A comparative study on work surface hardness EDMed by Ta-C powder compacted and copper electrodes

Abstract. Tantalum-carbide and solid copper electrodes were used to EDM mild steel. Current, spark on-time and off-time were taken as the machining variables. It was found that work surface hardness increases while machining with high current and on-time. However, increase in spark off-time results...

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Main Authors: Khan, Ahsan Ali, Nazi Nadin, Mohd Faiz, Mohd Hambiyah, Mohammad Azhadi
Format: Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: International Islamic University Malaysia 2011
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author Khan, Ahsan Ali
Nazi Nadin, Mohd Faiz
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description Abstract. Tantalum-carbide and solid copper electrodes were used to EDM mild steel. Current, spark on-time and off-time were taken as the machining variables. It was found that work surface hardness increases while machining with high current and on-time. However, increase in spark off-time results decrease in work surface hardness. It was also found that the surface machined with pure copper electrodes is harder than that machined by tantalum-carbide powder metallurgy compacted electrodes.
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spelling iium-255562012-09-24T08:26:47Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/25556/ A comparative study on work surface hardness EDMed by Ta-C powder compacted and copper electrodes Khan, Ahsan Ali Nazi Nadin, Mohd Faiz Mohd Hambiyah, Mohammad Azhadi TS200 Metal manufactures. Metalworking Abstract. Tantalum-carbide and solid copper electrodes were used to EDM mild steel. Current, spark on-time and off-time were taken as the machining variables. It was found that work surface hardness increases while machining with high current and on-time. However, increase in spark off-time results decrease in work surface hardness. It was also found that the surface machined with pure copper electrodes is harder than that machined by tantalum-carbide powder metallurgy compacted electrodes. International Islamic University Malaysia 2011 Book Chapter PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/25556/2/Chapter_12.pdf Khan, Ahsan Ali and Nazi Nadin, Mohd Faiz and Mohd Hambiyah, Mohammad Azhadi (2011) A comparative study on work surface hardness EDMed by Ta-C powder compacted and copper electrodes. In: Advanced Machining Processes. International Islamic University Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, pp. 59-64. ISBN 9789674181628 http://rms.research.iium.edu.my/bookstore/default.aspx
spellingShingle TS200 Metal manufactures. Metalworking
Khan, Ahsan Ali
Nazi Nadin, Mohd Faiz
Mohd Hambiyah, Mohammad Azhadi
A comparative study on work surface hardness EDMed by Ta-C powder compacted and copper electrodes
title A comparative study on work surface hardness EDMed by Ta-C powder compacted and copper electrodes
title_full A comparative study on work surface hardness EDMed by Ta-C powder compacted and copper electrodes
title_fullStr A comparative study on work surface hardness EDMed by Ta-C powder compacted and copper electrodes
title_full_unstemmed A comparative study on work surface hardness EDMed by Ta-C powder compacted and copper electrodes
title_short A comparative study on work surface hardness EDMed by Ta-C powder compacted and copper electrodes
title_sort comparative study on work surface hardness edmed by ta-c powder compacted and copper electrodes
topic TS200 Metal manufactures. Metalworking
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