A CRITICAL REVIEW OF WIRE ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING.

Wire electrical discharge machining (WEDM) is one of the most emerging non-conventional manufacturing processes for machining of difficult-to-machine materials. The aim of this book chapter is to present the consolidated information about the contributions of various researchers on WEDM process. This state of art review has been carried out to find out past research work on different materials, influence of process parameters on process performance characteristics and utilization of tools and techniques for correlating experimental results. In addition, this book chapter is concluded by highlighting the optimal ranges of parameters for various materials and indicating the future research directions which will provide a reference to machine tool operators and manufacturing industries depending upon their job requirements. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]