Electrical discharge machining

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An electrical discharge machine

Electrical discharge machining (EDM), also known as spark machining, spark eroding,
burning, die sinking, wire burning or wire erosion, is a manufacturing process whereby a
desired shape is obtained by using electrical discharges (sparks).[1] Material is removed from the
work piece by a series of rapidly recurring current discharges between two electrodes, separated
by a dielectric liquid and subject to an electric voltage. One of the electrodes is called the tool-
electrode, or simply the "tool" or "electrode," while the other is called the workpiece-electrode,
or "work piece." The process depends upon the tool and work piece not making actual contact.

When the voltage between the two electrodes is increased, the intensity of the electric field in the
volume between the electrodes becomes greater than the strength of the dielectric (at least in
some places), which breaks down, allowing current to flow between the two electrodes. This
phenomenon is the same as the breakdown of a capacitor (condenser) (see also breakdown
voltage). As a result, material is removed from the electrodes. Once the current stops (or is
stopped, depending on the type of generator), new liquid dielectric is usually conveyed into the
inter-electrode volume, enabling the solid particles (debris) to be carried away and the insulating
properties of the dielectric to be restored. Adding new liquid dielectric in the inter-electrode
volume is commonly referred to as "flushing." Also, after a current flow, the difference of
potential between the electrodes is restored to what it was before the breakdown, so that a new
liquid dielectric breakdown can occur.

Contents
 1 History
 o 1.1 Die-sink EDM

o 1.2 Wire-cut EDM

 2 Generalities

 3 Definition of the technological parameters

 4 Material removal mechanism

 5 Types

o 5.1 Sinker EDM

o 5.2 Wire EDM

o 5.3 Fast hole drilling EDM

 6 Applications

o 6.1 Prototype production

o 6.2 Coinage die making

o 6.3 Small hole drilling

o 6.4 Metal disintegration machining

o 6.5 Closed loop manufacturing

 7 Advantages and disadvantages

 8 Custom/DIY EDM machines

 9 See also

 10 References

 11 Bibliography

 12 External links

History
The erosive effect of electrical discharges was first noted in 1770 by English physicist Joseph
Priestley.[2]

Die-sink EDM

Two Russian scientists, B. R. Lazarenko and N. I. Lazarenko, were tasked in 1943 to investigate
ways of preventing the erosion of tungsten electrical contacts due to sparking. They failed in this
task but found that the erosion was more precisely controlled if the electrodes were immersed in
a dielectric fluid. This led them to invent an EDM machine used for working difficult-to-machine
materials such as tungsten. The Lazarenkos' machine is known as an R-C-type machine, after the
resistor–capacitor circuit (RC circuit) used to charge the electrodes.[3]

Simultaneously but independently, an American team, Harold Stark, Victor Harding, and Jack
Beaver, developed an EDM machine for removing broken drills and taps from aluminium
castings. Initially constructing their machines from feeble electric-etching tools, they were not
very successful. But more powerful sparking units, combined with automatic spark repetition and
fluid replacement with an electromagnetic interrupter arrangement produced practical machines.
Stark, Harding, and Beaver's machines were able to produce 60 sparks per second. Later
machines based on their design used vacuum tube circuits that were able to produce thousands of
sparks per second, significantly increasing the speed of cutting.[4]

Wire-cut EDM

The wire-cut type of machine arose in the 1960s for the purpose of making tools (dies) from
hardened steel. The tool electrode in wire EDM is simply a wire. To avoid the erosion of material
from the wire causing it to break, the wire is wound between two spools so that the active part of
the wire is constantly changing. The earliest numerical controlled (NC) machines were
conversions of punched-tape vertical milling machines. The first commercially available NC
machine built as a wire-cut EDM machine was manufactured in the USSR in 1967. Machines
that could optically follow lines on a master drawing were developed by David H. Dulebohn's
group in the 1960s at Andrew Engineering Company[5] for milling and grinding machines. Master
drawings were later produced by computer numerical controlled (CNC) plotters for greater
accuracy. A wire-cut EDM machine using the CNC drawing plotter and optical line follower
techniques was produced in 1974. Dulebohn later used the same plotter CNC program to directly
control the EDM machine, and the first CNC EDM machine was produced in 1976.[6]

Commercial wire EDM capability and use has advanced substantially during recent decades.[7]
Feed rates have increased[7] and surface finish can be finely controlled.[7]

Generalities
1 Pulse generator (DC). 2 Workpiece. 3 Fixture. 4 dielectric fluid. 5 Pump. 6 Filter. 7 Tool
holder. 8 Spark. 9 Tool.

