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The technical development of titanium alloy surface process using electrochemical abrasive jet machining

Feng Che Tsai (Department of Creative Product Design, Ling Tung University, Taichung, Taiwan)
Yann Long Lee (Department of Creative Product Design, Ling Tung University, Taichung, Taiwan)
Ju Chun Yeh (Department of Industrial Education and Technology, National Changhua University of Education, Changhua, Taiwan)

Industrial Lubrication and Tribology

ISSN: 0036-8792

Article publication date: 10 August 2018

Issue publication date: 13 November 2018

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Abstract

Purpose

This paper aims to develop an electrochemical abrasive jet machining (ECAJM) technology to investigate the surface machining effect of Ti-6Al-4V alloy.

Design/methodology/approach

First, the ECAJM equipment was set up, and a series of experiments for the surface machining of Ti-6Al-4V alloy was performed.

Findings

The experimental results show that the flowing abrasives of 0.05 Wt.% can effectively remove the TiO2 oxide film of Ti-6Al-4V alloy surface. In addition, the flowing abrasives produce cutting machining effect on the surface of titanium aluminum alloy, and the oxide film can be removed effectively. For the case of machining pressure of 0.4 Mpa and machining gap of 0.4 mm, the processing efficiency can be achieved up to 20 µm/s.

Originality/value

Under different machining pressure, the flowing abrasive with high kinetic energy impacting the Ti-6Al-4V alloy surface and the oxide film produced from the electrolytic reaction process can be removed effectively, thereby enhancing the efficiency of electrochemical machining process.

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Acknowledgements

This paper forms part of a special section “Advances in Engineering Tribology Technology (ICEATAT2016)”, guest edited by Jeng-Haur Horng.

The authors would like to thank the Ministry of Science and Technology in Taiwan for financially supporting this research under Grant No. MOST 103 – 2221 – E – 275 – 001.

Citation

Tsai, F.C., Lee, Y.L. and Yeh, J.C. (2018), "The technical development of titanium alloy surface process using electrochemical abrasive jet machining", Industrial Lubrication and Tribology, Vol. 70 No. 8, pp. 1545-1551. https://doi.org/10.1108/ILT-05-2017-0119

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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