Abstract
To improve the efficiency of conventional electrical discharge machining (EDM) milling, this study proposes a highly efficient machining method that employs continuous oxygen feeding and fast-moving electrode. High-efficiency machining is achieved by the method of feeding with small thickness, allowing the electrode suspended above the workpiece to reduce short circuit and using a high discharge probability to ignite the workpiece in order to realizing high efficiency machining with great chemical energy released from metal combustion. Comparative tests for conventional EDM milling, EDM ablation milling, and ablation milling by fast-moving electrode were performed in the milling process. In this study, we analyzed the mechanism, machining efficiency, electrode relative wear ratio, and machining quality. The machining efficiency of EDM ablation milling was 6.8 times higher than that of conventional EDM milling, and the relative tool wear ratio was 20% of conventional EDM milling; the machining efficiency of ablation milling by fast-moving electrode can reach 11.2 times higher than that of conventional EDM milling, and the electrode relative wear ratio decreased by 86%.
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This project is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51675272, 51575271).
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Yang, D., Qiu, M., Han, Y. et al. Technology of ablation milling by fast-moving electrode. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 96, 103–109 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-017-1260-7
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