Papers by Author: Zhi Jian Fan

Abstract: The long spiral tube with its deep rifle groove make a long duration for Electrochemical Machining (ECM) and mass of floccule precipitate, esulting in bottleneck to maintain cleanliness of electrolyte in sedimentation basin at machining. The design scheme of duplex vertical flow electrolyte basin was proposed. The surface hydraulic power, available cubage, flooding area, sludge blanket level (SBH) and sludge tank height were calculated in terms of the electrical current, sinking speed of Fe(OH)3, flux of electrolyte. The streamline in the basin were simulated by COMSOL based elementary draft. The flow speed at intake of sludge blanket and the exit of clarified were analyzed with diameter of cone-meatus of center tube being altered and the space between it and baffle-board shifted, and the sedimentation basin is optimized.

Abstract: Based on the concept of the interaction between a magnetic and electric field, a magnetic field was suppressed on the Electrochemical Machining (ECM) setup to improve the copying accuracy of ECM. Mathematical modeling and finite element modeling of the magnetic field was also developed using ANSYS to study the influence of permanent magnet design on the ECM process. The results indicate that by introducing the magnetic field the threshold of electrochemical reaction is decreased and the tracks of ions become complicated which makes the chemical reaction more extensive and more uniform in the inter-electrode gap. The distribution of magnetic field in the gap helps to improve the machining accuracy and the process efficiency, when the permanent magnet is at the end of the electrodes. Experiments have been carried out to validate the results of finite element analysis and the effect of a magnetic field on the ECM process is discussed.