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Measurement and optimization of power consumption and aerosol emissions in magnetic field-assisted electrical discharge machining of Inconel 718

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Processing of Inconel 718 is still big challenge for manufactures to process with better machining performance and less environmental effect. Therefore, the present study was aimed to develop a sustainable magnetic field-assisted electrical discharge machining (MEDM) for machining of Inconel 718 to reduce power consumption, aerosol emissions and surface defects. Experiments were conducted at different levels of current, pulse on time, pulse off time and voltage with and without magnetic field assistance and the experimental results for power consumption, aerosol emissions, metal removal rate (MRR) and surface roughness were collected and analyzed. The power consumption, surface roughness, recast layers, microcracks, microvoids and microglobules were found to be reduced with improved MRR in the MEDM. A hybrid teaching learning-based optimization algorithm was proposed and optimized the process parameters in MEDM. With the proposed methodology, the MRR, surface roughness, power consumption and aerosol emissions reached 82%, 80%, 87% and 68% of the specified targets, respectively. The optimum process parameters were 4 A of current, 106 µs of pulse on time, 79 µs of pulse off time, 38 V of voltage.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vignan’s Foundation for Science Technology and Research, Vadlamudi, India

    Kaki Venkata Rao

  2. Department of Mining, College of Engineering and Technology, Bule Hora University, 144 Oromia, Bule Hora, Ethiopia

    Yekula Prasanna Kumar

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering and Deanship of Research, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia

    Feroz Shaik

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Rao, K.V., Kumar, Y.P. & Shaik, F. Measurement and optimization of power consumption and aerosol emissions in magnetic field-assisted electrical discharge machining of Inconel 718. Soft Comput 27, 11451–11468 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00500-023-08292-9

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