“…In addition to these difficulties, the higher cost of these special tools limits the conventional machining of titanium alloys. Although the above-mentioned tool materials seem to be effective in machining, they cannot be recommended for the machining of titanium and its alloys (Hascalik, Caydas, & Gurun, 2007;Kumar & Singh, 2010;Singh & Singh, 2011). It is recognized that electrical discharge machining can be used effectively in machining hard, high-strength, and temperature-resistant materials (Khan, Rahman, Kadirgama, Maleque, & Ishak, 2011c;Najiha, Rahman, Kamal, Yusoff, & Kadirgama, 2012;Yusoff, Mohamed Suffian, & Taib, 2011).…”