Experimental Investigation of Surface Layer Properties of High Thermal Conductivity Tool Steel after Electrical Discharge Machining
Institute of Manufacturing Technology, Warsaw University of Technology, 00-661 Warsaw, Poland
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Metals 2017, 7(12), 550; https://doi.org/10.3390/met7120550
Received: 20 September 2017 / Revised: 19 November 2017 / Accepted: 1 December 2017 / Published: 7 December 2017
New materials require the use of advanced technology in manufacturing complex shape parts. One of the modern materials widely used in the tool industry for injection molds or hot stamping dies is high conductivity tool steel (HTCS) 150. Due to its hardness (55 HRC) and thermal conductivity at 66 W/mK, this material is difficult to machine by conventional treatment and is being increasingly manufactured by nonconventional technology such as electrical discharge machining (EDM). In the EDM process, material is removed from the workpiece by a series of electrical discharges that cause changes to the surface layers properties. The final state of the surface layer directly influences the durability of the produced elements. This paper presents the influence of EDM process parameters: discharge current Ic and the pulse time ton on surface layer properties. The experimental investigation was carried out with an experimental methodology design. Surface layers properties including roughness 3D parameters, the thickness of the white layer, heat affected zone, tempered layer and occurring micro cracks were investigated and described. The influence of the response surface methodology (RSM) of discharge current Ic and the pulse time ton on the thickness of the white layer and roughness parameters Sa, Sds and Ssc were described and established.
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electrical discharge machining; EDM; surface layer; roughness; white layer; micro cracks; modeling
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Świercz, R.; Oniszczuk-Świercz, D. Experimental Investigation of Surface Layer Properties of High Thermal Conductivity Tool Steel after Electrical Discharge Machining. Metals 2017, 7, 550. https://doi.org/10.3390/met7120550
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Świercz R, Oniszczuk-Świercz D. Experimental Investigation of Surface Layer Properties of High Thermal Conductivity Tool Steel after Electrical Discharge Machining. Metals. 2017; 7(12):550. https://doi.org/10.3390/met7120550
Chicago/Turabian StyleŚwiercz, Rafał; Oniszczuk-Świercz, Dorota. 2017. "Experimental Investigation of Surface Layer Properties of High Thermal Conductivity Tool Steel after Electrical Discharge Machining" Metals 7, no. 12: 550. https://doi.org/10.3390/met7120550
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