2 A cooling hole is important structure of turbine blades for high-performance aircraft engines. It is very challenging to manufacture cooling holes in superalloys including nickel-based and titanium alloys. This article aims to provide a critical assessment on the major types of machining processes for manufacturing cooling holes. The process mechanism, efficiency, form accuracy, and surface integrity of the state-of-art of four machining processes, i.e., mechanical drilling (MD), electrical discharge drilling (EDD), laser drilling (LD), and electrochemical drilling (ECD) have been thoroughly analyzed and compared in details. The future challenges and future potential research directions for the machining processes are also discussed.
Sintered neodymium-iron-boron (NdFeB) permanent magnets are widely used in many fields because of their excellent magnetic property. However, their poor corrosion resistance has been cited as a potential problem that limits their extensive application. This paper presents an experimental investigation into the improvement of surface corrosion resistance with the ultrasonic-aided electrical discharge machining (U-EDM) method. A scanning electron microscope was used to analyze the surface morphology of recast layers formed through the EDM and U-EDM processes. The chemical structure and elements of these recast layers were characterized using x-ray diffraction and energy dispersive spectroscopy. Corrosion resistance was also studied by means of potentiodynamic polarization, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, and immersion tests in 0.5 mol/L H 2 SO 4 solution. Experimental results show that an amorphous structure was formed in the recast layer during the EDM and U-EDM processes and that this structure could improve the corrosion resistance of sintered NdFeB magnets. Moreover, the corrosion resistance of U-EDM-treated surface was better than that of the EDM-treated surface.
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