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WED-machining performance by reciprocating molybdenum wire on Inconel 718 with water or hydrocarbon dielectrics

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The Inconel 718 superalloy is widely used in petrochemical, energy, aerospace, nuclear power plants, and many other applications where components are subjected to high temperatures and corrosion environments. This alloy is most used due to its combination of good mechanical properties and relatively low cost compared to other supperalloys. Nevertheless, its mechanical properties and workpieces with very complex geometries are difficult to be manufactured by conventional machining properties. It is observed that notch wear at the cutting tool tip and superabrasive carbides in Inconel 718 promote high abrasive cutting tool wear; high diffusion wear happens at cutting tool, continuous and tough chips cause degradation of the cutting tool, and both high temperature and thermal gradients occur at the cutting tools due to low thermal diffusivity of these alloys. Wire electrical discharge machining is a precision non-traditional machining process that appears as an alternative to the conventional machining process for any hard and electrically conductive material. The objective of this research work is to compare the technological performance of WED-Machining Inconel 718 using a reciprocating molybdenum wire electrode using two types of dielectric fluids (deionized water and 8% emulsion hydrocarbon) under different electrical parameters. Therefore, it presents the investigation of the discharge energy influences for five different levels of discharge durations and varying the wire run-off speed. Technological aspects labeled material cutting rate, kerf width, wire feed rate, and surface integrity were evaluated. The results revealed that the hydrocarbon presented a higher cutting rate than deionized water independent of the discharge energy applied. The hydrocarbon dielectric presented the best results for the wire feed rate compared to water fluid. The largest kerf width was attained for the deionized water, and the surface roughness increase is more pronounced for deionized water than hydrocarbon dielectric.

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Abbreviations

d w :

Wire diameter (mm)

\({\overline{i}}_{e}\) :

Discharge current (A)

\({\overline{u}}_{e}\) :

Discharge voltage (V)

t e :

Discharge duration (µs)

t i :

Pulse duration (µs)

t o :

Pulse interval time (µs)

t p :

Pulse cycle time (µs)

f p :

Pulse frequency (fp = ti/tp)

Ra:

Average roughness-two-dimensional (µm)

Sa:

Average height of the selected area-three-dimensional (µm)

P in :

Dielectric inlet pressure (MPa)

W e :

Discharge energy (J)

W s :

Wire run-off speed (m/s)

Λc :

Cut-off sampling length (µm

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  1. Mechanical Engineering Graduate Program (PPGEM), Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (PUCPR), Av. Imaculada Conceição80.215-901 Curitiba, Prado Velho, PR, 1155, Brazil

    Giovani Conrado Carlini, Ricardo Diego Torres, Paulo Soares & Fred Lacerda Amorim

  2. Mechanical Manufacturing Department, Instituto Federal de Santa Catarina (IFSC), Rua dos Imigrantes, 445, Rau, 89.254-430, Jaragua do Sul, SC, Brazil

    Giovani Conrado Carlini & Cristiano da Silva

  3. Mechanical Engineering Department (EMC), Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Campus Universitário Trindade, 88, Florianopolis, SC, 010-970, Brazil

    Walter Lindolfo Weingaertner

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Carlini, G.C., da Silva, C., Torres, R.D. et al. WED-machining performance by reciprocating molybdenum wire on Inconel 718 with water or hydrocarbon dielectrics. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 119, 1853–1866 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-021-08386-4

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