Simulation and experimental investigation on micro electrochemical drilling of micro-holes with ultra short pulse voltage
by Yong Liu; Jingran Niu; Chunsheng Guo; Minghong Li
International Journal of Manufacturing Research (IJMR), Vol. 14, No. 1, 2019

Abstract: This paper introduces an electrochemical drilling process which is efficient in fabricating micro-holes, in order to study the influences of ultra short pulse voltage and high speed spiral micro electrode on the machining accuracy and machining efficiency of micro electrochemical drilling, the simulation of the gap electric field and the gap flow field are carried out. Firstly, the model of ultra short pulse gap electric field was established, by simulating the process of the drilling, the shape change of the anode workpiece surface was analysed and predicted with the ultra short pulse voltage. The results show that the ultra short pulse voltage can greatly improve the machining accuracy. Secondly, by using CFX to simulate the gap flow field, with the increase of the electrode rotating speed, the gas film generated with good insulation effect can greatly reduce the taper of the micro-holes. Finally, the simulation results above were verified by the experiments, a series of micro-holes was fabricated successfully; the diameter of the micro-holes was less than 200 μm, which proved that the micro electrochemical drilling for fabricating micro-holes has a widespread application prospect. [Submitted 3 November 2016; Accepted 5 December 2017]

Online publication date: Mon, 10-Dec-2018

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