Increasing productivity in high speed machining of Ti-6Al-4V alloy under high pressure coolant supply

International Journal of Machining and Machinability of Materials

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 222-232

  Da Silva, Rosemar Batista ^a   Machado, Álisson Rocha ^a   Ezugwu, Emmanuel Okechukwu ^b   Bonney, John ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

high coolant pressure; higher cutting conditions; PCD; polycrystalline diamond tool; titanium alloy; tool life

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649688112     PISSN: 17485711     EISSN: 1748572X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijmmm.2007.013784     Document Type: Article

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