CAE-ECM system for electrochemical technology of parts and tools

This paper presents the concept and prototype of a computer aided engineering (CAE) system that can be used to solve different task of electrochemical machining (ECM), such as: tool-electrode design, selection of optimal machining variant and input machining parameters optimization. The system uses computer simulation software that was developed for various kinds of ECM operations like: electrochemical (EC) sinking, EC milling, EC smoothing, ECM-CNC with a universal electrode and numerically controlled electrode movement, etc. The results of computer simulation of different ECM processes and results of experimental verifications are also presented in the paper.