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Burrs are always generated during the end-milling process of ductile materials and have become a common challenge because a large plastic flow of the material is generated during cutting. In this research, a combination method of the end-milling and electrical discharged machining (EDM) process is proposed to suppress the generated burrs during machining; this process is called the EDM end-milling process. EDM end-milling was performed for side milling of AISI 1045 alloy steel (HRC = 28). The height of the generated burrs was measured and compared between ordinary end milling and EDM end-milling, and the experimental results indicate that the generated burrs are suppressed effectively by EDM end-milling owing to the effect of reduced plastic flow. The experimental results also indicate that the height of the generated burrs decreases when the capacitance values are increased during EDM end-milling. Furthermore, the results show that the height of the generated burrs remains unchanged by EDM end-milling when the axial depth of cut is increased.
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This research was supported by a Basic Science Research grant through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT, and Future Planning (NRF-2017R1A2B2003932). In addition, this work was partially supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education (NRF-2017R1A4A1015581).
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Min Yeop Kim is a Ph.D. candidate of Mechanical Engineering at Yeungnam University, South Korea. He received his bachelor’s degree from Yeungnam University, South Korea and the master’s degree from Yeungnam University, South Korea. His research interests include the development of machine tools, micro-cutting processes, nontraditional machining, and surface texturing using the EDM hybrid process of EDM end-milling composite.
Tae Jo Ko is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Yeungnam University, South Korea. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Pusan National University, South Korea. He received a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from POSTECH, South Korea. His research interests include the development of machine tools; micro-cutting processes; nontraditional machining; surface texturing using piezoelectric actuators; surface texturing using grinding, bio-machining, and textured surfaces on cutting tools; and the deburring process of CFRP composites.
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Kim, M.Y., Li, C.P., Kurniawan, R. et al. Experimental investigation of burr reduction during EDM end-milling hybrid process. J Mech Sci Technol 33, 2847–2853 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-019-0532-6
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-019-0532-6