Research Article

Experimental Investigation and Optimization of Material Removal Rate and Tool Wear in the Machining of Aluminum-Boron Carbide (Al-B4C) Nanocomposite Using EDM Process

Table 5

Analysis of variance for MRR, using adjusted SS for tests.

SourceDFSeq SSAdj SSAdj MSFP

Tool diameter (mm)30.05369620.05369620.017898746.620.000
Current (amp)30.00103370.0308160.00102722.680.141
On-time (µ sec)30.00734860.00734860.00244956.380.027
Error60.00230350.00230350.0003839
Total150.06438190.09416430.021759355.680.168

S = 0.0195936, R-Sq = 96.42%, and R-Sq (adj) = 91.06%.