Micro-Shaping of Pure Aluminum by Intermittent Ultrasonic Oscillation Assisted Wire Electrochemical Micromachining with an Ultra-Low-Concentration Mixed Electrolyte

Author:

Bi XiaoleiORCID,Zeng YongbinORCID,Qu NingsongORCID

Abstract

Sacrificial mandrels and micro-components made from pure aluminum have considerable application potential for fabricating terahertz micro-cavity components and for MEMS. Although WECMM has significant advantages in micro-shaping micro-components from difficult-to-machine materials, high-quality micro-shaping of pure aluminum has always been very challenging due to its extremely high chemical activity in an aqueous solution. This study analyzes the electrochemical characteristics of pure aluminum and the corresponding machining experiments by traditional WECMM in various electrolytes, and manufactures a high-quality micro-slit with a short machining path in the obtained ultra-low-concentration mixed electrolyte. However, in a continuous long-term WECMM with a long machining path, poor mass transport leads to the accumulation of bubbles around the machining area and the deposition of insoluble products on the wire surface that reduce the machining stability and machining accuracy. Therefore, a mass transport method of using intermittent ultrasonic oscillation is proposed. The principle was expounded, systematic comparative experiments demonstrated the effectiveness of this method in continuous long-time WECMM in improving the machining stability and machining accuracy. Finally, a rectangular mandrel of pure aluminum with a path length greater than 10,000 μm was fabricated. After dissolving the rectangular mandrel, a terahertz hollow-core rectangular waveguide micro-cavity was produced.

Funder

Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province

National Natural Science Foundation of China for Creative Research Groups

Publisher

The Electrochemical Society

Subject

Materials Chemistry,Electrochemistry,Surfaces, Coatings and Films,Condensed Matter Physics,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

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