Industrial Project (2019-2020)

Development of an ultrasonic vibration device for µEDM machine

Micromachining technologies have been at the forefront due to massive demands in many engineering, production and manufacturing sectors. Micro Electric Discharge Machining (μ-EDM) is one of the most commonly used tool based micromachining techniques available to produce microscopic features and components for various industries. However, one of the drawbacks of μEDM is the slow speed of the process. In order to improve the machining performance by reducing the machining time, researchers have tried to implement ultrasonic-assisted (UA) μEDM operation. However, no product is available in the market that is dedicated to μEDM machine to produce ultrasonic vibration. This project aimed to develop an ultrasonic vibration device that can be integrated into a commercial mEDM machine. We designed and fabricated the fixture as well as the control circuitry for the vibration device.

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Development of a desktop µEDM machine for microhole fabrication

This project targets to develop a desktop μEDM machine to produce pin hole devices for laser applications. This project is supported by a local Malaysian company.

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The prototype of the desktop EDM machine