The behaviour of REFEL SiC under electrodischarge machining

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture

Volumn 220, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1635-1646

  Mahdavinejad, R ^a   Mehraban, M ^a   Mahdavinejad, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

EDM; Instability; Machining; REFEL silicon carbide

Indexed keywords

DIFFICULT-TO-CUT MATERIALS; DISCHARGE CURRENTS; EDM; ELECTRO DISCHARGE MACHINING; FINITE-DIFFERENCE ANALYSIS; HIGH HARDNESS; INSTABILITY; MACHINED SURFACE; MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES; MATERIAL REMOVAL RATE; MODERN TECHNOLOGIES; NON-CONVENTIONAL METHODS; OUTPUT PARAMETERS; PLASMA CHANNEL; PULSE CURRENTS; PULSE DURATIONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; STOCK REMOVAL; TOOL WEAR; TOOL WEAR RATIO; VOLTAGE DROP; WORK PIECES;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC DIPOLE MOMENTS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING; MICROMACHINING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WEAR OF MATERIALS; WEAR RESISTANCE;

SILICON CARBIDE;

EID: 74149087480     PISSN: 09544054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544054JEM284     Document Type: Article

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