Toward a better understanding of glass gravity-feed micro-hole drilling with electrochemical discharges

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Jalali, M ^a   Maillard, P ^a,b   Wuthrich R ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ETCHING; DRILLING SPEED; ELECTROCHEMICAL DISCHARGE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HYBRID MECHANISMS; LOCAL HEATING; MACHINING TEMPERATURE; MATERIAL REMOVAL MECHANISMS; MICRO HOLES; MICROMACHINING TECHNOLOGIES; NON-CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS;

DRILLING; ETCHING; MACHINING;

CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS;

EID: 68849121289     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: 13616439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/19/4/045001     Document Type: Article

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