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Optimisation of machining parameters of wire-cut EDM on super alloy

materials–A review
Divya Marelli a, Singh S.K. b, Sateesh Nagari b, Ram Subbiah b
a
Design for Manufacturing, Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad, India
b
Mechanical Engineering, Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad, India

a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t

Article history: Wire-cut Electric Discharge Machining (WEDM) is an efficient machining process in numerous applica-
Received 10 December 2019 tions like space craft, defense, transportation vehicles, micro systems, farm machinery. It is used to
Received in revised form 11 January 2020 machine conductive and hard materials like metal matrix composites, ceramic composites and super
Accepted 13 January 2020
alloys. Super alloys exhibit excellent mechanical strength and creep resistance at high temperatures,
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good surface stability, and corrosion and oxidation resistance. The development of super alloys has pri-
marily been driven by the aerospace and power industries. In this review of papers the optimization of
Keywords:
WEDM machining parameters, responses by deploying different techniques like Taguchi Method,
Wire EDM
ANOVA
ANOVA, GRA, ANN, PCA. These techniques were utilized for examination of impact of wire-cut EDM pro-
Kerf width cess parameters on material removal rate (MRR) and surface roughness (SR) on super alloys. Parameters
TAGUCHI like pulse off time, pulse on time, servo voltage, peak current, kerf width are utilized to optimize the
Super alloys material removal rate (MRR) and surface roughness (SR). Taguchi orthogonal array was selected based
GRA on the process parameters. ANOVA is utilized for advancing parameters with the goal that greatest mate-
PCA rial removal rate and least surface roughness is acquired.
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1. Introduction prolonged exposure to raised temperatures, numerous kinds of

Super alloys are an important group of high-temperature mate-
rials used in the hottest sections of jet and rocket engines where
temperatures reach 1200–1400 °C. Super alloys are based on
nickel, cobalt or iron with large additions of alloying elements to
provide strength, toughness and durability at high temperatures
[6]. These alloys are usually based on nickel–chromium. Added
alloying elements include the refractory materials such as tungsten
and molybdenum for solid-solution strengthening. Cobalt
enhances strength as well as oxidation and hot corrosion resis-
tance. Aluminum and titanium promote the formation of the major
strengthening gamma-prime, c0 , phase. Superalloys typically con-
tain between 15 and 60% of this strengthening phase. Niobium
contributes to the formation of the precipitate gamma double-
prime, c00 ; this phase is the primary strengthening phase in alloys
such as alloy 718 [7].
Nimonic composites are widely utilized for the manufacturing
of aero engine parts due to its high specific strength [8]. During
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metal start to break, distort, corrode, fatigue, and so on. Nimonic
compounds, in any case, are known for the maintenance of signif-
icant mechanical properties, such as sway quality, yield quality,
and hardness, in temperatures as high as 1100°F, contingent upon
the evaluation [9]. The chemical composition of nimonic alloys
ranges from 38 to 76 wt% nickel, up to 27 wt% chromium and
20 wt% cobalt. Other refractory components, for example, tungsten
(W), tantalum (Ta) and molybdenum (Mo) might be added to
expand their quality and oxidation properties.
Stainless steel (S304) is utilized as a work piece. Stainless Steel
304 is a nickel and chromium based alloy, because of their excep-
tional corrosion resistant, high ductility, non-magnetic and it holds
solid stage up to 1400 °C. In this investigation, brass wire having
65% of copper and 35% of zinc is chosen as a tool because of its
properties, accessibility and minimal cost [10].
Inconel is a nickel–iron based super composite that offers high
mechanical quality with great texture capacity and it discovers
application in gas turbines. Since it gets work hardened during
conventional machining, getting complex shapes, high dimen-
sional precision and great surface quality is truly challenging

