDM using non-Fourier heat conduction model. Equations are solved by deriving the numerical solution. The temperature layers and profiles of sample calculatio...

Analysis of aerosol emission and hazard evaluation of electrical discharge machining (EDM) process.

The safety and environmental aspects of a manufacturing process are important due to increased environmental regulations and life quality. In this paper, the concentration of aerosols in the breathing zone of the operator of Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM), a commonly used non traditional manufacturing process is presented. The pattern of aerosol emissions from this process with varying pr...