Electrical discharge machining is a machining method primarily used for hard metals or those
that would be very difficult to machine with traditional techniques. EDM typically works with
materials that are electrically conductive, although methods have also been proposed for using
EDM to machine insulating ceramics[8][9]. EDM can cut intricate contours or cavities in pre-
hardened steel without the need for heat treatment to soften and re-harden them. This method can
be used with any other metal or metal alloy such as titanium, hastelloy, kovar, and inconel. Also,
applications of this process to shape polycrystalline diamond tools have been reported.[10]

EDM is often included in the "non-traditional" or "non-conventional" group of machining

methods together with processes such as electrochemical machining (ECM), water jet cutting
(WJ, AWJ), laser cutting and opposite to the "conventional" group (turning, milling, grinding,
drilling and any other process whose material removal mechanism is essentially based on
mechanical forces).[11]

Ideally, EDM can be seen as a series of breakdown and restoration of the liquid dielectric in-
between the electrodes. However, caution should be exerted in considering such a statement
because it is an idealized model of the process, introduced to describe the fundamental ideas
underlying the process. Yet, any practical application involves many aspects that may also need
to be considered. For instance, the removal of the debris from the inter-electrode volume is likely
to be always partial. Thus the electrical properties of the dielectric in the inter-electrodes volume
can be different from their nominal values and can even vary with time. The inter-electrode
distance, often also referred to as spark-gap, is the end result of the control algorithms of the
specific machine used. The control of such a distance appears logically to be central to this
process. Also, not all of the current between the dielectric is of the ideal type described above:
the spark-gap can be short-circuited by the debris. The control system of the electrode may fail to
react quickly enough to prevent the two electrodes (tool and workpiece) from coming into
contact, with a consequent short circuit. This is unwanted because a short circuit contributes to
material removal differently from the ideal case. The flushing action can be inadequate to restore
the insulating properties of the dielectric so that the current always happens in the point of the
inter-electrode volume (this is referred to as arcing), with a consequent unwanted change of
shape (damage) of the tool-electrode and workpiece. Ultimately, a description of this process in a
suitable way for the specific purpose at hand is what makes the EDM area such a rich field for
further investigation and research.[12]

To obtain a specific geometry, the EDM tool is guided along the desired path very close to the
work; ideally it should not touch the workpiece, although in reality this may happen due to the
performance of the specific motion control in use. In this way, a large number of current
discharges (colloquially also called sparks) happen, each contributing to the removal of material
from both tool and workpiece, where small craters are formed. The size of the craters is a
function of the technological parameters set for the specific job at hand. They can be with typical
dimensions ranging from the nanoscale (in micro-EDM operations) to some hundreds of
micrometers in roughing conditions.

The presence of these small craters on the tool results in the gradual erosion of the electrode.
This erosion of the tool-electrode is also referred to as wear. Strategies are needed to counteract
the detrimental effect of the wear on the geometry of the workpiece. One possibility is that of
continuously replacing the tool-electrode during a machining operation. This is what happens if a
continuously replaced wire is used as electrode. In this case, the correspondent EDM process is
also called wire EDM. The tool-electrode can also be used in such a way that only a small
portion of it is actually engaged in the machining process and this portion is changed on a regular
basis. This is, for instance, the case when using a rotating disk as a tool-electrode. The
corresponding process is often also referred to as EDM grinding.[13]

A further strategy consists in using a set of electrodes with different sizes and shapes during the
same EDM operation. This is often referred to as multiple electrode strategy, and is most
common when the tool electrode replicates in negative the wanted shape and is advanced
towards the blank along a single direction, usually the vertical direction (i.e. z-axis). This
resembles the sink of the tool into the dielectric liquid in which the workpiece is immersed, so,
not surprisingly, it is often referred to as die-sinking EDM (also called conventional EDM and
ram EDM). The corresponding machines are often called sinker EDM. Usually, the electrodes of
this type have quite complex forms. If the final geometry is obtained using a usually simple-
shaped electrode which is moved along several directions and is possibly also subject to
rotations, often the term EDM milling is used.[14]

In any case, the severity of the wear is strictly dependent on the technological parameters used in
the operation (for instance: polarity, maximum current, open circuit voltage). For example, in
micro-EDM, also known as μ-EDM, these parameters are usually set at values which generates
severe wear. Therefore, wear is a major problem in that area.

