Study on electrical discharge machining characteristics of electrically conductive ceramics
Key Engineering Materials • 2009
Publication Information
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
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Supplementary Materials
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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.
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