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Surface finish and Metal removal rate (MRR) is one of the most prime requirement of customer and it is also a significant tool to reduce the cycle time of any machine operation as well as the overall cost of the production. In the recent years, quality of product is a essential demand of customer which turned to the fast and rapid technologies of production. This paper presents an experimental study on composite of Al2024 reinforced with SiC to investigate the effects of electric discharge machining(EDM) for three levels of each parameters such as current ,pulse on time and reinforcement percentage on surface finish and MRR. Response surface methodology (RSM) technique has been applied to optimize the machining parameters for minimum surface roughness and maximum MRR.

Keywords

Metal Matrix Composite; Al2024; Wire EDM; RSM.

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