Parametric Study of Die Sinking EDM of H13 Steel using Taguchi Techniques

Abstract

As for H13 die steel, it is distinguished by a high hardness and a unique surface characteristics that must be created during machining using non-standard methods. One of such non conventional manufacturing techniques involving the use of Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) for machining complex or hard material parts. It indicates that EDM has progressed from a series of a tool and die process to an alternative micro-scale application machining process. The paper is aimed at elaborating mathematical models defining the link between the MRR and SR to measured input parameters (current, pulse-on time, pulse-off time, and Reference voltage) in hot work steel EDM. With a L9 orthogonal involving four variables at three levels were used. The values of the model quality factors analyzed by the ANOVA procedure show that the selected mathematical models describe the process performance within successfully studied range with high level of precision. To determine the optimal condition, Taguchi method was used to measure the performance impact of different process parameters and find out best mixing. Minitab V 21 software has been used for the analysis and explanations. A good agreement between experimental value and the predicted one was found.