Investigation of surface roughness in micro-EDM of nonconductive ZrO2 ceramic with powder mixed dielectric fluid

• Main Authors: Sabur, Abdus, Syed Mohammed, Mehdi, Ali, Mohammad Yeakub, Maleque, Md. Abdul, Moudood, M. A.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland 2015
• Subjects: TS200 Metal manufactures. Metalworking
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/43929/1/2015_AMR_1115_16-19_Sbr.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/43929/; http://zh.scientific.net/AMR.1115.16
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

This paper investigates the average surface roughness (Ra) in micro-electrical discharge machining of electrically nonconductive zirconium oxide (ZrO2) ceramic using powder mixed dielectric. The gap voltage and concentration of tantalum carbide (TaC) powder are considered as the variable paramete...