Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] EDM Fluid
Posted by
bjammin@i...
on 2002-06-11 04:47:28 UTC
At 08:52 AM 6/10/02 -0700, you wrote:
They're nothing more than a linear path of ions in medium, existing for an
instant before the current flows. The spark itself makes a pathway that's
vapor, not vacuum. It does condense back to liquid water, but that is not
the same as cavitation, which produces a vacuum having ability to displace
metal on its own. Cavitation collapse is instantaneous and focused.
Condensation takes a bit more time. As for what does displace metal under
spark, I don't think you need anything but a bit of vaporised metal blowing
up from impact point.
an excellent medium for mobilizing ions, allowing them to come together.
filtration and then he talks about two resins, one each for releasing H+
and OH- ions in exchange for metal ions. I'm still wondering where all the
ions are coming from, and also why home softeners don't use similar resins.
Must be expense.
sense to use a medium that has surface charge state though as most
colloidial sized materials have such a charge and that would respond to
charged filter medium. If the resins work by capturing a charged particle
and release only one ion in exchange, it sounds like quite a bargain.
with solid trodes. BTW, by using a trode that rotates and is grooved, one
need not feed the work zone with pressurized fluid.
Regards, Hoyt
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>A half remembered blurb by Agie or Charmilles(I can't remember which)That's OK with me, point was ionization channels don't do that themselves.
>seemed, to me, to state that the spark vapourizes or melts the substrate,
>but it is the gas bubble collapse at the end of the cycle that actually
>blasts the molten bit free, and that the molten remnant that is left behind
>forms the recast layer.
They're nothing more than a linear path of ions in medium, existing for an
instant before the current flows. The spark itself makes a pathway that's
vapor, not vacuum. It does condense back to liquid water, but that is not
the same as cavitation, which produces a vacuum having ability to displace
metal on its own. Cavitation collapse is instantaneous and focused.
Condensation takes a bit more time. As for what does displace metal under
spark, I don't think you need anything but a bit of vaporised metal blowing
up from impact point.
>The ionization of some of the metal is not too far fetched when you considerApparently not, someone else commented on this too. Water as we all know is
>the energies involved, and of course, the presence of water should hold them
>stable in the ionized state.
an excellent medium for mobilizing ions, allowing them to come together.
>I was always operating under the belief that ionization was not exclusivelyQuite true.
>a consequence of solution but could also be achieved by high energies, such
>as those used to create plasmas (ion clouds??)
>The deionizing resin bed, from my understanding, substitutes H+ for metalI saw ref to that on one of the sites someone posted. First, he talks about
>ions and OH- for non-metal ions.
filtration and then he talks about two resins, one each for releasing H+
and OH- ions in exchange for metal ions. I'm still wondering where all the
ions are coming from, and also why home softeners don't use similar resins.
Must be expense.
>I do know that the conductivity sensors in the water system operate a valveI think we're dealing largely with filtration systems here. It does make
>that directs water into the resin bed when the conductivity rises above the
>threshold set by the valve and sensor.
sense to use a medium that has surface charge state though as most
colloidial sized materials have such a charge and that would respond to
charged filter medium. If the resins work by capturing a charged particle
and release only one ion in exchange, it sounds like quite a bargain.
>To drag this whole discussion back to the practical; I contend that theThat sounds quite reasonable.
>practical problems in using water as the dielectric in a home brew system
>are not trivial, and center around keeping the dielectric sufficiently
>non-conductive to maintain reasonable properties.
>With our rather crude home made electronics for control of all the otherI agree.
>things that need to happen for the system to work well, it seems to me, that
>ignoring this aspect of the process invites poor results.
>Distilling the water in the family teakettle and then using it in the beliefI use oil but I'd buy distilled water instead of trying to make it.
>that it has been optimized for use and will stay that way long enough to do
>useful amounts of work doesn't strike me as the best way.
>Don't forget, as Mark Fraser pointed out...you will consume a fair bit ofQuite true, but so far all I've had to do is minor sinking and contouring
>expensive wire to make your cut.
with solid trodes. BTW, by using a trode that rotates and is grooved, one
need not feed the work zone with pressurized fluid.
Regards, Hoyt
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