Review on Wire Electric Discharge Machining Process of Titanium Alloy

Authors

  • M. Mahalingam  Department of Manufacturing Engineering, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar, Tamilnadu, India

Keywords:

EDM, WEDM, Titanium alloy, Process parameters, Review

Abstract

Wire electro- discharge machining (WEDM) is known as unique cutting in manufacturing industries, especially in the good tolerance with intricate shape geometry in die industry. Titanium material is widely used in aerospace industries. This titanium material has excellent resistance to high temperature, mechanical and chemical degradations with toughness and work hardening characteristics materials. Due to these properties, the machinability studies of this material have been carried-out in this study. The aim of this review paper is to present the consolidated information on processing of Titanium material using electrical discharge machining (EDM) and wire electrical discharge machining process (WEDM) and subsequently identify the research gaps.

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2018-01-30

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Volume 4, Issue 2, January-February-2018

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M. Mahalingam, " Review on Wire Electric Discharge Machining Process of Titanium Alloy, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology(IJSRST), Online ISSN : 2395-602X, Print ISSN : 2395-6011, Volume 4, Issue 2, pp.1848-1854, January-February-2018.