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Acta Aeronautica et Astronautica Sinica ›› 2025, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (4): 430886.doi: 10.7527/S1000-6893.2024.30886

• Material Engineering and Mechanical Manufacturing • Previous Articles    

Experimental study on EDM of CFRP in aerosol medium

Jiaxuan HAN1, Fan CHEN2, Xuguang YANG2, Zhenyu WANG2, Xiaoming YUE2,3()   

  1. 1.School of Control Science and Engineering,Shandong University,Jinan 250061,China
    2.School of Mechanical Engineering,Shandong University,Jinan 250061,China
    3.Key Laboratory of High-efficiency and Clean Mechanical Manufacture,Ministry of Education,Shandong University,Jinan 250061,China
  • Received:2024-06-28 Revised:2024-07-08 Accepted:2024-10-06 Online:2024-10-11 Published:2024-10-11
  • Contact: Xiaoming YUE E-mail:xmyue@sdu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China(51905311);Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation(ZR2023ME222)

Abstract:

Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) is widely used as an advanced composite material. Traditional cutting methods for processing CFRP are prone to forming machining defects such as delamination, burrs, and cracks, and have the problem of severe tool wear. Laser processing and water jet processing of CFRP are prone to defects such as the heat affected zones, impact damage, and stepped delamination. As a non-contact machining method, Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) can machine any conductive material regardless of the strength, hardness, and stiffness of the workpiece material. Therefore, EDM has a great potential in solving the difficult machining problem of large CFRP components. However, the EDM of CFRP faces challenges such as the contamination of the CFRP components by the liquid medium and the limited size of the CFRP components. Therefore, this study proposes to perform the CFRP EDM in an aerosol medium, and builds an EDM milling machine tool based on a six-degree-of-freedom serial robot. The experiments on planar and spatial EDM milling of the CFRP components were conducted and the action mechanism of the droplet in EDM of CFRP material in aerosol medium was revealed, verifying the feasibility of the EDM milling of CFRP in aerosol medium. This study has a great significance for the low-cost, green, and efficient process of large and complex CFRP thin-walled structural components.

Key words: Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP), aerosol medium, Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM), droplet action, edge damage aera

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