Non-traditional Machining Techniques

Non-traditional Machining Techniques for Fabricating Metal Aerospace Filters

Thanks to recent advances in manufacturing technology, aerospace system designers have many more options to fabricate high-quality, low-weight, high-capacity, cost-effective filters. Aside from traditional methods such as stamping, drilling and milling,many new approaches have been widely used in filter-manufacturing practices on account of their increased processing abilities. However, the restrictions on costs, the need for studying under stricter conditions such as in aggressive fluids, the complicity in design, the workability of materials, and others have made it difficult to choose a satisfactory method from the newly developed processes, such as,photochemical machining (PCM), photo electroforming (PEF) and laser beam machining (LBM) to produce small, inexpensive, lightweight aerospace filters. This article appraises the technical and economical viability of PCM, PEF, and LBM to help engineers choose the fittest approach to turn out aerospace filters.

作 者： Wang Wei Zhu Di D.M.Allen H.J.A.Almondb   作者单位： Wang Wei,Zhu Di(Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Precision and Micro-manufacturing Technology,Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics,Nanjing 210016,China)

D.M.Allen,H.J.A.Almondb(School of Applied Sciences,Cranfield University,Bedford MK430AL,UK) 

刊 名： 中国航空学报(英文版)  ISTIC 英文刊名： CHINESE JOURNAL OF AERONAUTICS  年，卷(期)： 2008 21(5)  分类号： V2  关键词： aerospace filter   photochemical machining   photo electroforming   laser beam machining