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http://dx.doi.org/10.5228/KSPP.2006.15.8.539

Effect of Heat Treatment on the Surface Machined by W-EDM  

Choi, K.K. (공주대학교 기계자동차공학부)
Lee, Y.S. (국민대학교 기계자동차공학부)
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Transactions of Materials Processing / v.15, no.8, 2006 , pp. 539-543 More about this Journal
Abstract
Experimental studies are carried out in order to investigate the effects of heat treatment on the surface machined by W-EDM. In this work, two ways of heat treatment after W-EDM are considered. As a comparison, the machined surface by a traditional method such as milling/grinding is also considered. Thereby, specimens are prepared by four different machining methods. Those are (1) milling and then grinding, (2) wire-cut electric discharge machining (W-EDM), and (3) low temperature heat treatment or (4) high temperature heat treatment after W-EDM. The resulting surface roughness are measured and the changes of surface microstructures are investigated using the scanning electron microscope (SEM) with energy dispersive X-ray spectrometer (EDS). In general, heat treatment after W-EDM result in smoother surface and better chemical composition at the machined surface. Especially, high temperature tempering could remove defects in the thermally affected zone, which cause an overall deterioration of the surface machined by W-EDM.
Keywords
W-EDM; Heat Treatment; EDS; Surface Roughness;
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