Investigation of The Machinability of Aluminum Bronze on WEDM and Optimization Artificial Intelligence

Year 2025, Volume: 11 Issue: 3, 449 - 464, 31.12.2025

Erol Aydemir , Mehmet Altuğ

Abstract

This study looked at how well aluminium-bronze alloy, which is strong, resistant and corrosion-resistant, could be machined using wire erosion. The parameters were the pulse interval time, insulating liquid, wire feed rate and wire tension. Two cutting methods were used: orthogonal and rotary. The Box-Behnken method was used to design the experiment. The lowest kerf value was 319 µ with the linear cutting method under the following conditions: pulse interval time 50 µs, insulating fluid pressure 15 bar, wire feed speed 8 m/min, wire tension 15 g. The lowest surface roughness value was 1.44 µm. The rotary cutting method gave the best results. The highest material removal rate was 0.319 g.min-1. The best results were achieved with a pulse interval time of 250 µs, insulating fluid pressure of 15 bar, wire feed rate of 4 m/min, and wire tension of 15 g. This shows that different cutting processes and cutting parameters are important for good results. The results show that both methods are effective. However, the ELM method gives better results than DL.

Keywords

Aluminum Bronze , Response surface methodology , Box-benhken , WEDM , Artificial Intelligence

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