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One of the most effective methods of making high-aspect-ratio holes is electrical discharge drilling (EDD). While drilling high aspect ratio holes, a crucial issue is the flushing of the gap area and the evacuation of the erosion products. The use of deionized water as the dielectric fluid in the EDD offers a considerable potential. This paper includes an analysis of the influence of the machining parameters (pulse time, current amplitude and discharge voltage) on the process performance (drilling speed, linear tool wear, taper angle, hole\u2019s aspect ratio, side gap thickness), during the EDD with the use of deionized water in the Inconel 718 alloy. The obtained through holes were subjected to the extended analysis. The impact of the initial working fluid temperature and pressure on the conditions of the flow through the electrode channel was also subjected to the analysis. The deionized water properties were changed by applying an initial temperature. Based on the results of an analysis of the previous research, the EDD of the through holes was performed for a pre-set initial temperature (~313.15 \u00b0K) and initial pressure of the working fluid (8 MPa) and selected process parameters. An analysis of the results indicates increasing of hole\u2019s aspect ratio by about 15% (above 30), decreasing the side gap thickness by about 40% and enhanced surface integrity.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ma13061476","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,3,24]],"date-time":"2020-03-24T13:04:04Z","timestamp":1585055044000},"page":"1476","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":17,"title":["Impact of the Deionized Water on Making High Aspect Ratio Holes in the Inconel 718 Alloy with the Use of Electrical Discharge Drilling"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5486-3982","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Magdalena","family":"Machno","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Rail Vehicles, Faculty of Mechanical, Cracow University of Technology, 31-155 Cracow, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rafa\u0142","family":"Bogucki","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Materials Engineering, Faculty of Materials Engineering and Physics, Cracow University of Technology, 31-155 Cracow, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Maciej","family":"Szkoda","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Rail Vehicles, Faculty of Mechanical, Cracow University of Technology, 31-155 Cracow, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Wojciech","family":"Bizo\u0144","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Production Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical, Cracow University of Technology, 31-155 Cracow, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,3,24]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"469","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jmatprotec.2006.04.072","article-title":"High temperature deformation of Inconel 718","volume":"177","author":"Thomasa","year":"2006","journal-title":"J. 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