Summary

Electrical Discharge Machining is the EDM fundamentals sourcebook, indispensable to students and apprentices. Non-engineers on the shop floor team will appreciate its lucid process descriptions that will help them communicate better about EDM. Even seasoned EDM veterans like Greg Whiteside, Applications Manager, at Charmilles Technologies, say they have learned something from it. This 328-page book covers the rudimentary knowledge knowledge behind the spark, how the spark is controlled, what causes overcut, and the importance of the dielectric fluid. With regard to the workpiece, it clearly explains the basic elements behind the affect the spark has on metallurgy and how the surface finish is produced and controlled. Electrical Discharge Machining addresses a host of other EDM topics, including the historical development of EDM, basics of the EDM machining system and process, the power supply (generator), spark voltage, electrode servo systems, and more.