Surface analysis of magnesium alloy processed using C-EDM and PM-EDM method

Muhammad Al Hapis Abdul Razak; Ahmad Majdi Abdul-Rani; Iqtidar Ahmed Gul; Elhuseini Garba; Syed Shehzeb Abdullah; Anas Ahmed

doi:10.1201/9781003456018-3

Surface analysis of magnesium alloy processed using C-EDM and PM-EDM method

Muhammad Al Hapis Abdul Razak^*
, Ahmad Majdi Abdul-Rani
, Iqtidar Ahmed Gul
, Elhuseini Garba
, Syed Shehzeb Abdullah
, Anas Ahmed

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Magnesium alloy is considered as difficult-to-machine material due to low melting point which is 650°C and this metal is only stable below its melting point. The spark erosion process is an alternative machining method to process magnesium alloy. However, conventional electro-discharge machining (C-EDM) suffers of inconsistent machined surface quality. The powder mixed electro-discharge machining (PM-EDM) method may lead to improve machined part surface finish. The objective of this chapter is to analyze the surface quality of magnesium alloy processed using C-EDM and PM-EDM method. It is hypothesized that the surface quality of magnesium alloy processed using PM-EDM method will be smoother than C-EDM method. In C-EDM experiments, the factors involve peak current (38, 47, and 55 A), gap voltage (80, 220, and 320 V), pulse on-time (16, 32, and 64 μs), and pulse off-time (128, 256, and 512 μs). In PM-EDM experiments, the factors involve zinc powder concentration (1, 2, and 3 g/l), peak current (38, 47, and 55 A), pulse on-time (16, 32, and 64 μs), and pulse off-time (128, 256, and 512 μs). The lowest surface roughness obtained from C-EDM experiment was 5.926 μm and the lowest surface roughness obtained from PM-EDM experiment was 4.873 μm. Smoother machined surface was obtained from PM-EDM method.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Conventional and Powder Mixed Electro-Discharge Machining
Subtitle of host publication	Biomedical Applications
Publisher	CRC Press
Pages	83-99
Number of pages	17
ISBN (Electronic)	9781040104620
ISBN (Print)	9781032452760
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003456018-3
State	Published - 2 Sep 2024
Externally published	Yes

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General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
General Materials Science
General Environmental Science

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