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Developing Meso and Microholes by Spark-Erosion Based Drilling Processes: A Critical Review
The increased demand for miniature components has drawn the attention of researchers, engineers, and industry users to manufacture precision micro and mesoholes on foils, sheets, and plates made from a variety of engineering materials. These days, micro-drilling is extensively being adopted as a fun...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9230046/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35744499 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mi13060885 |
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author | Chaubey, Sujeet Kumar Gupta, Kapil |
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description | The increased demand for miniature components has drawn the attention of researchers, engineers, and industry users to manufacture precision micro and mesoholes on foils, sheets, and plates made from a variety of engineering materials. These days, micro-drilling is extensively being adopted as a fundamental operation in all kinds of smart manufacturing industries to make different types of microholes, such as through holes, blind holes, and taper holes on micro-parts and components. Drilled holes with a diameter of less than 1 mm are referred to as microholes, while drilled holes whose diameter ranges between 1 and 10 mm are known as mesoholes. Meso and microholes are commonly referred to as fine-holes. Modern or advanced drilling processes are mostly used to drill microholes from a variety of materials. This paper presents an extensive review of the previous research conducted on the drilling of fine holes (meso and micro size) by spark- erosion-based processes along with highlighting work and tool electrode materials, specifications of drilled holes, types of microholes (through or blind holes), process parameters, performance measures, and key findings. The paper aims to facilitate researchers and scholars by highlighting the capabilities of spark erosion machining, drilling, and its variants to fabricate miniature holes. The paper ends with a conclusion and future research directions to encourage further work in this area. |
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spelling | pubmed-92300462022-06-25 Developing Meso and Microholes by Spark-Erosion Based Drilling Processes: A Critical Review Chaubey, Sujeet Kumar Gupta, Kapil Micromachines (Basel) Review The increased demand for miniature components has drawn the attention of researchers, engineers, and industry users to manufacture precision micro and mesoholes on foils, sheets, and plates made from a variety of engineering materials. These days, micro-drilling is extensively being adopted as a fundamental operation in all kinds of smart manufacturing industries to make different types of microholes, such as through holes, blind holes, and taper holes on micro-parts and components. Drilled holes with a diameter of less than 1 mm are referred to as microholes, while drilled holes whose diameter ranges between 1 and 10 mm are known as mesoholes. Meso and microholes are commonly referred to as fine-holes. Modern or advanced drilling processes are mostly used to drill microholes from a variety of materials. This paper presents an extensive review of the previous research conducted on the drilling of fine holes (meso and micro size) by spark- erosion-based processes along with highlighting work and tool electrode materials, specifications of drilled holes, types of microholes (through or blind holes), process parameters, performance measures, and key findings. The paper aims to facilitate researchers and scholars by highlighting the capabilities of spark erosion machining, drilling, and its variants to fabricate miniature holes. The paper ends with a conclusion and future research directions to encourage further work in this area. MDPI 2022-05-31 /pmc/articles/PMC9230046/ /pubmed/35744499 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mi13060885 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Chaubey, Sujeet Kumar Gupta, Kapil Developing Meso and Microholes by Spark-Erosion Based Drilling Processes: A Critical Review |
title | Developing Meso and Microholes by Spark-Erosion Based Drilling Processes: A Critical Review |
title_full | Developing Meso and Microholes by Spark-Erosion Based Drilling Processes: A Critical Review |
title_fullStr | Developing Meso and Microholes by Spark-Erosion Based Drilling Processes: A Critical Review |
title_full_unstemmed | Developing Meso and Microholes by Spark-Erosion Based Drilling Processes: A Critical Review |
title_short | Developing Meso and Microholes by Spark-Erosion Based Drilling Processes: A Critical Review |
title_sort | developing meso and microholes by spark-erosion based drilling processes: a critical review |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9230046/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35744499 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mi13060885 |
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