Developments in Electric Discharge Machining
暫譯: 電火花加工的發展

本書涵蓋了電火花加工（EDM）技術的基本原理及最新進展，包括機械工具、工藝能力、子系統、電極和介電材料、控制單元等方面的發展。它還探討了EDM的變體，如線切割EDM、電化學放電加工及其他混合工藝。主要主題包括微型零件製造、創建複雜形狀和特徵、加工薄型元件、微製造以及使用EDM進行塗層應用。

- 包含EDM的基本和進階主題
- 討論微型EDM、建模、綠色製造及特定材料的加工
- 涵蓋EDM與其他傳統或先進工藝的混合新方法
- 探索研究調查的案例研究，提供基於EDM的產品製造的實際見解
- 檢視監控與控制、智能加工、精密及微加工，以及陶瓷和複合材料的加工。

本書適合製造技術、機械工程、材料科學及冶金學的研究人員和研究生。

Ranjan Kumar Ghadai is a distinguished academician with extensive research experience in the field of Materials Science and Nanotechnology. He earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and an ME in Production Engineering from the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, India. Additionally, he holds a B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Odisha, India. He has over ten years of teaching and research experience. Currently, he is working as Associate Professor in the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department of Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India. Before joining MIT Manipal, he worked as Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Sikkim Manipal University, Sikkim, India. He has published more than 90 SCI/Scopus-indexed research articles. His broad research area includes thin film coating deposition and characterization, process optimization, multi-criteria decision making. Currently, he is handling two sponsored projects as PI and one as Co-PI. His current h‐index is 25 and i10 index is 41. He has guided three PG students and is currently guiding six Ph.D. scholars. He serves as an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports and as an Associate Editor for Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering. He has edited eight books and four conference proceedings. Additionally, he is a reviewer for several peer-reviewed journals, including Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Tribology International, Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, Advances in Manufacturing, Surface and Interface, and Materials Chemistry and Physics, among others

Prosun Mandal obtained his BE in Mechanical Engineering from Jadavpur University in 2010. After that, he joined Cognizant Technology Solutions (MNC). There, he worked as a Programmer Analyst for two years. He obtained his ME in Production Engineering from the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, in 2014. After ME, he worked as Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Neotia Institute of Technology Management and Science, Diamond Harbour, for nine months. He received his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, in 2020. Then he served as Temporary Faculty in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad, for nine months. Currently, he working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Silchar. His research areas include advanced machining, EDM, composite materials. He has published more than ten paper in highly reputed international journals. He is a reviewer of some international journals like IJAMT, Journal of Engineering Manufacture, Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, World Journal of Engineering, etc.

Sujeet Kumar Chaubey earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Indore (IIT Indore). He completed his M.Tech in Manufacturing Systems Engineering from SLIET Punjab (Deemed University) and his B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from Gautam Buddha Technical University, Lucknow. Additionally, he holds a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering with a specialization in Power Plant from the Institute of Engineering and Rural Technology, Prayagraj. After completing his post-graduation, Dr. Chaubey served as Assistant Professor at Mewar University, Rajasthan, and ABES Institute of Technology, Ghaziabad. Following his PhD, he joined Gautam Buddha University (GBU), Greater Noida, as Assistant Professor (Contract). He then moved to the University of Johannesburg, South Africa, where he worked as a Post-doctoral Research Fellow. Prior to his tenure at GBU, he was awarded the Chinese Postdoctoral Fellowship to carry out postdoctoral research at the Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, China. Currently, he is serving as an Assistant Research Professor at Marwadi University, Rajkot. He has a strong foundation in experimental research and has supervised six M.Tech dissertations and two B.Tech projects. His area of expertise includes advanced manufacturing processes, particularly electrical discharge machining (EDM), wire-electrical discharge machining (WEDM), and hybrid machining techniques. He has authored several research papers published in reputed international journals and serves as a reviewer for numerous journals from prominent publishers, including Springer, Taylor & Francis, Sage Publications, MDPI, Hindawi, and IOPscience.

