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Electrically assisted micro-rolling process of surface texture on T2 copper sheets

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Electrically assisted (EA) forming is a promising process due to its advantages, such as reducing forming load and increasing formability. In this study, the EA micro-rolling process was used to form surface texture on T2 copper sheets. Compared with the traditional rolling process, the EA one significantly increases the feature height of texture, improves the flatness of the rolled strip, and relieves the surface cracks due to the action of the current. These might be attributed to the electron wind theory and microscale Joule heating effect. The effects of current for different grain sizes were not identical. High voltage was demanded to significantly increase feature height for coarse grains in comparison with that for fine grains. Moreover, the surface quality for fine grains was better than that for coarse grains. The high-quality surface texturing strip was manufactured by EA rolling process using annealed specimen. This study proves that forming quality for the surface texturing strip can be improved by adopting appropriate electrical parameters; EA micro-rolling process seems a prospective forming method with surface texture.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to acknowledge the funding support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.: 51635005), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant No. HIT. NSRIF. 2020043), and the Heilongjiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (YQ2020E014).

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This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.: 51635005), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant No. HIT. NSRIF. 2020043), and the Heilongjiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (YQ2020E014).

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  1. National Key Laboratory for Precision Hot Processing of Metals, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, China

    Xu Zhenhai, Xue Shaoxi, Xu Jie, Shan Debin & Guo Bin

  2. Key Laboratory of Micro-Systems and Microstructures Manufacturing of Ministry of Education, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, China

    Xu Zhenhai, Xu Jie & Guo Bin

  3. School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Robotics and Microsystems Center, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215131, China

    Wang Chunju

  4. Laboratory for Space Environment and Physical Sciences, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, China

    Wang Xinwei

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Zhenhai Xu wrote the manuscript and contributed to the conception of the study.

Shaoxi Xue designed and performed the experiment.

Chunju Wang and Bin Guo contributed significantly to analysis and manuscript preparation.

Xinwei Wang and Jie Xu helped perform the analysis with constructive discussions.

Debin Shan provided technical guidance.

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Zhenhai, X., Shaoxi, X., Chunju, W. et al. Electrically assisted micro-rolling process of surface texture on T2 copper sheets. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 118, 2453–2466 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-021-08094-z

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