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[11]. The performance of electric discharge machining (EDM)
factors is arbitrary and prompts uneven evacuation of material in
each discharge.
Inconel 625 Chemical Composition: Carbon-0.10%, Chromium-
20.0–23.0%, Iron 5.00%, Silicon 0.50%, Manganese 0.50%, Sulphur
0.015%, Phosphorus 0.015%, Molybdenum 8.00–10.0%, Titanium
0.40%, Cobalt 1.00%, Columbium + Tantalum 3.15–4.15%,
Aluminium 0.40%, Nickel Balance
Inconel 750 Chemical Composition: Ni 70% min, Cr 14–17%, Ti
2.25–2.75%, Nb 0.70–1.20%, Mn 1% max, Si 0.50% max, Cu 0.50%
max, C 0.08% max
WEDM is a thermoelectric cutting procedure wherein material
is expelled because of unremitting sparkles created among wire
and workpiece isolated by a minute space which reaches from
0.025 mm to 0.075 mm in the presence of dielectric which might
be deionized water or hydrocarbon oil. The material expulsion
happens because of dissolving and dissipation. WEDM can
machine any intricate profile with exactness and precision on the
material regardless of its hardness. It utilizes a thin wire as an
instrument with a width in the scope of 0.02–0.3 mm made up of
copper, metal, tungsten, molybdenum or zinc covered wires with
a brass core. It can machine material of thickness going from
1 mm to 500 mm relying on the machine utilized. The most signif-
icant exhibition characteristics in WEDM are MRR, surface comple-
tion, and kerf width [16].
2. Literature review
Sachin Ashok Sonawane et al performed a chain of experiments
are executed on 5-axis ePULSE-40 sprint cut WEDM manufactured
by Electronica Machine Tool Ltd., India. To ensure parallelism and
perpendicularity of the workpiece concerned with the machine
table a dial pointer is utilized. The material applied to the examina-
tion is the Nimonic-75 alloy of 30 mm  30 mm  5 mm thick
which is clung to the negative extremity. The compound piece of
Nimonic-75 amalgam is Carbon-0.08–0.15%, Chromium 18–21%,
Copper-0.5% max, Iron-5% max, Manganese-1%, Silicon-1%,
Titanium-0.2–0.6% and equalization Nickel. A square of measure-
ment 10 mm  10 mm  5 mm is cut from the workpiece with
the assistance of a metal wire of 0.25 mm diameter connected to
the active polarity. The debris from the machining region is evacu-
ated by de-ionized water which is utilized as a dielectric with a
flushing pressure of 15 kg/cm2. The conductivity of the dielectric
is held at a steady value of 20 mS/cm at 22 °C. Testing is done by
zero wire offset. The servo feed value is fixed at 2120 units.
In this study, six machining factors are considered, they are,
pulse on time, servo voltage, peak current, pulse off time, wire feed
rate, and cable tension. To decide on the suitable scope of machin-
ing factors, a series of pilot phase tests were led by moving each
factor in turn while keeping different elements stable at some
value. Considering the thickness of the workpiece and the devia-
tion of machining characteristic, MRR about the cutting variables,
the levels of the machining components are fixed. Taguchi’s L27
orthogonal array is utilized to achieve the analyses, and every trial
is performed thrice consequently, overall 81 operations. The
machining attributes required for the study are surface roughness,
overcut and MRR [1].
Durairaj et al used Taguchi Technique to design the experi-
ments [17], orthogonal arrays were generally utilized in planning
experiments. It is utilized to decrease the number of trials should
have been performed than the full factorial experiment. In view
of the machine tool, cutting tool and work piece capability, the pro-
cess parameters and the level for the process parameters were
selected such as Gap Voltage, Wire Feed, Pulse ON schedule (Ton),
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Pulse OFF time (Toff)., each parameter at four levels. L16 orthogonal
array is used for conducting the series of experiments.
The designed combination of input parameters and its corre-
sponding surface roughness and kerf width were obtained. Taguchi
technique was intended to optimize single performance of process
parameters with high quality and lower cost. The test results are
presently changed into a sign to-commotion (S/N) proportion
[18]. Since surface hardness and kerf width is desired to be
least, so Lower the Better characteristic is utilized for S/N ratio
estimation. The ideal setting would be the one which could accom-
plish least S/N ratio [19]. Grey theory has been generally utilized in
engineering analysis, and it uncovers the possibility to solve the
setting of ideal machining parameters related with a procedure
with multiple output parameters.
Presently, the multiple objective optimization issues have been
changed into a single equivalent objective function optimization
problem utilizing this methodology. From the grey relational grade
values acquired, the means of the grey relational grades at various
degrees of procedure parameters were determined [2].
Amitesh Goswami et al demonstrated a cause and effect dia-
gram for recognizing the potential factors that may influence the
machining characteristics (MRR and SR) was built. From the cause
and effect diagram and the literature on WEDM, all out six quanti-
ties of information parameters were chosen for this examination.
In this work, L27 orthogonal array with six control factors viz.,
Ton, Toff, IP, WF, WT, SV and three associations viz. Ton Toff, Ton IP
and Toff IP have been examined. Modified linear graph is utilized
for the allocation of columns to the input parameters and interac-
tions in the orthogonal array. Signal to noise ratio was acquired
utilizing Minitab 16 programming. Higher is better (HB) for MRR
and lower is better (LB) for SR were taken for acquiring optimum
machining attributes. The S/N proportion can be determined as a
logarithmic transformation of the loss function
Multi-response optimization using utility concept is used in the
study. Utility concept is different characteristics are combined and
evaluated by term composite index. Such a composite index repre-
sents the utility of the item. In this paper it is assumed that the
overall utility is the sum of utilities of individual quality character-
istics [12].
Naveen Babu et al demonstrated that sheet of 6 mm thickness,
Inconel 750 was analysed in this investigation. To perform the
experiments L9 orthogonal array of Taguchi’s method was selected.
The variables which are having significant impact on the perfor-
mance of electric discharge machining was distinguished. They
are (I) Pulse On schedule (ms), Pulse Off time (ms) (iii) Voltage
(V) and (iv) current (Å) and these components were controlled dur-
ing machining. A series of trial experiments were undertaken to
determine the functional range of the factors. As the individual fac-
tor range was less, three level plan was utilized. Each bit of the size
is 100  10 mm. For each machining the time taken was noted
down. Likewise, after each machining weight was gauged. The
material removal rate is determined [4].
Subrahmanyam et al performed tests on a wire-cut EDM
machine with particular like design fixed column, moving table
type with a size of the work piece 250  350 mm, type of interpo-
lation is linear, power supply 3 stage, AC 415 V, 50 Hz. The work
material is INCONEL 625 of size 30  15  2 mm plate. Wire diam-
eter 0.25 mm made of Brass is utilized for the test. The wire is ten-
sioned between the lower and upper guide for getting higher
precision. Dielectric liquid is deionized water with 12 to 16 TDS
(absolute broke up solids). For measurement of the Surface rough-
ness, surface roughness analyzer was utilized.
During the machining, both of the working surfaces may have
present smooth and irregularities which causes least and the most
extreme gap in the middle of the tool and workpiece [13]. At a
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given instant at the minimum point, suitable voltage is developed,

