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Advance in the research of electric pulse-assisted cutting

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Electric pulse-assisted cutting has the advantages of reducing cutting force, improving machined surface quality, and delaying tool wear. It provides a desirable machining method for difficult-to-cut materials with high hardness and low plasticity. Therefore, the research of electric pulse-assisted cutting was summarized in this paper. The mechanism of electric pulse-assisted cutting was introduced firstly. Secondly, the implementation method and experimental equipment of electric pulse-assisted cutting were introduced. Thirdly, the experimental research results of electric pulse-assisted cutting were analyzed. Then, the finite element simulation research of electric pulse-assisted cutting was reviewed, and the method of obtaining the materials constitutive model under the condition of pulse current was introduced. Finally, the problems in the current research were analyzed, and the future research directions were pointed out. It can provide a reference for further research on electric pulse-assisted cutting.

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This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant no. 51875409, no. 52275336), the Key Projects of Tianjin Municipal Education Commission (Grant no. 2020ZD08), the Tianjin Innovation Team Project (Grant No.XC202051), the Tianjin Sci-tech Projects (Grant no. 20YDTPJC01420), the Tianjin Postgraduate Research and Innovation Project (Grant nos. 2021YJSS217, 2022SKY278, and 2022SKYZ295).

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Shao, Z., Li, G., Liu, W. et al. Advance in the research of electric pulse-assisted cutting. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 127, 2107–2123 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-023-11607-7

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