What services do we offer?

Due to the stringent geometric specifications of many automotive, medical, and aerospace components, the equally complex design of the cathode tool usually creates a bottleneck in developing an ElectroChemical Machining (ECM) process. In general, it takes several “trial” wet runs to establish the optimum cathode tool design needed to produce the correct component shape and meet specifications.

Elsyca will provide an exact definition of the required cathodic tool design. Starting from the cathode tool design, defined as the negative image of the targeted workpiece, the geometry is optimized through 3D simulation taking into account following phenomena:

• ohmic drop in the electrolyte;
• cathodic polarization;
• anodic polarization (including efficiency values);
• anode shape changes over time;
• cathode tool feed rate.

This results in a cathode tool design that guarantees to produce the exact predefined workpiece shape with the electrochemical machining process.

What value do we bring?

A cathode tool design obtained through simulation can guarantee that the process will work as it is intended to, even for the most stringent and challenging specifications. As such, it allows significantly speeding up product development and reducing time-to-market by avoiding trial-and-error efforts.

Examples of cathode tool design projects can be explored by clicking here.