EFFECT OF VARIOUS PROCESS PARAMETERS ON MATERIAL REMOVAL RATE ON MILD STEEL IN ELECTROCHEMICAL MACHINING

Electrochemical Machining (ECM) is a modern machining process based on the principle of electrolysis and hence it is generally termed as the reverse process of electropla ting. Having very good characteristic’s such as almost no tool wear, highly accurate machining, lesser thermal and mechanical stresses on workpiece makes this process beneficial than other modern machining processes. But still there are various process pa rameters that affects material removal rate. Keeping this in view, the present work has been undertaken to investigate the material removal rate by controlled anodic dissolution at atomic level of the electrically conductive work - piece with a hollow cylin drical copper electrode, stainless steel electrode and aluminium electrode. Mild Steel is taken as workpiece. Experiments were carried out to study the influence of machining parameters such as Electrolyte concentrations, current density and electrodes