In the study, a self-developed electrolytic micro-machining tester is employed to investigate the effects of the supply voltage and the highest position of the workpiece relative to the tool on the geometry of the tungsten rod. The peripheral surface of the iron needle (tool) is insulated by an insulator and its tip with a diameter of 50£gm is exposed to the electrolyte as a cathode. The tungsten rod (workpiece) with 200£gm in diameter reciprocates as an anode. Both the cathode and the anode are dipped into an aqueous electrolyte of 2wt % sodium hydroxide to proceed electrochemical machining.
Experimental results show that since the length and the diameter of the workpiece are varied during the machining process, it is necessary to manually adjust the highest position and the gap between the workpiece and the tool in each reciprocating motion to achieve a uniform tungsten rod. Moreover, because of the higher removal rate of the workpiece at the higher supply voltage, it is hard to control the geometry of the workpiece. On the contrary, the geometry of the workpiece can be controlled at the lower supply voltage. Finally, the workpiece is first machined at the higher supply voltage, and then the supply voltage is switched to the lower one to achieve a uniform tungsten rod with 2£gm in diameter and 200£gm in length, or 100 in aspect ratio.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0903110-230732 |
| Date | 03 September 2010 |
| Creators | Chou, Jing-mei |
| Contributors | Rong-tsong Lee, Li-ming Chu, Chung-ming Lin, Yuang-cherng Chiou, Yun-ping Chang |
| Publisher | NSYSU |
| Source Sets | NSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive |
| Language | Cholon |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0903110-230732 |
| Rights | not_available, Copyright information available at source archive |
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