Improvement of magnetic induction-wire sawing process using a magnetic system

Abstract

ABSTRACTMagnetic induction-free abrasive wire sawing is a hybrid process that applies a homogeneous magnetic field to transport more abrasives into the sawing channel. This causes the performance of wire sawing significantly improved. Magnetic field strength is a key factor in determining the magnetic force acting on the magnetic abrasives, then affecting the quantity of abrasives adsorbed on the saw wire surface. However, the background magnetic induction strength produced by two permanent magnets is limited in this process. To further investigate the influence of magnetic field strength on the wire sawing performance, a magnetic system, which is based on the magnetic circuit design principle and the structure of single-wire sawing machine, is designed and fabricated. The magnetic field characteristics of the designed magnetic system are investigated both by numerical simulations and experiments. An experimental setup that installs the fabricated magnetic system on the single-wire sawing machine is built to conduct the magnetic induction-wire sawing experiments. The results show that the optimal magnetic induction strength is about B0 = 135 mT. In this case, the kerf loss is decreased by 10% compared to the free abrasive wire sawing technology without a magnetic field.