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Kerosene was used as a dielectric along with constant pressure of 0.2 kg\/cm<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> for all trial runs. The currents <jats:italic>T<\/jats:italic><jats:sub>on<\/jats:sub> and <jats:italic>T<\/jats:italic><jats:sub>off<\/jats:sub> were selected as process constraints to conduct experimental trials. The MRR, EWR, machining time and form tolerances were considered as output responses. The experimental outcomes were optimized by hybrid optimization using Taguchi and GRA (grey relational analysis) method.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Findings<\/jats:title><jats:p>The EDM process parameters for Ni-based super alloy namely Inconel-718 had optimized by using GRA method coupled with Taguchi method. The optimum solution has been calculated for MRR, EWR, machining time and form tolerances namely squareness and flatness. The optimized parameters for the output responses in EDM process are Peak current (Ip) 12 Amps, 400 \u00b5s <jats:italic>T<\/jats:italic><jats:sub>on<\/jats:sub> (pulse on time) and 10 \u00b5s <jats:italic>T<\/jats:italic><jats:sub>off<\/jats:sub> (pulse off time). An attempt had also been made to attain Max. and Min. Evaluation of MRR and form tolerances, respectively. The attained optimum outcomes had also been examined through a real experiment and established to be satisfactory.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Practical implications<\/jats:title><jats:p>This article will facilitate the defense, aerospace and EDM industries to improve their productivity with closer tolerances.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Originality\/value<\/jats:title><jats:p>The optimized parameters by multi-parametric optimization showed the considerable improvement in the process and will facilitate the defense, aerospace and EDM industries to improve their productivity with closer tolerances.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1108\/gs-07-2019-0022","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,12,3]],"date-time":"2020-12-03T04:31:35Z","timestamp":1606969895000},"page":"664-680","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Form tolerance analysis and 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