Yong LIU, Shi-hui DENG. Experimental research on high-efficiency electrochemical machining of multi-stepped cylindrical microelectrode with high rotating precision[J]. Optics and precision engineering, 2018, 26(4): 857-865.
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Yong LIU, Shi-hui DENG. Experimental research on high-efficiency electrochemical machining of multi-stepped cylindrical microelectrode with high rotating precision[J]. Optics and precision engineering, 2018, 26(4): 857-865. DOI: 10.3788/OPE.20182604.0857.
Experimental research on high-efficiency electrochemical machining of multi-stepped cylindrical microelectrode with high rotating precision
In order to achieve the high-efficiency machining of multi-stepped cylindrical microelectrode with high rotating precision
the electrochemical etching process of multi-stepped electrode was studied and improved deeply. Firstly
according to the principle of electrochemical etching
the effect of machining current on the change of electrode diameter was deduced. Secondly
the experiments proved that the electrode rotation could improve the current change rate and the effective initial current and thus improved the machining efficiency. And then
the influence of electrode rotation on the rotating precision of the electrode was analyzed
and the method of fabricating multi-stepped cylindrical microelectrode with high rotating precision efficiently by different rotation speeds combination was proposed. Thirdly
the influence of machining parameters
such as the rotation speed
the voltage and the cut-off current
on the shape and size of the electrodes were analyzed. Finally
by using the optimized machining parameters
multi-stepped cylindrical microelectrodes with end diameter less than 15
μ
m and the coaxial error within 1
μ
m were successfully fabricated. Compared with the conventional electrochemical etching process
the method presented in the paper improves the machining efficiency significantly. It is proved that rotating electrochemical etching is a better method to improve the machining efficiency and rotating precision of microelectrodes.
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