Investigations on a directly coupled piezoactuated tool feed system for micro electro discharge machine

Cedrat technologies

Request for information

Innovation
Cedrat technologies

Similar products

Actionneurs piezoélectriques pour positionnement rapide et précis

Discover

A wideband piezo vibration energy harvester

Discover

ACTUATOR2008 Stepping piezoelectric actuators based on APA®

Discover

Investigations on a directly coupled piezoactuated tool feed system for micro electro discharge machine

0,00 

A directly coupled piezoactuated tool feed mechanism is proposed and a prototype micro-electrodischarge machine (micro-EDM) is developed. The piezoactuator is used to feed the tool and also to sense the tool displacement from a reference position. The hysteresis behavior of the piezoactuator is also incorporated through an electromechanical model for estimating the actual tool displacement. Simulation results for piezoactuator displacement are compared with the experiment and a maximum error of 15% was observed. Further, in order to control the tool feed rate during machining, a tool feed controller based on the gap voltage feedback is developed.