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Surface texturing plays a critical role in improving the functionality of the part surface in terms of biological performance, hydrophobicity, friction coefficient, etc. In comparison to other methods, through mask electrochemical machining (TMECM) is a versatile surface texturing process for machining difficult-to-machine metals. However, the conventionally employed photolithographic masking in the TMECM process is expensive, time-consuming, and lacks mask re-usability. Hence, a novel technique has been identified wherein the workpiece (anode) is masked using patterned insulation printed using additive manufacturing technique. The main advantage of this technique is that the mask fabrication is a one-time process, and the same can be reused further for subsequent machining processes. The competence of the developed technique is experimentally verified by machining micro-dimples and various other features on SS304 material.
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Rajakumaran, M., Dvivedi, A. (2023). Investigation on Through Mask Electrochemical Surface Texturing Using Additive Manufactured Mask. In: Tewari, A., Dhawan, N., Agarwal, G., Das, S., Mishra, S., Karmakar, A. (eds) Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Advances in Materials Processing: Challenges and Opportunities. AMPCO 2022. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 293. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-1971-0_6
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