Development of electrical discharge machining power generator

Electrical Discharge Machining process has been widely used for manufacturing micro components due to its contactless process. The power generator design and configuration requirements for producing the desired spark have always been a challenge to the researchers. The aim of this project is to desi...

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Main Author: Muhd. Radzi, Muhd. Abu Bakar
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Language:English
Published: 2015
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spelling my-utm-ep.538922020-10-08T00:53:38Z Development of electrical discharge machining power generator 2015-06 Muhd. Radzi, Muhd. Abu Bakar TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering Electrical Discharge Machining process has been widely used for manufacturing micro components due to its contactless process. The power generator design and configuration requirements for producing the desired spark have always been a challenge to the researchers. The aim of this project is to design and implement the power generator using Switch Mode Power Supply (SMPS) with 100W output power for the EDM system. The power generator is designed based on the SMPS push-pull topology. The hardware of the push-pull converter has been successful built its characteristic almost similar to the designed specification. The SMPS power generator for EDM machine is working properly according to the supply current needed by the load. The SMPS is based on the push-pull topology that utilize IGBT transistor. The project describes both simulation and experimental work carried out on the developed circuit. Simulation results show that this push-pull converter capable to produce DC voltage up to 100V. The experimental results show that the 100W EDM power generator with up to 1A gap currant is stable and reliable. 2015-06 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/53892/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/53892/1/MuhdAbuBakarMFKE2015.pdf application/pdf en public http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:86550 masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Electrical Engineering Faculty of Electrical Engineering
institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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language English
topic TK Electrical engineering
Electronics Nuclear engineering
spellingShingle TK Electrical engineering
Electronics Nuclear engineering
Muhd. Radzi, Muhd. Abu Bakar
Development of electrical discharge machining power generator
description Electrical Discharge Machining process has been widely used for manufacturing micro components due to its contactless process. The power generator design and configuration requirements for producing the desired spark have always been a challenge to the researchers. The aim of this project is to design and implement the power generator using Switch Mode Power Supply (SMPS) with 100W output power for the EDM system. The power generator is designed based on the SMPS push-pull topology. The hardware of the push-pull converter has been successful built its characteristic almost similar to the designed specification. The SMPS power generator for EDM machine is working properly according to the supply current needed by the load. The SMPS is based on the push-pull topology that utilize IGBT transistor. The project describes both simulation and experimental work carried out on the developed circuit. Simulation results show that this push-pull converter capable to produce DC voltage up to 100V. The experimental results show that the 100W EDM power generator with up to 1A gap currant is stable and reliable.
format Thesis
qualification_level Master's degree
author Muhd. Radzi, Muhd. Abu Bakar
author_facet Muhd. Radzi, Muhd. Abu Bakar
author_sort Muhd. Radzi, Muhd. Abu Bakar
title Development of electrical discharge machining power generator
title_short Development of electrical discharge machining power generator
title_full Development of electrical discharge machining power generator
title_fullStr Development of electrical discharge machining power generator
title_full_unstemmed Development of electrical discharge machining power generator
title_sort development of electrical discharge machining power generator
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Electrical Engineering
granting_department Faculty of Electrical Engineering
publishDate 2015
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/53892/1/MuhdAbuBakarMFKE2015.pdf
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