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Reducing diameter of steel wire using electrochemical etching
October 29, 2009
Dear Sir,
I am a university student and I am doing some experiments.
I have 1.3 mm diameter wire of pure steel and I want to reduce its diameter up to 50-100 um.
Will electrochemical etching do the job ?
What will be the concentration of electrolyte and which electrolyte to use ?
I want diameter reduced uniformly not taper.
Please help..
Student - Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
You might get lucky and have it work, but I will bet against it being a uniform shape/diameter for most people. You should be able to buy a small quantity of this wire commercially.
If you need it, someone else probably does also.
- Navarre, Florida
October 30, 2009
Have a tungsten carbide piece EDM drilled with an orifice calibrated to that dimension, then descale and clean the wire and pull it through.
Guillermo MarrufoMonterrey, NL, Mexico
November 3, 2009
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