Acta Mechanica Slovaca 2015, 19(3):54-66 | DOI: 10.21496/ams.2015.024

Review on Recent Development in Environmental-friendly EDM Techniques

Nishant Kumar Singh1*, K. K. Singh2
1 Research Scholar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, ISM, Dhanbad, India
2 Department of Mechanical Engineering, ISM, Dhanbad, India

The electrical discharge machining (EDM) is unitary of the widely used unconventional machining because of its ability to cut very hard material engendering high dimensional accuracy as well. In thermo-electric process, control sparks generation between electrodes causes material removal; however, application of hydrocarbon oil based dielectric is an issuance of environmental disruption. To rectify this problem, replacement of dielectric is main concerns in EDM research. This paper highlights Dry-EDM, Near-Dry EDM and EDM in water, which is conceived as an environment amiable alteration in the oil EDM process. The work gives a thorough review of Dry, near-dry EDM and EDM in water as a process, where the target is to endeavor dielectric fluids that can be substituted bypassing hydrocarbon oil. It is perceived that water and gas based dielectrics could take over oil-based fluids in die sink applications. Novel technological advances in dry EDM machining processes, which deliberate the relatively advanced stage of a technology in to the area of academic and industrial research is briefly reviewed. An outline of the prospective trend of reviewing is intimate in the last fragment.

Keywords: EDM, Dry-EDM, Near-dry EDM, UAEDM

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Kumar Singh, N., & Singh, K.K. (2015). Review on Recent Development in Environmental-friendly EDM Techniques. Acta Mechanica Slovaca, 19(3), 54-66. doi: 10.21496/ams.2015.024
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