Experimental Investigation for Characteristics of Localized Dissolution of Micro-Holes in Electrochemical Machining Aided by Ultrasonic Wave

Abstract

Electrochemical micro-machining (EMM) has become one of the main machining methods for production of miniaturized parts and components. Utilizing the developed EMM set-up, the effects of ultrasonic wave frequency on characteristics of localized dissolution and accuracy of micro-hole in EMM are investigated and evaluated. The experiment results demonstrate that the accuracy of micro-hole and characteristics of localized dissolution can become better with the increase of ultrasonic wave frequency. The accuracy of micro-hole machined by 26KHZ can improve about 30% than that by 16KHZ. Moreover, the ability of localized dissolution by 26KHZ can be increased about 27%-30%.