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Indexed by:期刊论文

Date of Publication:2011-01-01

Journal:CHINESE JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Included Journals:Scopus、SCIE、EI、CSCD

Volume:24

Issue:1

Page Number:67-72

ISSN No.:1000-9345

Key Words:electrical discharge machining; debris; particle measurement; size distribution; curve fitting

Abstract:Gap debris as discharge product is closely related to machining process in electrical discharge machining(EDM). A lot of recent researches have focused on the relationship among debris size, surfaces texture, remove rate, and machining stability. The study on statistical distribution of debris size contributes to the research, but it is still superficial currently. In order to obtain the distribution law of the debris particle size, laser particle size analyzer(LPSA) combined with scanning electron microscope(SEM) is used to analyze the EDM debris size. Firstly, the heating dried method is applied to obtain the debris particles. Secondly, the measuring range of LPSA is determined as 0.5-100 mu m by SEM observation, and the frequency distribution histogram and the cumulative frequency distribution scattergram of debris size are obtained by using LPSA. Thirdly, according to the distribution characteristic of the frequency distribution histogram, the statistical distribution functions of lognormal, exponentially modified Gaussian(EMG), Gamma and Weibull are chosen to achieve curve fitting of the histogram. At last, the distribute law of the debris size is obtained by fitting results. Experiments with different discharge parameters are carried out on an EDM machine designed by the authors themselves, and the machining conditions are tool electrode of red-copper material, workpiece of ANSI 1045 material and working fluid of de-ionized water. The experimental results indicate that the debris sizes of all experiment sample truly obey the Weibull distribution. The obtained distribution law is significantly important for all the models established based on the debris particle size.