Influence of workpiece hardness on EDM performance

International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 744-748

  Marafona, José Duarte ^a   Araújo, Arlindo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Alloy steel hardness; Electrical discharge machining (EDM); Linear regression model; Material removal rate (MRR); Taguchi methodology; Workpiece surface roughness

Indexed keywords

ALLOY STEEL HARDNESS; ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE MACHINING (EDM); LINEAR REGRESSION MODEL; MATERIAL REMOVAL RATE (MRR); TAGUCHI METHODOLOGY; WORKPIECE SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

ALLOYS; ELECTRIC DIPOLE MOMENTS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; LINEAR REGRESSION; METAL ANALYSIS; MICROMACHINING; STEEL; STEEL METALLURGY; STEEL RESEARCH; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

HARDNESS;

EID: 65549171452     PISSN: 08906955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmachtools.2009.03.002     Document Type: Article

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