Republic Aviation Corp. had a manufacturing problem with drilling the speed brake door of the F-105 airplane. The door is composed of annealed and heat treated Rene 41, Inconel X and titanium. To overcome this problem, electrical discharge machining was utilized to produce required holes, resulting in significant cost savings over traditional methods.
Electrical Discharge Machining in Production
Sae Technical Papers
SAE World Congress & Exhibition ; 1964
1964-01-01
Conference paper
English
Drilling , Production , Titanium , Heat treatment , Doors
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