Research on generation of three-dimensional surface with micro-electrolyte jet machining

This paper proposes a method to generate three-dimensional surfaces with micro-electrolyte jet machining and discusses how to determine the nozzle path and scanning speed. In order to verify the effectiveness of the proposed method, calculated and machined results were compared. It was found that three-dimensional surfaces can be generated by superimposing elemental curved grooves, and good agreement between the cross-sectional shapes of the superimposed and machined surfaces with those of the target surface proves the effectiveness of the proposed method. In addition, layer-by-layer machining with optimized interval of the nozzle path is an effective way to reduce machining errors.