Study of Micro-Abrasive Tool-Making by Pulse Plating Using Taguchi Method

Abstract

Experimental investigation of pulse plating parameters on the extent of incorporation of microdiamond abrasives within metallic binder was performed for a micro-abrasive tool. The Taguchi experimental design has been applied to investigate the optimal combination of process parameters to achieve embedment of nominal amount of abrasives in the nickel bond matrix. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was performed and signal-to-noise (S/N) ratio was determined to know the level of importance of pulse plating parameters. Based on ANOVA, pH of 5.0 (at room temperature) of the pulse plating bath was found to be significant for best abrasive incorporation. These results were experimentally confirmed at 95% confidence level.

Keywords:

• Diamond
• Electro-deposition
• Manufacturing
• Microfabrication
• Micromanufacturing
• Plating
• Pulsed-electrochemical
• Taguchi