ISSN:
1013-9826
Source:
Scientific.Net: Materials Science & Technology / Trans Tech Publications Archiv 1984-2008
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
Electrical discharge machining (EDM) is an excellent technology to machining die andmold, but it is uneasy to obtain mirror-like surface. Powder-Mixed dielectric electrical dischargemachining (PMD-EDM) is the innovative technology of EDM process, which can improve thequality of machined surface and applied in EDM finish machining now. The powder is usually hardparticles, such as Al, Cu, Cr and Si in PMD-EDM. This paper presents a new research of PMD-EDMwith suspending soft particles and abrasive grits in the dielectric fluid, especially focus on surfaceroughness. Experimental result shows the EDM process with polymer particles and abrasive grits canbe carried out in silicone oil and the surface roughness has the finer improvement when increasing therotation speed. Also, the effect of hard particles suspending in dielectric fluid are also discussed andcompared. The surface roughness using polymer particles and abrasive in specific condition wasbetter than only hard particles in silicone oil. Moreover, mixing abrasive and polymer in EDM canperform the polishing process
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://www.tib-hannover.de/fulltexts/2011/0528/01/57/transtech_doi~10.4028%252Fwww.scientific.net%252FKEM.389-390.430.pdf
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