Evaluation of the effects of tool geometry on tool wear and surface integrity in the micro drilling process for Inconel 718 alloy

International Journal of Machining and Machinability of Materials

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 244-262

  Imran, Muhammad ^a   Mativenga, Paul T ^a   Kannan, Sathish ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ROLLS ROYCE PLC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burr formation; Micro drilling; Nickel alloys; Tool wear

Indexed keywords

DRILLS; GEOMETRY; INFILL DRILLING; MICROMACHINING; NICKEL ALLOYS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; SUPERALLOYS; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

BURR FORMATION; MATERIAL MICROSTRUCTURES; MECHANICAL MICRO-MACHINING; MICRO DRILLING; NICKEL- BASED SUPERALLOYS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBSURFACE PLASTIC DEFORMATION; TOOL WEAR;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA);

EID: 84861403767     PISSN: 17485711     EISSN: 1748572X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMMM.2012.046886     Document Type: Article

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