produce electrostatic field for the discharge of electrons from the
cathode there electrons quickened towards the anode [20]. After
high-speed electrons crash into the dielectric atoms, breaking
them into negative and positive particles. Due to that sparkle is
created with high temperature causes softening and vaporization
of material from the work piece. The mean qualities for the out-
comes got from the gadget are arranged as one of the yield param-
eters by utilizing Taguchi’s methodology [5].

3. Results and discussions

Sachin Ashok Sonawane et al found that as the pulse on time

and peak current enhances values of surface roughness, overcut
and MRR enhances. Additionally, with increment in the estima-
tions of pulse off time and servo voltage these values diminish. It Fig. 2. Graph showing values of CPC (W) [1].
is seen that quality attributes rely on measure of discharge energy
released at the machining zone. The discharge energy is modulated
by pulse on time and peak current [25]. With increment in pulse off
time, the discharge frequency decreases within a given period like-
wise discharge gap gets widened because of increment in servo
voltage. This creates low amount of heat energy which further out-
comes into less volume of material removal and development of
small, shallow craters on the cut surface. As the wire feed rate
increases, contact term of wire and workpiece diminishes. This
results into less amount of heat energy led into the workpiece
prompting decline in the quality attributes. The impact of wire ten-
sion is seen as negligible.
The optimal settings of the machining parameters are recog-
nized as pulse on time 1(110) pulse off time 3(51) servo voltage
3(40) peak current 3(230) wire feed rate 3(5) cable tension 3(8).
The optimal parameters settings are predicted and confirmation
trials are conducted. ANOVA examination is done on the composite
primary component to decide the significance of each process
parameter on the responses of ANOVA. The individual percentage Fig. 3. S/N ratio plot of CPC (W) [1].
contribution of each machining parameter in the process execution
is introduced in S/N proportion plot for ideal parameters settings
for the composite primary component (CPC) [1] (Figs. 1–3). step. The S/N proportion will be diverted with expanding and
Durairaj et al demonstrated that as S/N Ratio decreases up to a diminishing when the Gap Voltage increments.
short period at that point increases correspondingly to gap voltage. The outcomes got from the Grey relational analysis Optimiza-
The S/N Ratio diminishes up to a specific point correspondingly to tion technique to get the minimum Surface Roughness and least
the wire feed. Kerf Width are appeared in Table 1.
It is be seen that S/N Ratio increments up to a brief period at From Fig. 4, it can seen that for a specific value of input param-
that point diminishes slowly when the pulse off time and wire feed eter the corresponding range of event of surface roughness can be
increments. Regarding the increase in pulse on time, the S/N Ratio determined. From Fig. 5, it tends to be seen that for a specific value
diminishes up to a short period and afterward increments step by of input parameter the relating scope of event of kerf width can be
determined [2].
Amitesh Goswami et al demonstrated that by an increase in
pulse on time, discharge energy produced will be higher, conse-
quently more powerful is the explosion, and this outcomes in
expanded MRR [23]. Higher cutting velocity brings about higher
estimation of surface harshness [24]. Expanding the beat on sched-
ule and peak current builds the quantity of electrons striking the
work surface along these lines dissolving out increasingly material
from the work surface per release.
So also, MRR diminishes with an increased pulse off time and
sparkle gap set voltage. SEM micrograph shows that few craters
have been observed, while machining was performed at high value
of pulse off time, sparkle gap set voltage and low value of pulse on
time. From SEM micrograph unmistakably there is an expansion in
size of garbage with decline in pulse off time and sparkle gap set
voltage and; increment in pulse on time when contrasted [3].
It is clear that all the factors significantly affect material
removal rate. Pulse on time (46.09%) is seen as the major influenc-
Fig. 1. Influence of machining factors on surface roughness [1]. ing factor for the MRR followed by pulse off time (32.97%), spark

