Experimental investigation of burr reduction during EDM end-milling hybrid process

Burrs are always generated during the end-milling process of ductile materials and have become a common challenge because a large plastic flow of the material is generated during cutting. In this research, a combination method of the end-milling and electrical discharged machining (EDM) process is proposed to suppress the generated burrs during machining; this process is called the EDM end-milling process. EDM end-milling was performed for side milling of AISI 1045 alloy steel (HRC = 28). The height of the generated burrs was measured and compared between ordinary end milling and EDM end-milling, and the experimental results indicate that the generated burrs are suppressed effectively by EDM end-milling owing to the effect of reduced plastic flow. The experimental results also indicate that the height of the generated burrs decreases when the capacitance values are increased during EDM end-milling. Furthermore, the results show that the height of the generated burrs remains unchanged by EDM end-milling when the axial depth of cut is increased.