Study of gas film quality in electrochemical discharge machining

International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 689-697

  Cheng, Chih Ping ^a   Wu, Kun Ling ^b   Mai, Chao Chuang ^a   Yang, Cheng Kuang ^c   Hsu, Yu Shan ^c   Yan, Biing Hwa ^c  

^a INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^b TUNGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

ECDM; Electrochemical discharge machining; Gas film; Transition voltage

Indexed keywords

APPLIED VOLTAGES; BRITTLE MATERIALS; CONTOUR SHAPE; CRITICAL DEPTH; CRITICAL VOLTAGES; CURRENT SIGNAL; DENSE GAS; DIELECTRIC MEDIUM; DISCHARGE GENERATION; DISCHARGE PERFORMANCE; DOMINANT FACTOR; DRILLING PROCESS; ELECTRO CHEMICAL DISCHARGE MACHINING; ELECTROCHEMICAL DISCHARGE; ELECTRODE SURFACES; GAS FILMS; GEOMETRIC ACCURACY; INTERFACE ENERGY; MACHINING QUALITY; MICRO HOLES; PROCESS PARAMETERS; TRANSITION VOLTAGE;

CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRODES; GASES; MACHINING; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 77955231062     PISSN: 08906955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmachtools.2010.04.012     Document Type: Article

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