Realization of eco-friendly electrochemical micromachining using mineral water as an electrolyte

• DOI: 10.1016/j.precisioneng.2010.09.009
• Publication Date: 2010-09-18T08:37:04Z
• Authors: Ye Yang; Wataru Natsu; Wansheng Zhao
• Keywords: Realization (probability); Environmentally Friendly; Mineral water

This paper presents a new electrochemical micromachining method, which uses everyday mineral water as an electrolyte. The advantages of the new method include totally green machining, high precision, high efficiency, and low-cost. In this paper, practical experiments and results that focus on the fabrication of micro pins and micro hole drilling as well as a more detailed theoretical analysis to explain the phenomena concerned are presented.