Ultrasonic measurement of the inter-electrode gap in electrochemical machining

International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1259-1267

  Clifton, D ^a   Mount, A R ^a   Alder, G M ^a   Jardine, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Control and monitoring; Electrochemical machining; Ultrasonic gap measurement

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; MACHINE TOOLS; PROCESS CONTROL; ULTRASONICS;

ELECTROCHEMICAL MACHINING;

MACHINING;

EID: 0036713065     PISSN: 08906955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0890-6955(02)00041-X     Document Type: Article

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