A simple approach for robust design of high-speed electrical-discharge machining technology

International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 217-227

  Tzeng, Yih Fong ^a   Chen, Fu Chen ^b  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b KUN SHAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Electrical discharge machining (EDM); Ideal function; Optimization; Taguchi methods

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

PROCESS OPTIMIZATION;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING;

EID: 0037291116     PISSN: 08906955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0890-6955(02)00261-4     Document Type: Article

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