Electrical discharge machining using simple and powder-mixed dielectric: The effect of the electrode area in the surface roughness and topography

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 200, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 250-258

  Pecas P ^a   Henriques, E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

EDM polishing; Electrical discharge machining; Electrode area; Powder mixed dielectric; Surface quality

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING; ELECTRODES; GEOMETRY; POLISHING; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT; SURFACE FINISH;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 39849109363     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2007.09.051     Document Type: Article

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