The problem of wear to graphite electrodes is being addressed. In one approach, a digital
generator, controllable within milliseconds, reverses polarity as electro-erosion takes place. That
produces an effect similar to electroplating that continuously deposits the eroded graphite back
on the electrode. In another method, a so-called "Zero Wear" circuit reduces how often the
discharge starts and stops, keeping it on for as long a time as possible.[15]

Definition of the technological parameters

Difficulties have been encountered in the definition of the technological parameters that drive the
process.

Two broad categories of generators, also known as power supplies, are in use on EDM machines
commercially available: the group based on RC circuits and the group based on transistor
controlled pulses.

In the first category, the main parameters to choose from at setup time are the resistance(s) of the
resistor(s) and the capacitance(s) of the capacitor(s). In an ideal condition these quantities would
affect the maximum current delivered in a discharge which is expected to be associated with the
charge accumulated on the capacitors at a certain moment in time. Little control, however, is
expected over the time duration of the discharge, which is likely to depend on the actual spark-
gap conditions (size and pollution) at the moment of the discharge. The RC circuit generator can
allow the user to obtain short time durations of the discharges more easily than the pulse-
controlled generator, although this advantage is diminishing with the development of new
electronic components.[16] Also, the open circuit voltage (i.e. the voltage between the electrodes
when the dielectric is not yet broken) can be identified as steady state voltage of the RC circuit.

In generators based on transistor control, the user is usually able to deliver a train of pulses of
voltage to the electrodes. Each pulse can be controlled in shape, for instance, quasi-rectangular.
In particular, the time between two consecutive pulses and the duration of each pulse can be set.
The amplitude of each pulse constitutes the open circuit voltage. Thus, the maximum duration of
discharge is equal to the duration of a pulse of voltage in the train. Two pulses of current are then
expected not to occur for a duration equal or larger than the time interval between two
consecutive pulses of voltage.

The maximum current during a discharge that the generator delivers can also be controlled.
Because other sorts of generators may also be used by different machine builders, the parameters
that may actually be set on a particular machine will depend on the generator manufacturer. The
details of the generators and control systems on their machines are not always easily available to
their user. This is a barrier to describing unequivocally the technological parameters of the EDM
process. Moreover, the parameters affecting the phenomena occurring between tool and electrode
are also related to the controller of the motion of the electrodes.

A framework to define and measure the electrical parameters during an EDM operation directly
on inter-electrode volume with an oscilloscope external to the machine has been recently
proposed by Ferri et al.[17] These authors conducted their research in the field of μ-EDM, but the
same approach can be used in any EDM operation. This would enable the user to estimate
directly the electrical parameters that affect their operations without relying upon machine
manufacturer's claims. When machining different materials in the same setup conditions, the
actual electrical parameters of the process are significantly different.[17]

Material removal mechanism

The first serious attempt of providing a physical explanation of the material removal during
electric discharge machining is perhaps that of Van Dijck.[18] Van Dijck presented a thermal
model together with a computational simulation to explain the phenomena between the
electrodes during electric discharge machining. However, as Van Dijck himself admitted in his
study, the number of assumptions made to overcome the lack of experimental data at that time
was quite significant.

Further models of what occurs during electric discharge machining in terms of heat transfer were
developed in the late eighties and early nineties, including an investigation at Texas A&M
University with the support of AGIE, now Agiecharmilles. It resulted in three scholarly papers:
the first presenting a thermal model of material removal on the cathode,[19] the second presenting
a thermal model for the erosion occurring on the anode[20] and the third introducing a model
describing the plasma channel formed during the passage of the discharge current through the
dielectric liquid.[21] Validation of these models is supported by experimental data provided by
AGIE.

