ABSTRACT
Ti6Al4V is a heavily utilized material among the series of Ti-based alloys, for advanced applications in the domains of aerospace, marine, biomedical, and so on. Nonetheless, during interactive motion with distinct counter-bodies, the alloy demonstrates highly fluctuating friction and wear behavior. Several solutions have been recommended by researchers around the globe to compensate/prevent the excessive loss of material due to the various wear mechanisms. Adding to this pursuit, the potential of the electrical discharge machining process (EDM) to deposit/form alloyed layers on material surfaces and its competency to impart tribo-adaptive characteristics are widely explored. Owing to the need to find a viable solution to improve the tribo-behavior of the Ti6Al4V alloy and explore the potential associated with the deposited layers (recast layer (RL)) through the EDM process, this work recommends the latter as a solution for the former and explores its possibilities. A critical evaluation of the tribo-behavior of Ti6Al4V and the efficacy of the EDM process to develop protective layers forms the significant portion of this work.
