THE PROCESSING OF HYPERBOLOID SURFACES USING WIRE ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE MACHINING – PRACTICAL ASPECTS

Abstract

The paper presents practical aspects of an original method that can be used for cutting hyperboloid surfaces using wire electrical discharge machining (WEDM). The processing method, which has only been partly revealed by the author in certain relatively low-impact Romanian publications, is now fully delineated in the form of two papers that focus on both the theoretical and practical aspects of the processing of hyperboloid surfaces using wire electrical discharge machining. This paper presents the practical aspects of the method of generating hyperboloid surfaces. The numerical and geometric simulation of the generation of hyperboloid surfaces using wire electrical discharge machining is shown, together with the way of programming the processing, certain technological limitations regarding the processing of hyperboloid surfaces, and real-world conclusions concerning the generation of surfaces  being processed via wire electrical discharge machining.