These models give the most authoritative support for the claim that EDM is a thermal process,
removing material from the two electrodes because of melting or vaporization, along with
pressure dynamics established in the spark-gap by the collapsing of the plasma channel.
However, for small discharge energies the models are inadequate to explain the experimental
data. All these models hinge on a number of assumptions from such disparate research areas as
submarine explosions, discharges in gases, and failure of transformers, so it is not surprising that
alternative models have been proposed more recently in the literature trying to explain the EDM
process.

Among these, the model from Singh and Ghosh[22] reconnects the removal of material from the
electrode to the presence of an electrical force on the surface of the electrode that could
mechanically remove material and create the craters. This would be possible because the material
on the surface has altered mechanical properties due to an increased temperature caused by the
passage of electric current. The authors' simulations showed how they might explain EDM better
than a thermal model (melting or evaporation), especially for small discharge energies, which are
typically used in μ-EDM and in finishing operations.

Given the many available models, it appears that the material removal mechanism in EDM is not
yet well understood and that further investigation is necessary to clarify it,[17] especially
considering the lack of experimental scientific evidence to build and validate the current EDM
models.[17] This explains an increased current research effort in related experimental techniques.
[12]

In this conclusion, there are following major factors are achieved during machining operations:

 Resulting foremost conclusions can be stated from review of work in this area that EDM
performance is generally evaluated on the basis of TWR, MRR, Ra and hardness.

 In Material removal rate (MRR) from all selected parameters, spark current (I) is the
most significant input factor affecting the machining of workpiece.
  The performance is affected by discharge current, pulse on time, pulse off time, duty
cycle, voltage for EDM.

 For tool wear rate (TWR) from the all selected parameters, spark current (I) is the most
significant input factor affecting the machining of workpiece followed by spark time and
voltage.

 Innovative technology in the EDM is unceasingly progressing to make this procedure

further appropriate for the Machining. In the field of manufacturing additional attention is
on the optimization of the method by dropping the number of Electrode [23].

Types
Sinker EDM

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Sinker EDM allowed quick production of 614 uniform injectors for the J-2 rocket engine, six of
which were needed for each trip to the moon.[24]

Sinker EDM, also called cavity type EDM or volume EDM, consists of an electrode and
workpiece submerged in an insulating liquid such as, more typically,[25] oil or, less frequently,
other dielectric fluids. The electrode and workpiece are connected to a suitable power supply.
The power supply generates an electrical potential between the two parts. As the electrode
approaches the workpiece, dielectric breakdown occurs in the fluid, forming a plasma channel,[12]
[19][20][21]
and a small spark jumps.

These sparks usually strike one at a time,[25] because it is very unlikely that different locations in
the inter-electrode space have the identical local electrical characteristics which would enable a
spark to occur simultaneously in all such locations. These sparks happen in huge numbers at
seemingly random locations between the electrode and the workpiece. As the base metal is
eroded, and the spark gap subsequently increased, the electrode is lowered automatically by the
machine so that the process can continue uninterrupted. Several hundred thousand sparks occur
per second, with the actual duty cycle carefully controlled by the setup parameters. These
controlling cycles are sometimes known as "on time" and "off time", which are more formally
defined in the literature.[12][17][26]
The on time setting determines the length or duration of the spark. Hence, a longer on time
produces a deeper cavity for that spark and all subsequent sparks for that cycle, creating a
rougher finish on the workpiece. The reverse is true for a shorter on time. Off time is the period
of time between sparks. A longer off time, for example, allows the flushing of dielectric fluid
through a nozzle to clean out the eroded debris, thereby avoiding a short circuit. These settings
can be maintained in microseconds. The typical part geometry is a complex 3D shape,[25] often
with small or odd shaped angles. Vertical, orbital, vectorial, directional, helical, conical,
rotational, spin and indexing machining cycles are also used.

