A study of the effects of working fluids on micro-hole arrays in micro-electrical discharge machining

Guozheng Zhu; Jicheng Bai; Yongfeng Guo; Yan Cao; Yongyi Huang

doi:10.1177/0954405413519787

A study of the effects of working fluids on micro-hole arrays in micro-electrical discharge machining

Guozheng Zhu
, Jicheng Bai^*
, Yongfeng Guo
, Yan Cao
, Yongyi Huang

^*Corresponding author for this work

School of Mechatronics Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology

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This article investigates the impact of dielectrics on the properties of micro-holes fabricated by micro-electrical discharge machining. Based on experiments using kerosene and deionised water as the working fluid, the machining in different dielectrics is investigated. The flow of the water is analysed by means of a flow field simulation, and corresponding experiments are also conducted to verify the simulation results. Suitable parameters are obtained to process a microhole array with 256 holes, a configuration widely used in printer ejector mechanisms. The average diameter of the holes is 44.47μm, and the maximum diameter deviation is 1.3μm.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1381-1392
Number of pages	12
Journal	Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture
Volume	228
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0954405413519787
State	Published - 1 Jan 2014
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Deionised water
Electrode wear
Micro-electrical discharge machining
Micro-hole array
Working fluid

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A study of the effects of working fluids on micro-hole arrays in micro-electrical discharge machining. / Zhu, Guozheng; Bai, Jicheng; Guo, Yongfeng et al.
In: Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture, Vol. 228, No. 11, 01.01.2014, p. 1381-1392.

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