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Table 1
Grey Relational Grade value for corresponding levels [2].

Grey relational grade mean

S. no Process parameter Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
1 Gap voltage 0.5778 0.5780 0.5851 0.5191
2 Wire feed 0.6148 0.5269 0.6106 0.5076
3 Pulse-on time 0.6347 0.4324 0.6006 0.5924
4 Pulse-off time 0.6187 0.5562 0.5857 0.4993

Fig. 4. Range of occurrence of surface roughness [2].

Fig. 5. Range of occurrence of kerf width [2].

gap set voltage (6.68%), peak current (1.45%), wire feed (0.84%) and
wire tension (0.44%). A low value (1.49%) of experimental error has
been observed. All the three interactions (Ton Toff, Ton IP and Toff IP)
have seen as critical. So also the outcome for SR has been arranged.
For SR, just four components: pulse on time (66.70%), spark gap set
voltage (11.73%), pulse off time (9.09%) and peak current (3.75%)
have been seen as noteworthy. An interaction has additionally
been found between pulse on time and peak current. Surface
roughness is mostly effected by pulse on time. The brass wire of
cutting tool quickens depletion, which prompts in creation of built
up layer. This increased built up layer brings about more unpleas-
ant surface. Wire feed rate and wire tension strain has irrelevant
impact on surface harshness.
Henceforth, in Wire EDM of Nimonic 80A, higher machining
rates couldn’t be acquired without giving up surface quality.
The examination of the microstructure of machined work surface
was performed for appraisal of the surface quality utilizing WEDM
process. The Specimens were seen with scanning electron micro-
scope (Hitachi S-3400 N) with an accelerating voltage of 10.0 kV.
Three examples were chosen for microstructure perception, one
example was machined at trial condition comparing to high info
vitality where beat on time is set at its most significant level, beat
off time being at least level, while top current has middle of the road
level. Another two examples were machined at exploratory condi-
tion relating to low and moderate input energy rate (Figs. 6–8).
Naveen Babu et al utilized the ANN method which offers a more
noteworthy prescience than some other model, such as, linear and
exponential regression. The utilization of ANN is acknowledged by
researchers as an prediction tool because of its remarkable capabil-
ity of learning algorithm and coordinating of input and output
association, in any event, for other than linear and complicated
systems [14,15].
In Particle swarm optimisation (PSO), every particle is viewed
as an individual among the population in dimensional solution
space. Every particle is initiated with the position and velocity ran-
domly and first position of every particle is assessed dependent on
the target functions [21]. At that point gbest is distinguished
among the outcomes yielded by the all particles in the populations.
Based gbest, the pbest particle is fixed. Next velocity is added to
the p best particle and made new population which characterizes
the new (second) position of all particles. On the other hand gbest
is distinguished among the outcomes yielded by the new made
population which depends on ongoing pbest particle. This
procedure is proceeded until the stop criteria take an action on
the algorithm either number of iterations or no changes on the g
best value
At long last the model is accomplished with RMSE and assur-
ance coefficient for MRR is 0.0053881 and 0.99995 and for SR is
0.0038324 and 0.99992 respectively. To execute the optimisation
in PSO the accompanying parameters were utilized [22]. The

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Fig. 6. a) Microstructure of the sample machined at low input energy rate, b) Microstructure of the sample machined at high input energy rate c) Microstructure of the
machined sample [3].

Fig. 7. Multi Response Data (Utility) Main Effects Plots (MRR and SR) [3].
Fig. 9. Experimental no. vs experimental value of MRR and SR [4].

Fig. 8. Main effects plot (MRR and SR) [3].

