Machining performance and optimizing machining parameters of Al 2O3-tic ceramics using edm based on the taguchi method

Materials and Manufacturing Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 667-674

  Lin, Yan Cherng ^c   Wang, A Cheng ^a   Wang, Der An ^c   Chen, Chih Cherng ^b  

^a CHING YUN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Chung Clwu Institute of Technology   (Taiwan)

^c NAN KAI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Analysis of variance; Conductive ceramic; Electrical discharge machining; Electrode wear rate; Machining characteristic; Machining parameter; Machining polarity; Material removal rate; No load voltage; Orthogonal array; Peak current; Pulse duration; Servo reference voltage; Surface roughness; Taguchi method

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVE CERAMIC; ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE MACHINING; ELECTRODE WEAR RATE; MACHINING CHARACTERISTIC; MACHINING PARAMETER; MATERIAL REMOVAL RATE; NO LOAD VOLTAGE; ORTHOGONAL ARRAY; PEAK CURRENT; PULSE DURATION; SERVO REFERENCE VOLTAGE;

CERAMIC CAPACITORS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC DIPOLE MOMENTS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; MACHINING CENTERS; METAL ANALYSIS; MICROMACHINING; PULSE GENERATORS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TAGUCHI METHODS; TEMPERATURE INDICATING CAMERAS; TITANIUM CARBIDE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA);

EID: 67650489527     PISSN: 10426914     EISSN: 15322475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10426910902769285     Document Type: Article

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