Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) characteristics associated with electrical discharge energy on machining of cemented tungsten carbide

Materials and Manufacturing Processes

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 391-399

  Lin, Yan Cherng ^a   Chen, Yuan Feng ^a   Lin, Ching Tien ^a   Tzeng, Hsinn Jyh ^b  

^a NAN KAI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b SOUTHERN TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cemented tungsten carbide; Debris; Discharge waveform; EDM; Electrical discharge energy; Electrode wear rate; Heat affected zone; Machining characteristic; Material removal rate; Microhardness; Peak current; Pulse duration; Surface crack; Surface roughness

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; CRACKS; DEBRIS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; HEAT AFFECTED ZONE; MICROHARDNESS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REMOVAL; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

COPPER ELECTRODES; ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE ENERGY;

TUNGSTEN CARBIDE;

EID: 41849110968     PISSN: 10426914     EISSN: 15322475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10426910801938577     Document Type: Article

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