Fig. 10. Configuration of three layered NN [4].

population size, inertia weight, learning factors, such as, cognitive

factor (C1) and social factor (C2) are 10, 0.1, 2 and 2 respectively. At
last, it was seen that the improved value of MRR is
22.110471 mm3/min and its enhanced process parameters Pulse
on time, Pulse off time, Voltage, and Current are 109.9931 ms,
62.971967 ms, 79.998425 V and 10.653109 Å individually. In addi-
tion it was discovered that the streamlined estimation of Surface
Roughness is 2.3320223 mm and its optimized process factors Pulse
on time, Pulse off time, Voltage, and Current are 100.12864 ms,
55.010629 ms, 20.794803 V and 10.505231 Å respectively
Subrahmanyam et al demonstrated that the impact of machin-
ing parameter, i.e., Discharge current, Pulse on time and voltage on Fig. 11. Factors importance (%) on MRR and SR.[4].

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Fig. 12. (a) Main effects plot for Means; (b) Main effects plot for S/N ratios [5].

Fig. 13. (a) Main effects plot for means; (b) Main effects plot for S/N ratios [5].

material removal rate (MRR), surface roughness (SR) of Inconel 625
machined work piece with Brass Wire tool utilizing Taguchi
strategy
F-ratio builds up whether the process parameter is critical or
not at a specific confidence level. The higher value of F-ratio shows
that any little variation of the process parameter can make a huge
effect on the performance characteristics. Increment in pulse off
time builds MRR because increasing pulse off time number of elec-
trons striking the work surface in a discharge thus increases the
erosion of material from the work surface per discharge. As per
this, Pulse-off time is seen as the most critical factor influencing
MRR with the contribution of 61.90% (Figs. 12,13).
4. Conclusion
 Principal Component Analysis (PCA) based technique take into
consideration association between various quality outputs and
converts this into uncorrelated components known as principal
components. These principal components reduce the number of
aspects and trims down the convolution of the multi-
characteristic problems.
 The optimal settings of the machining parameters based on the
principal component analysis for the WEDM of Nimonic-75
alloy obtained are pulse-on time 110 ms, pulse-off time 51 ms,
servo voltage 40 V, peak current 230 Amp., wire feed rate
5 m/min and cable tension 8 g (Figs. 9–11).
 Experimental examination on wire electrical discharge machin-
ing of Stainless Steel (SS304) was performed utilizing brass wire
of 0.25 mm. Taguchi technique, the optimized input parameter
combinations to get the minimum surface roughness are 40 V
gap voltage, 2 mm/min wire feed, 6 ls pulse on time, 10 ls
pulse off time and correspondingly optimized conditions to
get the minimum kerf width are 50 V gap voltage, 2 mm/min
Wire Feed, 4 ls pulse on time, 6 ls pulse off time.
 Based on the Grey relational analysis, the optimised input
parameter combinations to get both the minimum surface
roughness and the nominal kerf width are 50 V gap voltage,
2 mm/min wire feed, 4 ls pulse on time and 4 ls pulse off time.
 The optimized value of surface roughness obtained through sin-
gle response optimization has been as low as 0.16 mm with per-
cent contribution of pulse-on time (66.70%) and spark gap set
voltage (11.73%) have been found to dominate other factors
such as pulse-off time (9.09%), peak current (3.75%), wire feed
(0.22%) and wire tension (0.18%). Only one interaction (pulse-
on time peak current) has been found to be significant for
roughness as response.
 The microstructure investigation of the samples machined at
experimental condition corresponding to high energy input rate
has revealed a strong co-relation between the surface quality
and energy input rate. The samples machined at high energy
input condition exhibited rougher surface with lot of built-
edge layers, whereas the better surface quality was obtained
under low energy input conditions.

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 The model was constructed between the process factors and
output values by artificial neural network and the model was
found that the root mean square error is as low as for MRR
(0.0053881) and SR (0.0038324). Whereas the determination
coefficient for MRR and SR is 0.99995 and 0.99992 respectively.
 The model trained by ANN was suitably incorporated with the
evolutionary computational techniques of particle swarm opti-
mization for optimizing the MRR and SR
 It is evident that when working on wire electric discharge
machine with brass wire and INCONEL 625 as work piece, the
above stated parameters gave the maximum material removal
rate and minimum surface roughness.
CRediT authorship contribution statement
Marelli Divya: Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing -
original draft, Writing - review & editing. S.K. Singh: Supervision.
N. Sateesh: Data curation, Visualization, Investigation, Supervision.
Ram Subbiah: Supervision, Validation.
Declaration of Competing Interest
The authors declare that they have no known competing finan-
cial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared
to influence the work reported in this paper.
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