MEMS （micro-electric-mechanical-system） required for miniature, thin mechanical parts as a structural member; e.g., the miniature pumping system consisted of ten to twelve thin metallic plates before joining. At pre...MEMS （micro-electric-mechanical-system） required for miniature, thin mechanical parts as a structural member; e.g., the miniature pumping system consisted of ten to twelve thin metallic plates before joining. At present, those thin shaped sheets were fabricated by the chemical etching. Their geometric inaccuracy as well as long leading time often became an engineering issue. Micro-piercing process was expected to make mass production of thin sheet products with complex and accurate geometry for much shorter leading time once the die for this micro-piercing was built in. In the present paper, a new plasma nitriding-assisted printing was proposed as an automatic production line to fabricate the micro-piercing punch. After preparation of CAD-data of the punch head, its two dimensional geometry was ink-jet printed directly on the AISI420 stainless steel die-substrate. The unprinted surface area was only plasma nitrided at 693 K for 14.4 ks to transform this two dimensional micro-pattern to the three dimensional hardness distribution in the AISI420 substrate. Through the mechanical removal of ink-jet printed area, the flat punch head with sharp edge comers was fabricated in much shorter duration time than the end-milling. SEM-EDX, surface profiling measurement as well as micro-hardness testing were employed to describe each step in the above plasma printing. The thin MEMS stainless steel part with a micro-pendulum as well as three S-letter shaped springs was taken for an example to describe this automatic production procedure of plasma printing from the CAD data mining to the micro-piercing punch finishing.展开更多
A new nanocrystallization process was designed, which included punching the surface coating to generate dislocation network or cells and recovery treatment to turn the dislocation cells into nano-sized grains. The eff...A new nanocrystallization process was designed, which included punching the surface coating to generate dislocation network or cells and recovery treatment to turn the dislocation cells into nano-sized grains. The effort was made to increase the service life of Nb-Ti stabilized 439M stainless steel surface with medium passive ability, particularly to enhance the outmost surface layer by nanocrystallization for improving resistances to corrosion. Electrochemical properties, electron work functions （EWFs）, nano-mechanical properties of the nanocrystallized surfaces were investigated. It was demonstrated that the nanocrystallized 439M stainless steel surface exhibited improved resistance to corrosion in 0.5 mol/L H2 SO4 solution. However, the nanoci＇ystallized 439M stainless steel surface exhibited decreased resistance to corrosion in 3.5% NaCl solution.展开更多
文摘MEMS （micro-electric-mechanical-system） required for miniature, thin mechanical parts as a structural member; e.g., the miniature pumping system consisted of ten to twelve thin metallic plates before joining. At present, those thin shaped sheets were fabricated by the chemical etching. Their geometric inaccuracy as well as long leading time often became an engineering issue. Micro-piercing process was expected to make mass production of thin sheet products with complex and accurate geometry for much shorter leading time once the die for this micro-piercing was built in. In the present paper, a new plasma nitriding-assisted printing was proposed as an automatic production line to fabricate the micro-piercing punch. After preparation of CAD-data of the punch head, its two dimensional geometry was ink-jet printed directly on the AISI420 stainless steel die-substrate. The unprinted surface area was only plasma nitrided at 693 K for 14.4 ks to transform this two dimensional micro-pattern to the three dimensional hardness distribution in the AISI420 substrate. Through the mechanical removal of ink-jet printed area, the flat punch head with sharp edge comers was fabricated in much shorter duration time than the end-milling. SEM-EDX, surface profiling measurement as well as micro-hardness testing were employed to describe each step in the above plasma printing. The thin MEMS stainless steel part with a micro-pendulum as well as three S-letter shaped springs was taken for an example to describe this automatic production procedure of plasma printing from the CAD data mining to the micro-piercing punch finishing.
基金financial support from Alberta Science and Research Authority (ASRA)University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB)+1 种基金Alberta Energy Research Institute (AERI/COURSE)Syncrude Canada Ltd.
文摘A new nanocrystallization process was designed, which included punching the surface coating to generate dislocation network or cells and recovery treatment to turn the dislocation cells into nano-sized grains. The effort was made to increase the service life of Nb-Ti stabilized 439M stainless steel surface with medium passive ability, particularly to enhance the outmost surface layer by nanocrystallization for improving resistances to corrosion. Electrochemical properties, electron work functions （EWFs）, nano-mechanical properties of the nanocrystallized surfaces were investigated. It was demonstrated that the nanocrystallized 439M stainless steel surface exhibited improved resistance to corrosion in 0.5 mol/L H2 SO4 solution. However, the nanoci＇ystallized 439M stainless steel surface exhibited decreased resistance to corrosion in 3.5% NaCl solution.