Wire EDM

CNC Wire-cut EDM machine

1 Wire. 2 Electrical discharge erosion (Electric arc). 3 Electrical potential. 4 Workpiece.

In wire electrical discharge machining (WEDM), also known as wire-cut EDM and wire cutting,
[27]
a thin single-strand metal wire, usually brass, is fed through the workpiece, submerged in a
tank of dielectric fluid, typically deionized water.[25] Wire-cut EDM is typically used to cut plates
as thick as 300mm and to make punches, tools, and dies from hard metals that are difficult to
machine with other methods. The wire, which is constantly fed from a spool, is held between
upper and lower diamond guides which is centered in a water nozzle head. The Charmilles
Robofill 300 uses carbide guides. The guides, usually CNC-controlled, move in the x–y plane.
On most machines, the upper guide can also move independently in the z–u–v axis, giving rise to
the ability to cut tapered and transitioning shapes (circle on the bottom, square at the top for
example). The upper guide can control axis movements in the GCode standard, x–y–u–v–i–j–k–
l–. This allows the wire-cut EDM to be programmed to cut very intricate and delicate shapes.
The upper and lower diamond guides are usually accurate to 0.004 mm (0.16 mils), and can have
a cutting path or kerf as small as 0.021 mm (0.83 mils) using Ø 0.02 mm (0.79 mils) wire, though
the average cutting kerf that achieves the best economic cost and machining time is 0.335 mm
(13.2 mils) using Ø 0.25 mm (9.8 mils) brass wire. The reason that the cutting width is greater
than the width of the wire is because sparking occurs from the sides of the wire to the work
piece, causing erosion.[25] This "overcut" is necessary, for many applications it is adequately
predictable and therefore can be compensated for (for instance in micro-EDM this is not often
the case). Spools of wire are long — an 8 kg spool of 0.25 mm wire is just over 19 kilometers in
length. Wire diameter can be as small as 20 μm (0.79 mils) and the geometry precision is not far
from ± 1 μm (0.039 mils). The wire-cut process uses water as its dielectric fluid, controlling its
resistivity and other electrical properties with filters and PID controlled de-ionizer units. The
water flushes the cut debris away from the cutting zone. Flushing is an important factor in
determining the maximum feed rate for a given material thickness. Along with tighter tolerances,
multi axis EDM wire-cutting machining centers have added features such as multi heads for
cutting two parts at the same time, controls for preventing wire breakage, automatic self-
threading features in case of wire breakage, and programmable machining strategies to optimize
the operation. Wire-cutting EDM is commonly used when low residual stresses are desired,
because it does not require high cutting forces for removal of material. If the energy/power per
pulse is relatively low (as in finishing operations), little change in the mechanical properties of a
material is expected due to these low residual stresses, although material that hasn't been stress-
relieved can distort in the machining process. The work piece may undergo a significant thermal
cycle, its severity depending on the technological parameters used. Such thermal cycles may
cause formation of a recast layer on the part and residual tensile stresses on the work piece. If
machining takes place after heat treatment, dimensional accuracy will not be affected by heat
treat distortion.[28]

Fast hole drilling EDM

Fast hole drilling EDM was designed for producing fast, accurate small and deep holes. It is
conceptually akin to sinker EDM but the electrode is a rotating tube conveying a pressurized jet
of dielectric fluid. It can make a hole an inch deep in about a minute and is a good way to
machine holes in materials too hard for twist-drill machining. This EDM drilling type is used
largely in the aerospace industry, producing cooling holes into aero blades and other components.
It is also used to drill holes in industrial gas turbine blades, in molds and dies, and in bearings.

Applications
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Prototype production
The EDM process is most widely used by the mold-making, tool, and die industries, but is
becoming a common method of making prototype and production parts, especially in the
aerospace, automobile and electronics industries in which production quantities are relatively
low. In sinker EDM, a graphite, copper tungsten, or pure copper electrode is machined into the
desired (negative) shape and fed into the workpiece on the end of a vertical ram.

Coinage die making

Master at top, badge die workpiece at bottom, oil jets at left (oil has been drained). Initial flat
stamping will be "dapped", see sinking (metalworking), to give a curved surface.

For the creation of dies for producing jewelry and badges, or blanking and piercing (through use
of a pancake die) by the coinage (stamping) process, the positive master may be made from
sterling silver, since (with appropriate machine settings) the master is significantly eroded and is
used only once. The resultant negative die is then hardened and used in a drop hammer to
produce stamped flats from cutout sheet blanks of bronze, silver, or low proof gold alloy. For
badges these flats may be further shaped to a curved surface by another die. This type of EDM is
usually performed submerged in an oil-based dielectric. The finished object may be further
refined by hard (glass) or soft (paint) enameling, or electroplated with pure gold or nickel. Softer
materials such as silver may be hand engraved as a refinement.
EDM control panel (Hansvedt machine). Machine may be adjusted for a refined surface
(electropolish) at end of process.

