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Study on electrical discharge machining characteristics of electrically conductive ceramics

Key Engineering Materials • 2009
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Authors Hai Wang, Akira Okada, Takafumi Uwano, Yoshiyuki Uno and Habib Sameh
Keywords Electrical discharge machining
Journal Key Engineering Materials
Publisher 9TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PROGRESS OF MACHINING TECHNOLOGY
Volume 407-408
Issue Not Available
Pages 636-639
publication.type International
Paper Link Not Available
Supplementary Materials Not Available
Abstract
This paper deals with EDM characteristics of newly develops electrically conductive ceramics. Titanium boride (TiB2) is widely used as die and mold materials because of its high hardness, high-temperature resistance and so on. The EDM characteristics of the titanium boride, such as electrode wear rate, removal rate and surface roughness were investigated. Experimental results show that EDM with low electrode wear rate is possible when copper electrode is used with positive polarity. The removal rate becomes much higher when graphite electrode is used with negative polarity.