An electrode for electrical discharge machining (EDM) may comprise a diffuser portion and a tapered portion defining the tip of the electrode.

A method for forming a film cooling hole may comprise moving a tool with respect to a film cooled gaspath component, forming a diffuser of the film cooling hole in response to the moving, and forming a tapered surface between a metering section and the diffuser of the film cooling hole.

A low-boron-oxygen cutting line for one-way wire winding and a manufacturing method are provided. A core material comprises 55-65 wt % of copper, 0.001-0.03 wt % of boron, 0.05-1.0 wt % of other elements which are at least two of titanium, iron, silicon, nickel, manganese, aluminum, tin, phosphorus and rare earth, less than 0.5 wt % of inevitable impurity elements, and an allowance of zinc; and a surface comprises 35.0-45.0 wt % of copper, 0.001-3.0 wt % of oxygen, 0.0005-0.5 wt % of other elements, at least two of which are titanium, iron, silicon, nickel, manganese, aluminum, tin, phosphorus and rare earth, less than 0.5 wt % of inevitable impurity elements, and an allowance of zinc. The cutting line has improved mechanical properties and strengthened discharge properties, and can cut irregularly shaped materials or those hollowed in the middle.

A low-boron-oxygen cutting line for one-way wire winding and a manufacturing method are provided. A core material comprises 55-65 wt % of copper, 0.001-0.03 wt % of boron, 0.05-1.0 wt % of other elements which are at least two of titanium, iron, silicon, nickel, manganese, aluminum, tin, phosphorus and rare earth, less than 0.5 wt % of inevitable impurity elements, and an allowance of zinc; and a surface comprises 35.0-45.0 wt % of copper, 0.001-3.0 wt % of oxygen, 0.0005-0.5 wt % of other elements, at least two of which are titanium, iron, silicon, nickel, manganese, aluminum, tin, phosphorus and rare earth, less than 0.5 wt % of inevitable impurity elements, and an allowance of zinc. The cutting line has improved mechanical properties and strengthened discharge properties, and can cut irregularly shaped materials or those hollowed in the middle.

The invention discloses a high-precision zinc-based alloy electrode wire, the external shell thereof consisting of: Zn: 70.5-95%; Cu: 2.5-27%; X: 0.02-4.0%; Y: 0.002-0.4%, and unavoidable impurities; where, X refers to any two kinds of metals selected from Ni, Ag, Cr, Si and Zr, and the weight percentage of each of these two kinds of metals is 0.01-2.0%; and Y refers to any two kinds of metals selected from Ti, Al, Co, B, and P, and the weight percentage of each of these two kinds of metals is 0.001-0.2%; the -phase in a metallurgical structure of the external shell is above 80 wt %. The invention also provides a method for manufacturing the electrode wire, which has high surface smoothness of the cut metal workpieces to improve the cutting precision. The method has simple process, high maneuverability, less steps, so as to facilitate large-scale and automated production.

The invention discloses a high-precision zinc-based alloy electrode wire, the external shell thereof consisting of: Zn: 70.5-95%; Cu: 2.5-27%; X: 0.02-4.0%; Y: 0.002-0.4%, and unavoidable impurities; where, X refers to any two kinds of metals selected from Ni, Ag, Cr, Si and Zr, and the weight percentage of each of these two kinds of metals is 0.01-2.0%; and Y refers to any two kinds of metals selected from Ti, Al, Co, B, and P, and the weight percentage of each of these two kinds of metals is 0.001-0.2%; the -phase in a metallurgical structure of the external shell is above 80 wt %. The invention also provides a method for manufacturing the electrode wire, which has high surface smoothness of the cut metal workpieces to improve the cutting precision. The method has simple process, high maneuverability, less steps, so as to facilitate large-scale and automated production.

A method for manufacturing an electrode wire (1) includes melting and mixing copper with a content of 60% by weight and zinc with a content of 40% by weight to form a copper/zinc binary eutectic, heat solidifying the copper/zinc binary eutectic to form a full beta () phase alloy (10), galvanizing the full beta () phase alloy, processing the full beta () phase alloy by a low-temperature heat treatment, prolonging the treating time of the low-temperature heat treatment to form a surface electric layer, and heat solidifying the surface electric layer to form a solid alloy layer (11) on the surface of the full beta () phase alloy and to let the solid alloy layer form a gamma () phase, an epsilon () phase or an eta () phase at different reaction temperatures. Thus, the electrode wire only needs one working procedure.