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A comparative investigation on magnetic field–assisted EDM of magnetic and non-magnetic materials

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Assisted magnetic field is an important technique, successfully applied to electrical discharge machining process. In this paper, a comparative study of magnetic field–assisted electrical discharge machining (MF-EDM) has been conducted to process magnetic and non-magnetic materials. Firstly, a series of MF-EDM experiments on selected magnetic material (SKD11) and selected non-magnetic material (Ti6Al4V) were carried out to obtain material remove rate (MRR), surface quality (Ra), and energy efficiency. Then, the influences of magnetic field and servo voltage on machining performance of MF-EDM were completely analyzed under SKD11 and Ti6Al4V. It can be found out that the effects of appropriate magnetic field on two different materials contribute to increasing energy utilization efficiency and MRR under the similar surface roughness. Particularly, MRR of magnetic materials (SKD11) can be improved more significantly than that of non-magnetic materials (Ti6Al4V) due to the smooth debris removal of magnetic materials via Lorenz force acting. These researches could help better understand the effect of magnetic field on the electric discharge machining process of different kinds of materials.

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Acknowledgments

Prof. Zhang Guojun’s research team provides us with a simulation model and results in the process of magnetic field–assisted EDM in Section 3.

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This research is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51705171 and 51505434). In addition, this research is supported by the Natural Foundation of Henan Province (Grant No. 182300410170).

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  1. Henan Key Lab of Intelligent Manufacturing of Mechanical Equipment, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou, 450002, China

    Wuyi Ming, Fan Shen & Jinguang Du

  2. Guangdong HUST Industrial Technology Research Institute, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Digital Manufacturing Equipment, Dongguan, 523808, China

    Fan Shen

  3. School of Aerospace Engineering, State Key Lab of Digital Manufacturing Equipment & Technology, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China

    Zhen Zhang, Hao Huang & Jie Wu

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Ming, W., Shen, F., Zhang, Z. et al. A comparative investigation on magnetic field–assisted EDM of magnetic and non-magnetic materials. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 109, 1103–1116 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-020-05653-8

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