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Wire-cut electrical discharge machining (WEDM) technology is used to cut composite materials. In this work, a hybrid composite of an aluminum matrix material reinforced with boron nitride and molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) was created utilizing the stir casting technique. Its WEDM machinability was investigated. The input parameters for the study are pulse on time (Ton), pulse off time (Toff), wire feed (WF), and wire tension (WT) output parameters material removal rate (MRR) and surface roughness (SR). The tests were designed using L27 orthogonal arrays. The analysis of variance was used to determine the contribution of input process characteristics impacting output performance. The ideal settings were determined using an entropy approach weight combined with the vise kriterijumska optimizacija kompromisno reseneje (VIKOR) method. In this work, the entropy weight criterion for MRR and SR were 0.52 and 0.48, respectively. The best ideal parameters were obtained from the VIKOR evaluation ratings at the (12th) trial, with a Ton of 8 μs, 28 μs of Toff, WF of 7 m/min, WT of 12 g and a higher appraisal grade of 1. A scanning electron microscope was used to analyze the surface morphology of the machined surface.
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Future for Young Scholars of Shandong University, China [31360082064026][31360082164007]. This work is supported by Fundamental Research Funds of Shandong University [2019HW040].
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Dhilip, J.D.J., Ganesan, K.P. & Sivalingam, V. Machinability Studies and Optimization of Process Parameters in Wire Electrical Discharge Machining of Aluminum Hybrid Composites by the VIKOR Method. J. of Materi Eng and Perform (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-023-08323-4
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