A survey of servo-drive control schemes for electric discharge machining (EDM)

Author

Sen, Baha ; Kiyawat, N. ; Singh, P.K. ; Mitra, Subhasish ; Yew, J.H. ; Urkait, P.F.

Author_Institution

Mech. Eng. Dept., Haldia Inst. of Technol., India

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

17-20 Nov. 2003

Firstpage

998

Abstract

The electric discharge machining process is a very useful, economic and reliable process to machine extremely hard and brittle materials which cannot be machined by any of the conventional processes. It is based on the principle of erosion of metals by an interrupted electric spark. To ensure stable and effective machining, the spark-gap between the two electrodes (the tool and the work-piece) must be maintained at the desired level by servo-controlled electrode feed mechanism. The present paper reviews the various schemes for controlling the servo-drive mechanism for achieving better performance of the machining process.

Keywords

PI control; electrical discharge machining; fuzzy control; machine control; model reference adaptive control systems; servomotors; EDM; PI control; adaptive control; data dependent systems; electric discharge machining; electric spark; fuzzy control; integral control; model reference control; self-tuning regulator; servo-controlled electrode feed mechanism; servo-drive control; Automatic control; Chemical lasers; Conducting materials; Dielectric materials; Electrodes; Feeds; Machining; Servomechanisms; Spark gaps; Surface discharges;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics and Drive Systems, 2003. PEDS 2003. The Fifth International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7885-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PEDS.2003.1283106

Filename

1283106