Research Article
Experimental Investigation on Material Transfer Mechanism in WEDM of Pure Titanium (Grade-2)
Figure 9
SEM micrographs (250x and 500x) of the machined wire electrode surface for machining of pure titanium at (a) fresh wire; (b) experiment no. 1, at = 1.1 μs, = 28 μs, Ip = 200 A, SV = 50 V, WF = 7 m/min, WT = 500 grams; (c) experiment no. 35, at = 1.1 μs, = 17 μs, Ip = 160 A, SV = 40 V, WF = 7 m/min, WT = 950 grams; ((d),(e)) experiment no. 15, at = 0.7 μs, = 28 μs, Ip = 120 A, SV = 50 V, WF = 7 m/min, WT = 500 grams; (f) EDX of machined wire electrode at = 0.9 μs, = 38 μs, Ip = 160 A, SV = 50 V, WF = 4 m/min, WT = 500 grams.
