Experimental study of the dry and near-dry electrical discharge milling processes

Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 0110021-0110029

  Tao, Jia ^a   Shih, Albert J ^a   Ni, Jun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING; FINISHING; GASES; GRAPHITE ELECTRODES; LIQUEFIED GASES; MILLING (MACHINING);

DISCHARGE CURRENTS; ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE MACHINING; ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE MILLINGS; FRACTIONAL FACTORIAL DESIGNS; LIQUID-GAS MIXTURES; MACHINING STABILITY; MATERIAL REMOVAL RATE; ROUGHING AND FINISHING;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 46649098200     PISSN: 10871357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2784276     Document Type: Article

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