Review of Electrochemical and Electrodischarge Machining

Authors

Kamlakar P. Rajurkar, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
M. M. Sundaram, University of Cincinnati
A. P. Malshe, University of Arkansas, FayettevilleFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

2013

Citation

Procedia CIRP 6 ( 2013 ), pp. 13 – 26, doi: 10.1016/j.procir.2013.03.002.

Comments

© 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. Open access under CC BY-NC-ND license.

Abstract

Electrochemical and electro-discharge machining processes are the two major electro-machining processes with unique capabilities. Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) and Electrochemical Machining (ECM) offer a better alternative or sometimes the only alternative in generating accurate 3-D complex shaped macro, micro and nano features and components of difficult–to-machine materials. Technological advances reported in electrochemical and electro discharge machining processes, which reflect the state of the art in academic and industrial research and applications, are briefly reviewed in this paper.