ABSTRACT

The machining process is one of the methods in production, which is in the

manufacturing system aims to make the product / component by taking and removing some
material to produce the desired product. EDM is a thermal dispersion process made for use in the
formation of effective molding and machining equipment for modern materials. While wire cut is
a cutting process that uses the process of erosion of electrically grounded wire. This research
wanted to know the level of roughness, hardness level, surface structure of AISI 4340 steel surface
cutting cutting EDM wire cut. Using the 8 A, 10 A, 12 A current variations, the result shows that
the highest roughness value obtained at 12 A is 3.82 μm and the lowest at 8 A is 2.83 μm.

Keywords: wire cut edm, AISI 4340 steel, surface test, hardness test, roughness test