Electrical discharge machining (EDM): Practices in Malaysian industries and possible change towards green manufacturing

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue , 2012, Pages 1684-1688

  Abbas, Norliana Mohd ^a   Yusoff, Noriah ^a   Wahab, Rohidatun Mahmod ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Dieletric; Distilled water; Dry EDM; Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM); Industrial survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895931015     PISSN: 18777058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2012.07.368     Document Type: Conference Paper

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