On-line prevention of wire breakage in wire electro-discharge machining

Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 287-298

  Cabanes, I ^a   Portillo, E ^a   Marcos, M ^a   Sanchez J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Detection; Diagnosis; Electro discharge machining; Instability; Supervision; WEDM; Wire breakage

Indexed keywords

CUTTING; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; TIME DELAY;

COMPETITIVE MACHINING; DISCHARGE ENERGY; SUPERVISION SYSTEM; VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEM; WIRE BREAKAGE;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING;

EID: 36148965074     PISSN: 07365845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcim.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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