Micro electric discharge milling process performance: An experimental investigation

International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 718-727

  Karthikeyan, G ^a   Ramkumar, J ^a   Dhamodaran, S ^a   Aravindan, S ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

ED milling; Microfabrication; MRR; Surface morphology; TWR

Indexed keywords

COMBINED EFFECT; COMPLEX SHAPES; CONTROLLED MOTIONS; DESIGN SOFTWARES; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FACTORIAL EXPERIMENT; FEED-RATES; FUNDAMENTAL PARAMETERS; MATERIAL REMOVAL MECHANISMS; MATERIAL REMOVAL RATE; MICRO MILLING; MILLING PROCESS; PROCESS PARAMETERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; TOOL ROTATIONS; TOOL WEAR RATE; WORK PIECES;

ASPECT RATIO; DEBRIS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; MICROANALYSIS; MICROFABRICATION; MICROMACHINING; MILLING (MACHINING); MORPHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROTATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY;

SURFACES;

EID: 77955232573     PISSN: 08906955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmachtools.2010.04.007     Document Type: Article

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