Effects of electrical discharge energy on machining performance and bending strength of cemented tungsten carbides

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 206, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 491-499

  Lin, Yan Cherng ^a   Hwang, Lih Ren ^b   Cheng, Chao Hsu ^b   Su, Pao Lin ^b  

^a NAN KAI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG CHOU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bending strength; Cemented tungsten carbide; EDM; Material removal rate; Surface roughness

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; CRACKS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING; SURFACE ANALYSIS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

CEMENTED TUNGSTEN CARBIDE; ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE ENERGY; MATERIAL REMOVAL RATE (MRR); WORKPIECE MATERIALS;

TUNGSTEN CARBIDE;

EID: 44749090029     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2007.12.056     Document Type: Article

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