To solve the difficulty of ensuring the shape accuracy of micro grooves in a micro device
a new method of using multi-station shape-angle electrodes through Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) was proposed. A total of 304 stainless steel samples were used as workpiece materials
and pure copper and copper-tungsten alloy (W75%) were selected and compared as electrode materials. To reduce the influence of electrode wear and installation error
multi-station shape-angle electrodes were machined by low-speed Wire-cut EDM (WEDM)
and then a 16° and 0.36-mm-depth groove was formed by EDM. Results show that a multi-station shape-angle electrode having enhanced surface quality can be fabricated using a lower feed rate
a constant speed
and multiple cutting through WEDM. The forming accuracy of the grooves was improved with the increase in the number of stations
and the forming accuracy of the copper-tungsten alloy was improved as a result of its low loss at the same station number. Therefore
a six-station copper-tungsten electrode was used to machine the workpiece with a sharp angle of 16.3° (relative error of 1.9%)
a 0.356-mm depth (relative error of 1.1%)
and improved form accuracy. This method can meet the processing accuracy and application requirements of sharp grooves in a micro device.
关键词
Keywords
references
AVDESH C D, AMIT K, RAVINDRA K S, et al .. An experimental study of material removal rate and electrode wear rate of high carbon-high chromium steel(AISID3) in EDM process using copper tool ecectrode[J] . International Journal of Innovative Research in Advanced Engineering , 2015, 1(2): 257-262.
PANDEY S N, ALAM S. An experimental investigation of electrode wear rate (EWR) on EDM of SS-202 using different electrodes[J]. International Journal of Engineering Research and , 2015, V4(5): 2341-2347.
ASHANIRA M D, AZLAN M Z, ROSELINA S, et al .. Grey relational analysis of electrode wear rate in die sinking electric discharge machining[J]. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences , 2017, 12(7): 1799-1799.
NIAMAT M, SARFRAZ S, AZIZ H, et al .. Effect of different dielectrics on material removal rate, electrode wear rate and microstructures in EDM[J]. Procedia CIRP , 2017, 60: 2-7.
KHAN A A. Electrode wear and material removal rate during EDM of aluminum and mild steel using copper and brass electrodes[J]. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology , 2008, 39(5/6): 482-487.
SONG M C, LI W M, LIU Y, et al .. Micro groove structure with multi-station combination electrode by EDM[J]. Opt. Precision Eng ., 2015, 23(12): 3371-3377. (in Chinese)
YUAN S M, ZHAO W SH, LIU W D, et al .. Progress report of ultrasonically assisted EDM[J]. Aviation Precision Manufacturing Technology , 1998, 34(6): 18-21. (in Chinese)
QI L. Basic Process Research on Electrical Discharge Machining with Ultrasonic Vibration of Dielectric Fluid [D]. Dalian: Dalian University of Technology, 2017. (in Chinese)