Use of wire bunch electrodes in electric discharge machining

Rapid Prototyping Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 291-298

  Dursun, Kadir ^a   Cogun, Can ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Electric discharge machining; Machining performance; Wire bunch electrode

Indexed keywords

CAVITY PROFILES; COMPLEX SURFACE; COPPER WIRES; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; DISCHARGE CURRENTS; ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE MACHINING; ELECTRODE WEAR; FINISH MACHINING; HIGH COSTS; LABOR COSTS; LONG LEADS; MACHINING COSTS; MACHINING PERFORMANCE; MACHINING RATE; MACHINING TIME; MATERIAL REMOVAL; MATERIAL REMOVAL RATE; PULSE ENERGIES; PULSE TIME; ROUGH MACHINING; ROUGHING OPERATIONS; SOLID ELECTRODES; WORK PIECES;

COST ACCOUNTING; ELECTRIC DIPOLE MOMENTS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING; ELECTRODES; EMPLOYMENT; LIGHTNING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METAL ANALYSIS; METAL RECOVERY; MICROMACHINING; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WAGES;

WIRE;

EID: 70249150077     PISSN: 13552546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552540910979802     Document Type: Article

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