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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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Effects of Different Cavity Geometries on Machining Performance in Micro-Electrical Discharge Milling
TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of five different cavities: circular, triangular, square, channel, and cross channel (square pillars) on the machining performance have been studied, and the results highlight significant shape effect on machined performance in micro-electrical discharge-milling.
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Form Characterization of Microhole Produced by Microelectrical Discharge Drilling
TL;DR: In this paper, the characterization of form of microholes produced by microelectrical discharge drilling (micro-EDD) on beryllium-copper alloy using tungsten carbide electrode of 300 µm diameter was discussed.
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Characterization and Parametric Optimization of Micro-hole Surfaces in Micro-EDM Drilling on Inconel 718 Superalloy Using Genetic Algorithm
TL;DR: In this paper, a machining strategy was proposed combining both response surface methodology and genetic algorithm to formulate an optimum cutting condition which was able to reduce the inner side wall surface roughness to 1.3587.
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Experimental study on micro electrical discharge machining with helical electrode
TL;DR: In this article, a micro throughhole was machined on a Ti6Al4V sample with a cylindrical electrode and a helical electrode and the results showed that the helical electrodes achieved better machining performance compared to the cylinrical electrode due to its favorable debris removal ability.
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Impulse discharge method to investigate the influence of gap width on discharge characteristics in micro-EDM
Zhengkai Li,Jicheng Bai +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the influence of gap width on discharge characteristics was investigated based on the impulse discharge method, and the results indicated that the gap width which is 40 % of critical breakdown distance shows a satisfying performance by the combined consideration of ignition delay and discharge duration ratio under the studied conditions.
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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.