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ECM Process Parameters
ECM Process Parameters
4. Electrolyte
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1.Nature of power supply
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4.Electrolyte
1.concentration
• A concentrated electrolyte offers low resistance to flow of machining current.
• Metal may be removes beyond the limited.
• The disadvantage is that salts crystallize out of the solution at higher concentration and clog
the are as in the machine enclosure
2.Temperature
• The surface roughness becomes poorer with increasing temperature.
• Electrolyte temperature is higher than 50 °C, the quality of the surface deteriorates.
• Rise in temperature of electrolyte tends to decrease its specific resistance.
• These changes would flow rate/pressure characteristics of the electrolyte.
• Metallurgical property changed due to high temperature
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3.Flow of electrolyte
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• Conclusion
• with a better surface finish being achieved at frequencies above
400 Hz.
• The optimized parameters for ECM are NaCl concentration 13wt%
• voltage 20 V, frequency 0.4 kHz, duty cycle 0.3, temperature 23 ˚C
• feed rate 0.5 mm/min, and the best surface roughness obtained is
0.912
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