Experimental study of MWEDM technology

This work deals with an experimental investigation of the machining characteristics of Micro Wire Electrical Discharge Machining (MWEDM). The MWEDM process consists of only one cutting operation yawing with machining conditions. Experimental results show that the peak current and pulse duration have an obvious influence on surface roughness and machining time, and they also have an optimum value for the highest cutting speed. The servo reference voltage influences the surface roughness and machining time as well. In particular,the surface characteristics of work-pieces and a micro wire electrode were analyzed in detail too. Utilizing a micro wire electrode with diameter 30μm, MWEDM can machine a micro slot 38μm wide, which proves that the discharge gap can be controlled not more than 4μm. It can also machine micro gears respectively with a module 40μm, thickness lmm, and a module 100μm, thickness 3.5mm. All kinds of micro shaped holes and complex micro parts can be easily machined as well.