Towards zero-defect manufacturing with a combined online - offline fuzzy-nets approach in wire electrical discharge machining

Bufardi, Ahmed and Akten, Olcay and Arif, Muhammad and Xirouchakis, Paul and Perez, Roberto (2017) Towards zero-defect manufacturing with a combined online - offline fuzzy-nets approach in wire electrical discharge machining. WSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development, 13. pp. 401-409. 42. ISSN 1790-5079

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Abstract

Current practice of wire electrical discharge machining (W-EDM) is not defect free and still a number of parts produced by WEDM processes are rejected due to different defects. The main defects related to surface quality of W-EDMed parts include occurrence of surface lines, surface roughness, and recast layer (also called white layer). In this paper we characterize the different types of defects and for each of them we propose the appropriate approach to handle it. To achieve zero-defect manufacturing in W-EDM, one can intervene before starting machining operations through selecting the best combination of values of process parameters to meet required levels of performance for part quality characteristics, and during machining operations through monitoring machining conditions to predict any potential defect and take appropriate actions to prevent the effective occurrence of defects if and when predicted. This paper addresses both issues and a combined online - offline fuzzy-nets approach is proposed. It is noteworthy, that for the first time in the published literature, an approach is presented to prevent the occurrence of surface lines in W-EDM; this is accomplished by our experimentally validated system by: (i) high frequency sensing and processing of the current signal in the discharge zone; (ii) the development of a new algorithm for the detection and calculation of the duration of a series of consecutive short circuits; and (iii) the proactive adjustment of the pulse–off time through an adaptive fuzzy nets system.

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Bufardi, Ahmed, Akten, Olcay, Arif, Muhammad, Xirouchakis, Paul ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3041-3645 and Perez, Roberto;
  • Item type:Article
    ID code:61997
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    2017
    Published
    2 October 2017
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    Notes:© 2017 World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society (WSEAS). Bufardi, A, Akten, O, Arif, M, Xirouchakis, P & Perez, R 2017, 'Towards zero-defect manufacturing with a combined online - offline fuzzy-nets approach in wire electrical discharge machining' WSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development, vol 13, pp. 401-409. The final publication is available at http://wseas.org/wseas/cms.action?id=15004.
    Subjects:Technology > Manufactures
    Department:Faculty of Engineering > Design, Manufacture and Engineering Management
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:11 Oct 2017 10:56
    Last modified:11 Nov 2024 11:48
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/61997
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