Applicability of productivity enhanced sinking-EDM of cemented carbide forming tools for bipolar plates

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Applicability of productivity enhanced sinking-EDM of cemented carbide forming tools for bipolar plates

PETERSEN Timm, VOIGTS Herman, HERRIG Tim, BERGS Thomas

Abstract. The present research uses a previously published method to reduce the duration to machine cemented carbide forming tools by SEDM. Because of the forming setup a relatively thick sheet metal was used, which is why a forming simulation was conducted beforehand to achieve a valuable design, derived from bipolarplates, to observe wear in the forming experiments.

Keywords
Cemented Carbide, Sinking-EDM, Coining, Freeform Surface, Bipolar Plate

Published online 4/24/2024, 10 pages
Copyright © 2024 by the author(s)
Published under license by Materials Research Forum LLC., Millersville PA, USA

Citation: PETERSEN Timm, VOIGTS Herman, HERRIG Tim, BERGS Thomas, Applicability of productivity enhanced sinking-EDM of cemented carbide forming tools for bipolar plates, Materials Research Proceedings, Vol. 41, pp 2534-2543, 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644903131-279

The article was published as article 279 of the book Material Forming

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