Electrochemical Machining: Machines, Processes, Electrodes, Power Supplies, and Their Systematic Integration
This special issue belongs to the section "Advanced Manufacturing".
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Electrochemical machining (ECM) is becoming increasingly important as the enabling technology for manufacturing difficult-to-machine materials, particularly in complex geometries at the industrial scale. ECM technology is a timely and fast-moving topic area, particularly applied to medical engineering, aeronautic and aerospace engineering, precision engineering, etc., as it is not limited by the hardness and toughness of metal materials to be machined. Furthermore, it can overcome and go far beyond the conventional limitations by combining new technology, new scientific understanding, new modelling and analysis tools, and advanced algorithms and multidisciplinary engineering capabilities. This Special Issue is indeed an attempt to collate the recent research and development in the field and fulfil the new and big goals in the topic area.
Dr. Qingming Fan
Dr. Chuanyun Zhang
Prof. Dr. Kai Cheng
Prof. Dr. Mark J. Jackson
Prof. Dr. Yongjun Zhang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- ECM machines
- power supplies
- ECM processes
- ECM system integration
- cathode design
- multiscale multiphysics modelling and analysis
- in-process monitoring and control
- EDM
- hybrid machining
- manufacturing difficult-to-machine materials
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Published Papers
Machines - ISSN 2075-1702