Material removal operations play a pivotal role in the manufacture of key components,
required for engineering systems to operate safely and efficiently under ever more advanced …

This paper is a result of a three-year study by the CIRP's Collaborative Working Group on
Surface Integrity and Functional Performance of Components, and it reports recent progress …

Additive manufacturing (AM) technology provides unique opportunities for producing net-
shape geometries at the macroscale through microscale processing. This level of control …

The most well-known and widely used non-traditional manufacturing method is electrical
discharge machining (EDM). It is well-known for its ability to cut rigid materials and high …

Superalloys such as Inconel 718 are widely used in turbomachinery industry due to their
outstanding mechanical properties. Inconel alloys are very difficult to machine using …

Following a brief review of EDM and its use on advanced aerospace alloys including
workpiece integrity constraints, data are presented after machining Ti–6Al–4V and Inconel …

Surface modification is given vital importance in the biomedical industry to cope with surface
tissue growth problems. Conventionally, basic surface treatment methods are used which …

Present study investigates the feasibility of improving surface characteristics in the micro-
electric discharge machining (EDM) of cemented tungsten carbide (WC–Co), a widely used …

Micro-EDM and micro-ECM are two suitable machining processes for micro-and nano-
fabrication. Each process alone has some undesirable effects which confine its capability …

We present a direct one-step method to fabricate dual-scale superhydrophobic metallic
surfaces using wire electrical discharge machining (WEDM). A dual-scale structure was …