An operating and diagnostic knowledge-based system for wire EDM

The selection of machining parameters and machine settings for wire electrical discharge machining (WEDM) depends mainly on both technologies and experience provided by machine tool manufacturers. The present work designs a knowledge-based system (KBS) to select the optimal process parameters settings and diagnose the machining conditions for WEDM. Moreover, the present results supply users of WEDM with beneficial data avoiding further experimentation. Various materials are tested and sample results are presented for improving the WEDM performance.