Experimental Study on the Effect of Magnetic Field in Electro Chemical Machining Process

Abstract

Electro chemical machining is an advanced technique which has higher machining rate and capable of machining wide range of difficult-to-machining materials. This paper focuses on studying the effect of magnetic field in electro chemical machining process. In this study the experiment is conducted by applying magnetic field using permanent magnet. The work material used in the experiment is titanium grade5 and the tool material is copper. The experiment is conducted by varying the input process parameters such as Electrolyte Concentration, Pulse ON Time, Duty Factor, Peak current and the response of performance characteristics is observed. It is found that the machining rate is improved due to magneto hydrodynamic effect and overcut is reduced.