Developing Spiral-Conical Gears for Microsystems by Wire-Assisted Electrical Discharge Machining

Sujeet Kumar Chaubey, Kapil Gupta, Neelesh Kumar Jain

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Abstract

The requirements of gears are increasing rapidly in the global market for applications from micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS) to aerospace. Gears of various profiles and types including spiral-conical are used for motion as well as torque transfer in microsystems. The development of such gears is a challenging task because no compromise in their quality is acceptable. It necessitates highly accurate gear manufacturing process. This article presents such a process i.e. wire-assisted electrical discharge machining (WEDM) and development of stainless-steel made spiral-conical gears of miniature size. All minute aspects of spiral-conical gear development by WEDM are reported in this paper. In order to investigate the impact of process parameters and gear quality, an experimental study has been conducted based on Taguchi’s robust design of experiment technique. The developed gears are found with good manufacturing quality characteristics.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationModern Trends in Materials Processing - Selected peer-reviewed full text papers from the 5th International Conference on Modern Trends in Manufacturing Technologies and Equipment, ICMTMTE 2021
EditorsSergey Bratan, Stanislav Roshchupkin
PublisherTrans Tech Publications Ltd
Pages421-435
Number of pages15
ISBN (Print)9783035716917
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022
Event5th International Conference on Modern Trends in Manufacturing Technologies and Equipment, ICMTMTE 2021 - Sevastopol, Russian Federation
Duration: 6 Sept 202110 Sept 2021

Publication series

NameKey Engineering Materials
Volume910 KEM
ISSN (Print)1013-9826
ISSN (Electronic)1662-9795

Conference

Conference5th International Conference on Modern Trends in Manufacturing Technologies and Equipment, ICMTMTE 2021
Country/TerritoryRussian Federation
CitySevastopol
Period6/09/2110/09/21

Keywords

  • Gear
  • Microsystems
  • Spiral gear
  • Surface roughness
  • Wire assisted electrical discharge machining

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Materials Science
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering

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