TY - JOUR TI - EDM gap width controller based on the relative frequency of short circuits method AU - MysiƄski, Wojciech AU - Kocjan, Sylwester TI - EDM gap width controller based on the relative frequency of short circuits method AB - Electrical discharge machining is a process of machining a work-piece to a desired shape by using the eroding effect of electric spark discharges. A gap width controller is one of the key components of each electrical discharge machine. It is gap width controllers that mainly determine the machining speed and accuracy. This article describes a gap width controller based on fuzzy logic. The control algorithm operates according to the number of short circuits, open circuits and normal pulses that occur within a control period. A specially developed PC application allows for accessing and modifying electrical discharge machining parameters. VL - 2016 IS - Elektrotechnika Zeszyt 2-E 2016 PY - 2016 SN - 0011-4561 C1 - 2353-737X SP - 81 EP - 93 DO - 10.4467/2353737XCT.16.249.6048 UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/czasopismo-techniczne/artykul/edm-gap-width-controller-based-on-the-relative-frequency-of-short-circuits-method KW - electrical discharge machining process KW - gap width controller KW - fuzzy logic