Small hole drilling

A turbine blade with internal cooling as applied in the high-pressure turbine.

Small hole drilling EDM machines.

Small hole drilling EDM is used in a variety of applications.

On wire-cut EDM machines, small hole drilling EDM is used to make a through hole in a
workpiece through which to thread the wire for the wire-cut EDM operation. A separate EDM
head specifically for small hole drilling is mounted on a wire-cut machine and allows large
hardened plates to have finished parts eroded from them as needed and without pre-drilling.

Small hole EDM is used to drill rows of holes into the leading and trailing edges of turbine
blades used in jet engines. Gas flow through these small holes allows the engines to use higher
temperatures than otherwise possible. The high-temperature, very hard, single crystal alloys
employed in these blades makes conventional machining of these holes with high aspect ratio
extremely difficult, if not impossible.

Small hole EDM is also used to create microscopic orifices for fuel system components,
spinnerets for synthetic fibers such as rayon, and other applications.

There are also stand-alone small hole drilling EDM machines with an x–y axis also known as a
super drill or hole popper that can machine blind or through holes. EDM drills bore holes with a
long brass or copper tube electrode that rotates in a chuck with a constant flow of distilled or
deionized water flowing through the electrode as a flushing agent and dielectric. The electrode
tubes operate like the wire in wire-cut EDM machines, having a spark gap and wear rate. Some
small-hole drilling EDMs are able to drill through 100 mm of soft or through hardened steel in
less than 10 seconds, averaging 50% to 80% wear rate. Holes of 0.3 mm to 6.1 mm can be
achieved in this drilling operation. Brass electrodes are easier to machine but are not
recommended for wire-cut operations due to eroded brass particles causing "brass on brass" wire
breakage, therefore copper is recommended.

Metal disintegration machining

Several manufacturers produce EDM machines for the specific purpose of removing broken tools
(drill bits, taps, bolts and studs) from work pieces. In this application, the process is termed
"metal disintegration machining" or MDM. The metal disintegration process removes only the
center of the tap, bolt or stud leaving the hole intact and allowing a part to be reclaimed.

Closed loop manufacturing

Closed loop manufacturing can improve the accuracy and reduce the tool costs

Advantages and disadvantages

Advantages of EDM include machining of:

 Complex shapes that would otherwise be difficult to produce with conventional cutting
tools.

 Extremely hard material to very close tolerances.

 Very small work pieces where conventional cutting tools may damage the part from
excess cutting tool pressure.

 There is no direct contact between tool and work piece. Therefore, delicate sections and
weak materials can be machined without perceivable distortion.

 A good surface finish can be obtained; a very good surface may be obtained by redundant
finishing paths.
  Very fine holes can be attained.

 Tapered holes may be produced.

 Pipe or container internal contours and internal corners down to R .001".

Disadvantages of EDM include:

 Difficulty finding expert machinists.

 The slow rate of material removal.

 Potential fire hazard associated with use of combustible oil based dielectrics.

 The additional time and cost used for creating electrodes for ram/sinker EDM.

 Reproducing sharp corners on the workpiece is difficult due to electrode wear.

 Specific power consumption is very high.

 Power consumption is high.

 "Overcut" is formed.

 Excessive tool wear occurs during machining.

 Electrically non-conductive materials can be machined only with specific set-up of the
process.[29]

Custom/DIY EDM machines

Commercial EDM machines are not considered suitable for hobby/garage use, as the cost of a
commercial machine is even a substantial investment for most companies, let alone individuals.
Next to the cost, commercial machines require a lot of floor space and industrial 3-phase mains
power.

However, the versatility of EDM has been recognized by the DIY maker community and custom
designed wire EDM machines have been rising in popularity, of which several examples can be
seen on YouTube. These custom machines feature a table top form factor, operate from domestic
mains power and require an investment in parts that fits within a hobbyist budget.

This rise in popularity is mainly due to the recent change in availability of required parts. In
particular, the release of an EDM arc generator in 2018, which was designed specifically for easy
integration into custom EDM machines, signaled this change. Prior to this release, all
components required to build a custom EDM machine were available however the arc generator
itself still required a custom design, which is a real engineering challenge.

See also
 Electro chemical machining

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