Experimental characterization of the reverse micro-electrodischarge machining process for fabrication of high-aspect-ratio micro-rod arrays

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

Volumn 224, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 777-794

  Mujumdar, S S ^a   Mastud, S A ^a   Singh, R K ^a   Joshi, S S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Array of micro rods; Dimensional analysis; Micromachining; Reverse micro EDM; Surface roughness; Taguchi method based analysis

Indexed keywords

ARRAY OF MICRO-RODS; BLIND HOLES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; DIMENSIONAL ACCURACY; DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRO DISCHARGE MACHINING; EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; FEED-RATES; GAP VOLTAGE; HIGH ASPECT RATIO; INK-JET; MICRO EDM; MICRO-ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING; ORTHOGONAL ARRAY; PROCESS RESPONSE; REVERSE MICRO-EDM; ROD ARRAYS; SIGNIFICANT FACTORS;

ASPECT RATIO; CAPACITANCE; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; DAMPING; ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; METAL ANALYSIS; MICROMACHINING; MORPHOLOGY; NOZZLES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TAGUCHI METHODS;

SURFACE MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 77952393647     PISSN: 09544054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544054JEM1745     Document Type: Article

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