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In this paper, issues concerning discharge concentration problem in the electrostatic field-induced electrolyte jet (E-Jet) electrical discharge machining (EDM) are discussed, and an improved electrostatic induced workpiece and assisted tool electrode-based electrostatic field-induced E-Jet EDM is proposed. In the comparative trials, the discharge phenomena and the machined caves and linear grooves with these two kinds of E-Jet EDM are observed and compared. The experimental results demonstrate that the new proposed method can improve the concentration of the plasma and enhance the continuous machining ability of E-Jet EDM.
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Zhang, Y., Kang, X. & Zhao, W. The contrastive experimental investigation of the discharge concentration problem in the E-Jet EDM. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 91, 2359–2367 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-016-9909-1
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