CNC electrical discharge rough machining of turbine blades

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture

Volumn 220, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1027-1034

  Ding, S ^a   Yuanz, R ^b   Li, Z ^b   Wang, K ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

CNC; EDM; Tool path; Turbine blade

Indexed keywords

CAD/CAM SYSTEM; CAM SYSTEMS; CNC; CUTTING EXPERIMENT; CYLINDRICAL ELECTRODES; EDM; ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE MACHINING; ELECTRICAL DISCHARGES; ELECTRODE WEAR; MACHINING SIMULATION; MECHANICAL MILLING; ROUGH MACHINING; TOOL PATH; TOOL PATH GENERATION; TURBINE BLADE; UNIGRAPHICS; WORK PIECES;

ELECTRIC DIPOLE MOMENTS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING; ENGINES; MECHANICAL ALLOYING; MICROMACHINING; MILLING (MACHINING); SCANNING; TURBINES; TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 57949115152     PISSN: 09544054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544054JEM161     Document Type: Article

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