This experiment was carried out for the purpose of applying the electric spark machining to the roughing operation of the tungsten carbide (WC) drawing die instead of the lapping method, by which it is difficult to obtain the good accuracy of die profile.
The interesting results obtained are as follows.
1. There is a certain discharge condition under which the electrode consumption ratio is zero or nearly so in case of machining WC die either with vibrating electrode or with rotating electrode in the water bath.
2. However, when such a condition is satisfied with vibrating electrode, the machining speed becomes maximum and then the quantity of electrode consumption is so small as to be neglected in practice. On the other hand, the maximum machining speed could not be observed in the range of this experiment using rotating electrode.
3. Existence of the machining condition described above seems to suggest that there is possibility of elevating the accuracy of die profile or of realizing the profile machining by the electric spark machining process.
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