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	Title:	Evolution of EDM process modelling and development towards modelling of the micro-EDM process
	Author:	Sandeep Dhanik, S.S. Joshi, N. Ramakrishnan, P.R. Apte
	Address:	Departments of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400 076, India. ' Departments of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400 076, India. ' Departments of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400 076, India. ' Departments of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400 076, India
	Journal:	International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management 2005 - Vol. 7, No.2/3/4  pp. 157 - 180
	Abstract:	The micro-EDM process is one of the basic technologies capable of producing miniature, complex and three-dimensional features down to five micrometres size. As of today, the efforts of modelling the micro-EDM process are extremely limited, although its applications have been identified. As micro-EDM is a variant of the EDM process, and both are spark erosion processes in principle, an understanding of EDM process modelling is essential for the future modelling of the micro-EDM process. This paper presents an extensive review of modelling efforts in the field of EDM processes and proposes directions for the modelling of the micro-EDM process.
	Keywords:	anode erosion; cathode erosion; electro-discharge machining; EDM modelling; electrical discharge machining; micro-EDM; micromachining; non-conventional machining; plasma; single spark model; non-traditional machining; advanced machining.
	DOI:	10.1504/IJMTM.2005.006829
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