Publication Date:
2018-07-31
Description:
At present, the growing needs and design requirements with significant weight savings as well as high strength-to-weight ratio as compared to conventional materials raised a growing interest towards composite materials. Metal matrix composites (MMCs) are extensively used in fields like aerospace, automobiles and army-defence applications due to their high specific strength, low coefficient of thermal expansion, wear resistance, high durability, excellent physical and mechanical properties. The filler reinforcements like SiC, TiC, Al 2 O 3 improve the stiffness, specific strength, creep properties of MMCs, but the presence of such hard reinforcements makes MMCs difficult to machine through conventional machining processes. Wirecut electrical discharge machining (WEDM) is highly precise thermoelectrical process and is considered ideal for machining very hard materials, intricate geometries and tooling. This paper reviews the researches in WEDM of metal matrix co...
Print ISSN:
1757-8981
Electronic ISSN:
1757-899X
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
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