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Automated system for the measurement of spark current and electric voltage in wire EDM performance

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Within important wire electrical discharge machining (WEDM) performance parameters, the discharge energy is a key factor influencing the workpiece material removal rate and surface integrity characteristics. Thus, the monitoring of electric voltage and discharge current waveforms in real situations of WED-Machining is a suitable method to the evaluation and control of process behavior. In this paper, an automated test system especially designed to acquire electric voltage and current data is presented. It consists of a computer-based instrumentation system interfaced to a high performance hardware, a LabVIEW™ software application and a special apparatus for in situ current measurement. It executes signal-processing tasks and presents relevant information, such as total energy transfer and average discharge duration. It is concluded that the automated test system enabled the execution of WEDM experiments with a nearly human-free intervention procedure, through which an evaluation of the process performance in different discharge durations was carried out.

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  1. Polytechnic School, Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná-PUCPR, R. Imaculada Conceição, 1155-Prado Velho, Curitiba, PR, 80215-901, Brazil

    Luciano A. Mendes

  2. Polytechnic School, Pontifical Catholic University of Parana-PUCPR, Mechanical Engineering Graduate Program-PPGEM, R. Imaculada Conceição, 1155-Prado Velho, Curitiba, PR, 80215-901, Brazil

    Fred L. Amorim

  3. Laboratório de Mecânica de Precisão-LMP, Centro Tecnológico-CTC, Federal University of Santa Catarina-UFSC, Florianópolis, SC, 88040 900, Brazil

    Walter L. Weingaertner

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Mendes, L.A., Amorim, F.L. & Weingaertner, W.L. Automated system for the measurement of spark current and electric voltage in wire EDM performance. J Braz. Soc. Mech. Sci. Eng. 37, 123–131 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40430-014-0171-x

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