Experimental Study on Electrode Wear of Diamond-Nickel Coated Electrode in EDM Small Hole Machining

<table class="table-group" id="tab8"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left" rowspan="2">Materials</td><td class="align_center" colspan="3">Side wear (mm)</td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_center">Common tool</td><td class="align_center">Nickel coating</td><td class="align_center">Diamond-nickel coating</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Brass</td><td class="align_center">0.134</td><td class="align_center">0.104</td><td class="align_center">0.081</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Copper</td><td class="align_center">0.147</td><td class="align_center">0.105</td><td class="align_center">0.067</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Molybdenum</td><td class="align_center">0.102</td><td class="align_center">0.098</td><td class="align_center">0.066</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Copper-tungsten</td><td class="align_center">0.095</td><td class="align_center">0.093</td><td class="align_center">0.062</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Side wear of different coated tools.</div>

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Table 8: Experimental Study on Electrode Wear of Diamond-Nickel Coated Electrode in EDM Small Hole Machining 