A study on kerf and material removal rate in wire electrical discharge machining based on Taguchi method

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 316-322

  Tosun, Nihat ^a   Cogun, Can ^b   Tosun, Gul ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Kerf; Material removal rate; Optimization; Taguchi method; WEDM

Indexed keywords

CUTTING; ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC WIRE; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); OPTIMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

KERF; MATERIAL REMOVAL RATES (MRR); TAGUCHI METHOD; WIRE ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE MACHINING (WEDM);

MATERIALS TESTING;

EID: 4944253446     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2004.04.373     Document Type: Article

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