Publication detail

Analysis of the surface morphology and topography of pure aluminium machined using WEDM

MOURALOVÁ, K. KOVÁŘ, J. KLAKURKOVÁ, L. BEDNÁŘ, J. BENEŠ, L. ZAHRADNÍČEK, R.

Original Title

Analysis of the surface morphology and topography of pure aluminium machined using WEDM

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

Wire electrical discharge machining(WEDM) represents an effective technology of unconventional machining used for the manufacture of components having complex shapes, for machining of hard materials after heat treatment or of non-ferrous metals that are difficult to machine with conventional processes. One the non-ferrous materials is also pure aluminium 99.5 used for this experiment that consisted of the use of design of experiments for machine parameters setup and the fabrication of 33 samples. The objective of this study was to find key parameters of machine setup for the manufacture of high-precision components with required surface quality. For this purpose, an analysis of the morphology of the surface layer was made using electron microscopy (SEM), including a local analysis of the chemical composition (EDX). In addition, the surface topography using 3D profilometer and profile and area parameters of the surface quality were evaluated, including 3D colour filtered and unfiltered images of surfaces taken using light microscopy. The prepared metallographic preparations allowed to make an analysis of the sub-surface area, including a local chemical microanalysis of “recast layer” using EDX.

Keywords

WEDM, electrical discharge machining, topography, profile and surface parameters, metallography, EDX, pure aluminium, cracks, craters, machining parameters

Authors

MOURALOVÁ, K.; KOVÁŘ, J.; KLAKURKOVÁ, L.; BEDNÁŘ, J.; BENEŠ, L.; ZAHRADNÍČEK, R.

Released

1. 1. 2018

Location

Spojené státy americké

ISBN

0263-2241

Periodical

MEASUREMENT, Journal of the International Measurement Confederation (IMEKO)

Year of study

2018

Number

114

State

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Pages from

169

Pages to

176

Pages count

8

URL

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.measurement.2017.09.040

BibTex

@article{BUT138438,
  author="Kateřina {Mouralová} and Jiří {Kovář} and Lenka {Klakurková} and Josef {Bednář} and Libor {Beneš} and Radim {Zahradníček}",
  title="Analysis of the surface morphology and topography of pure aluminium machined using WEDM",
  journal="MEASUREMENT, Journal of the International Measurement Confederation (IMEKO) 
",
  year="2018",
  volume="2018",
  number="114",
  pages="169--176",
  doi="10.1016/j.measurement.2017.09.040",
  issn="0263-2241",
  url="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.measurement.2017.09.040"
}