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Effect of deep cryogenic treatment on copper electrode for non-traditional electric discharge machining (EDM)
Gurdev Singh Grewal
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, IET Bhaddal, Ropar, Punjab, India
Dhiraj Parkash Dhiman
Department of Mechanical Engineering, SVIET, Banur, Punjab, India
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Short summary
This paper investigates an experiment with the cryogenically treated copper electrode and an ordinary copper electrode with various input parameters like electrode rotation, gap voltage and discharge current for an EN24 material. An experiment was performed on an electrical discharge machine. Designs of an experiment are carried out using the Taguchi approach. This research finds optimal or dominating factors in both traditional and non-traditional machining processes.
This paper investigates an experiment with the cryogenically treated copper electrode and an...