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Materials for consideration and use in automotive body structures C HAPTER 18.2

Dielectric manifold

Drive chuck
Electrode
assembly
Servo quill system

Y axis X axis Roll
slide slide

Dependence of peak count on R a value
for conventionally textured rolls
8
7
6
Electro discharge
textured
R a in μm 4
5
3
Shot-blast
2
textured
1
0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
Peak count T 1 in cm –1
Fig. 18.2-9 Schematic diagram of an EDT system and comparison with shot blasting.

Fig. 18.2-10 Principle of the Lasertex method of roll texturing.

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