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Comparing the Feasibility of Cutting Thin-Walled Sections from Five Commonly Used Metals Utilizing Wire Electric Discharge Machining
<p>Wire Electric Discharge Machining (wire-EDM) is a non-traditional machining process. Controlled electric sparks are successively used to vaporize part of a workpiece along a programmed path in order to machine a desired part. Because there is no tool that comes in direct contact with the …
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Determination of Wall Thickness and Height when Cutting Various Materials with Wire Electric Discharge Machining Processes
… at the capabilities of cutting thin webs on Wire EDM machines that are difficult or impossible to machine using conventional methods. Covered is an investigation of how different material and web thickness affect the capability of machining thin-walled parts.</p> <p>Five different metals are …
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Environmental constituents of Electrical Discharge Machining
Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) is a non-traditional process that uses no mechanical forces to machine metals. It is extremely useful in machining hard materials. With the advantages EDM has to offer and its presence as a common and useable technique, along with the other machining processes …
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Strategic Sourcing of Serial Production Processes in Jet Engine Manufacturing
… casting to thermal plasma spray coatings and wire EDM-drilled cooling holes. Many of these processes are extremely specialized, requiring special equipment, environmental controls, and expertise to produce at the precise tolerances required in aerospace. Utilizing contract manufacturers is an …
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Process characterization of Electrical Discharge Machining of highly doped silicon
Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) is an advanced machining process that removes material via thermal erosion through a plasma arc. The machining process is accomplished through the application of high frequency current (typically through a fine wire or some other electrode) to a conductive …
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Development of Novel Piezo-Driven Parallel-Kinematics Micropositioning Stages
… XY stage is firstly designed and fabricated by wire-EDM. The stage is tested in open-loop and closed-loop modes and its dynamic model was established based on the experiment data. It can move within a 87mum by 87 mum square with over 500Hz bandwidth along any in-plane directions. The work was …
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Processing-surface integrity-fatigue relationship in electrical discharge machining of nitinol shape memory alloy
… components. Electrical discharge machining (EDM) is a competitive technique to machine difficult-to-cut materials. The contact free nature between the workpiece and the electrode avoids severe tool wear and other issues inherited in mechanical cutting processes. In addition, EDM has the …