Productivity and workpiece surface integrity when WEDM aerospace alloys using coated wires

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue , 2011, Pages 3-8

  Antar, M T ^a   Soo, S L ^a   Aspinwall, D K ^a   Jones, D ^b   Perez, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ROLLS ROYCE PLC   (United Kingdom)

^c GF Agie Charmilles   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Residual stress; Surface roughness; WEDM minimum damage

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COATINGS; BRASS; COPPER ALLOYS; MOLYBDENUM; PRODUCTIVITY; RESIDUAL STRESSES; SURFACE DEFECTS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WIRE;

AEROSPACE ALLOYS; EDM PULSE GENERATORS; MINIMUM DAMAGE; NICKEL- BASED SUPERALLOYS; OPERATING PARAMETERS; ROUGH MACHINING; SURFACE CRACKING; SURFACE INTEGRITY;

TITANIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 83755195336     PISSN: 18777058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2011.11.071     Document Type: Conference Paper

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