Experimental characterization of material removal in dry electrical discharge drilling

International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 431-443

  Govindan, P ^a   Joshi, Suhas S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Dimensional accuracy; Dry EDM; Material removal rate; Single discharge; Taguchi methods; Tool wear rate

Indexed keywords

BACK PRESSURES; COMPOSITIONAL VARIATION; DIELECTRIC FLUID; DIMENSIONAL ACCURACY; DISCHARGE CURRENTS; DISCHARGE ENERGY; DRILLING TECHNIQUES; DRY EDM; ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE MACHINING; ELECTRICAL DISCHARGES; ELECTRODE SURFACES; EROSION CHARACTERISTICS; EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION; GAP VOLTAGE; LIQUID DIELECTRICS; MACHINED SURFACE; MATERIAL REMOVAL; MATERIAL REMOVAL RATE; ORTHOGONAL ARRAY; ROTATIONAL SPEED; SHIELDING MATERIALS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THREE-LEVEL; TOOL WEAR; TOOL WEAR RATE; WORK MATERIAL;

CURING; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF LIQUIDS; DRILLING PLATFORMS; ELECTRIC DIPOLE MOMENTS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING; EXPERIMENTS; LIQUIDS; MICROMACHINING; TAGUCHI METHODS; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 77949489237     PISSN: 08906955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmachtools.2010.02.004     Document Type: Article

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