Micro EDM Drilling
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Optics and Lasers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 December 2020) | Viewed by 4322
Special Issue Editors
Interests: friction stir welding; micromanufacturing (micro-EDM); experimental and simulative analysis of forming processes; cutting operations
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Interests: machine learning/AI in emerging and advanced manufacturing technologies
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Special Issue Information
A recent trend in technology and scientific research is to push further on the miniaturization of devices and components and to produce high-precision parts with severe geometric constraints. The need to fabricate components with such complex geometrical and dimensional characteristics has led to greater attention towards micromanufacturing techniques. Among the various technologies available for micromanufacturing, micro-EDM (electrical discharge machining) is widely used in micro-hole machining because of its high precision and negligible contact stresses. However, there are still some drawbacks related to the use of this technology in microdrilling; in general, high tool wear ratio, low erosion speed, aspect ratio and downsizing limits, geometrical and dimensional constraints are still noteworthy aspects in which improvements are constantly sought. This Special Issue aims to deepen the critical aspects mentioned above and, in particular, will focus on the following topics:
- Influence of the process parameters on both the process and the product performance;
- EDM solutions for achieving holes with very small diameters or high aspect ratios;
- Effect of electrode materials and characteristics on the micro-EDM drilling performance;
- Application of micro-EDM drilling to innovative/advanced materials such as ceramic materials;
- Characterization of micro-holes;
- Use of nonconventional dielectric fluids and powder mixed fluids;
- Integration of EDM and other technologies in micro-EDM drilling;
- Issues concerning the sustainability of the EDM process applied to micro-drilling;
- Theoretical aspects and modelling.
Prof. Gianluca D'UrsoDr. Samuel Bigot
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- micro-EDM drilling
- micro-holes
- high aspect ratio
- process parameters
- process performance
- innovative/advanced materials
- dielectric fluids
- micro-hole characterization
- process monitoring
