Studies on the Mechanism of Static Electrochemical Discharge Machining

• Main Authors: Tien-yi Wu, 吳添益
• Other Authors: none
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2004
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/34354616541519068356

碩士 === 國立中山大學 === 機械與機電工程學系研究所 === 92 === Because of the exceptional physical, chemical, electric and mechanical properties of hard and brittle materials, such as ceramics, glass and diamond film etc, those are considerably valued in high technology industry. Although those materials can be machined using the ECDM method, its machining mechanism is still indeterminate. In this study, a static electrical pitting tester is employed, the electrolyte is KOH(eq), the workpiece is glass, and we change the parameters, such as supply voltage, supply current and machining gap to investigate the mechanism of static Electrochemical Discharge Machining. From the experimental results, which are SEM pictures of machined glass and variations of current, we can clearly infer the mechanism of static-ECDM. Moreover, the most important reason for damaging glass is supply voltage. Even increasing supply voltage can make glass cleave. And the main factor to make the loop become insulating is supply current. While the supply voltage is 50V, the supply current is 8A, and in different machining gap condition, the results show that it has a certainly gap to discharge during the machining process, and the particular gap is about 49μm. The results also show that the machining model has two kinds of types. When the machining gap is shorter than 49μm, the machining model is from ring to circle; contrarily, when it is longer than 49μm, the machining model is circle directly.