Dry wire electrical discharge machining of thin workpiece

Transactions of the North American Manufacturing Research Institute of SME

Volumn 34, Issue , 2006, Pages 253-260

  Kao, C C ^a   Tao, Jia ^a   Lee, Sangwon ^a   Shih, Albert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dry EDM; MRR; Thin workpiece

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC FLUIDS; DRY EDM; MATERIAL REMOVAL RATE (MRR); THIN WORKPIECE;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRIC SPARKS; ELECTRIC WIRE; MELTING; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING;

EID: 33748698980     PISSN: 10473025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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