Percentage of harmful discharges for surface current density monitoring in electrical discharge machining process

Autor:	Oki Blatnik, Joško Valentinčič, Mihael Junkar
Rok vydání:	2007
Předmět:	Materials science Mechanical Engineering Electrical breakdown Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Cathode Anode law.invention Electrical discharge machining Machining law Electrode Electronic engineering Electric discharge Composite material Current density
Zdroj:	Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture. 221:1677-1684
ISSN:	2041-2975 0954-4054
DOI:	10.1243/09544054jem816
Popis:	Electrical discharge machining (EDM) is performed in the gap between the workpiece (usually the anode) and the electrode (usually the cathode). The gap is filled with a dielectric and the pulses generated by a special generator cause an electrical breakdown in the gap. A breakdown discharge occurs which removes material from the workpiece. The EDM process has been used for more than 50 years, but the influence of the surface current density on the process stability is not well understood. The surface current density is very important in the case of the machining of rough surfaces where the highest material removal rate (MRR) is preferred. For a given eroding surface there exists an optimal electrical current at which the highest MRR is achieved. It is reported in the literature that the percentage of the discharges that are harmful to the EDM process depends on the surface current density in the gap. Thus, experiments were performed to find out the possibility of using the percentage of harmful discharges to monitor the surface current density of the EDM process.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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