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A study on the characterization of high nickel alloy micro-holes using micro-EDM and their applications
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In this article, the feasibility of fabricating micro-holes in the high nickel alloy using micro-electro-discharge machining (micro-EDM) was investigated.About:
This article is published in Journal of Materials Processing Technology.The article was published on 2005-12-01. It has received 123 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Machining & Cutting tool.read more
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A modified electrode design for improving process performance of electric discharge drilling
Ravinder Kumar,Inderdeep Singh +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a self-flushing tool electrode was proposed to eliminate the accumulation of debris in the machining zone, which can drill a hole of depth greater than 9.8 cm in Ti6Al4V.
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Developments of non-conventional drilling methods—a review
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated different non-traditional drilling processes, such as electro discharge, laser beam, abrasive water jet, electrochemical and electrochemical discharge drilling methods, and found that vaporization, melting, chemical dissolution and mechanical erosion are dominant material removal mechanism during nontraditional drilling.
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Machining characteristics and optimisation of process parameters in micro-EDM of SiCp?Al composites
TL;DR: The effects of machining parameters in micro Electrical Discharge Machining (micro-EDM) with a rotary tubular electrode on the SiCp-Al composites were investigated by using Taguchi's L9 orthogonal array.
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Studies on quality of microholes generated on Al 1100 using micro-electro-discharge machining process
TL;DR: In this article, the effects of basic machining parameters on dimensional accuracy of the microholes by measuring top and bottom radial overcuts and taper angle and electrode depletion during micro-electro-discharge machining of aluminium (Al 1100) with tungsten electrode of diameter 300 μm.
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Influence of electrode size and geometry in electro-discharge drilling of Inconel 718
TL;DR: In this article, the role of debris in discharge ignition in the gap has been investigated in the case of Ni-based alloys, and it has been shown that debris bridges are crucial in the ignition of discharges.
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Wire Electro-Discharge Grinding for Micro-Machining
TL;DR: In this paper, a new method, WEDG (wire electro-discharge grinding), for EDM'ing very thin rods is proposed, where travelling wire is used as the tool electrode.
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Deep X-ray lithography for the production of three-dimensional microstructures from metals, polymers and ceramics
W. Ehrfeld,H. Lehr +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a detailed description of deep X-ray lithography and an overview of the variety of microstructure products fabricated using the LIGA technique has been presented, including sensors, actuators, micromechanical components, microoptical systems, electrical and optical microconnectors.
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Drilling of Deep Microholes by EDM
TL;DR: In this paper, an experimental study on the machining of deep microholes by EDM is presented, which is based on a horizontal EDM using water as the dielectric, the electrode being formed by the WEDG method, the result shows the applicability of this technique to the industrial production of microholes with the depth ten times the diameter which ranges down to 50μm.
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Microstructuring of silicon by electro-discharge machining (EDM) — part I: theory
TL;DR: In this article, the main objective of the proposed research is the development of a production technology for three-dimensional micromechanical structures together with a study of the mechanical properties of these structures.
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Micro ultrasonic machining and its applications in MEMS
TL;DR: In this paper, a combined machining method, micro ultrasonic machining (micro-USM), is proposed for the fabrication of three-dimensional (3D) microstructures with high aspect ratios.