Rotating curvilinear tools for EDM of polygonal shapes with sharp corners

CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 221-224

  Ziada, Y ^a   Koshy, P ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electrical discharge machining (edm); Kinematic; Reuleaux triangle

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING; ELECTRODES; KINEMATICS; MACHINE TOOLS;

ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE MACHINING; ELECTRICAL DISCHARGES; INTERELECTRODE GAPS; NOVEL APPLICATIONS; POLYGONAL SHAPES; RELATIVE MOTION; REULEAUX TRIANGLE; SHARP CORNERS;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 73249151795     PISSN: 00078506     EISSN: 17260604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cirp.2007.05.052     Document Type: Article

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