**Ranjan Kumar Ghadai** 是一位傑出的學者，在材料科學和奈米技術領域擁有豐富的研究經驗。他在印度西孟加拉邦的印度工程科學與技術學院（Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur）獲得機械工程博士學位，並在同校獲得生產工程碩士學位。此外，他還在印度奧里薩邦的比朱·帕特奈克科技大學（Biju Patnaik University of Technology）獲得機械工程學士學位。他擁有超過十年的教學和研究經驗。目前，他在印度馬尼帕爾高等教育學院的馬尼帕爾科技學院（Manipal Institute of Technology）擔任機械與工業工程系的副教授。在加入馬尼帕爾科技學院之前，他曾在印度錫金的錫金馬尼帕爾大學（Sikkim Manipal University）擔任機械工程系的助理教授。他已發表超過90篇SCI/Scopus索引的研究文章。他的廣泛研究領域包括薄膜塗層沉積與表徵、過程優化和多準則決策。目前，他作為主要研究者（PI）負責兩個贊助項目，並作為共同研究者（Co-PI）負責一個項目。他目前的h-index為25，i10指數為41。他已指導三名碩士生，並目前指導六名博士生。他擔任《Scientific Reports》的編輯委員會成員，以及《Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering》的副編輯。他編輯了八本書籍和四本會議論文集。此外，他還是多本同行評審期刊的審稿人，包括《Journal of Alloys and Compounds》、《Tribology International》、《Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing》、《Advances in Manufacturing》、《Surface and Interface》和《Materials Chemistry and Physics》等。

**Prosun Mandal** 於2010年在賈達夫普爾大學（Jadavpur University）獲得機械工程學士學位。之後，他加入了Cognizant Technology Solutions（跨國公司），擔任程式分析師兩年。2014年，他在印度工程科學與技術學院（Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur）獲得生產工程碩士學位。碩士畢業後，他在印度鑽石港的Neotia Institute of Technology Management and Science擔任機械工程系的助理教授九個月。他於2020年獲得印度工程科學與技術學院的博士學位。隨後，他在阿拉哈巴德的莫蒂拉爾·尼赫魯國立技術學院（Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology）機械工程系擔任臨時教員九個月。目前，他在國立技術學院（NIT）西爾查爾的機械工程系擔任助理教授。他的研究領域包括先進加工、電火花加工（EDM）和複合材料。他已在多本享有盛譽的國際期刊上發表超過十篇論文。他是一些國際期刊的審稿人，如IJAMT、《Journal of Engineering Manufacture》、《Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering》和《World Journal of Engineering》等。

**Sujeet Kumar Chaubey** 於印度理工學院印多爾分院（IIT Indore）獲得機械工程博士學位。他在旁遮普的SLIET（被認可的大學）完成製造系統工程碩士學位，並在盧克瑙的高塔姆·布達技術大學（Gautam Buddha Technical University）獲得機械工程學士學位。此外，他還在普拉亞格拉傑的工程與農村技術學院獲得專攻電廠的機械工程文憑。完成研究生學業後，Chaubey博士曾在拉賈斯坦的梅瓦爾大學（Mewar University）和加濟阿巴德的ABES技術學院擔任助理教授。獲得博士學位後，他以助理教授（合同）身份加入大諾伊達的高塔姆·布達大學（GBU）。隨後，他前往南非的約翰內斯堡大學擔任博士後研究員。在加入GBU之前，他獲得中國博士後獎學金，在中國深圳的哈爾濱工業大學進行博士後研究。目前，他在拉傑科特的馬瓦迪大學（Marwadi University）擔任助理研究教授。他在實驗研究方面有堅實的基礎，已指導六篇碩士論文和兩個學士項目。他的專業領域包括先進製造過程，特別是電火花加工（EDM）、線電火花加工（WEDM）和混合加工技術。他已在多本享有盛譽的國際期刊上發表多篇研究論文，並擔任多本知名出版商的期刊審稿人，包括Springer、Taylor & Francis、Sage Publications、MDPI、Hindawi和IOPscience。