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Using Electrochemisty to Machine Metal

VSEPR_VOID - 9-4-2020 at 17:40

I thought I would share my latest project :)

I am using electrochemical machining to make microfluidic devices. I am operating at less than one percent efficiency and am still able to slice right through steel a few microns a second. If I were to use less current, a less concentrated solution of saline, and a thinner electrode, then I could maybe mill channels a few microns wide.

I am also looking into capillary tube versions of this process.

https://grabcad.com/library/lab-box-ecm-and-3d-printer-1