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Surface Polishing of Metal Mold Using Wax-Coated Abrasive SiC Particles

Journal Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 154 - 155)
Volume Materials Processing Technologies
Edited by Zhengyi Jiang, Xianghua Liu and Jinglong Bu
Pages 1813-1816
DOI 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.154-155.1813
Citation Shie Chen Yang et al., 2010, Advanced Materials Research, 154-155, 1813
Online since October, 2010
Authors Shie Chen Yang, Tsuo Fei Mao, Hsi Chuan Huang, Feng Che Tsai, Jiuan Hung Ke
Keywords Abrasive Jet, Polishing, Surface Roughness (SR)
Abstract

This study introduces an Abrasive Jet Polishing (AJP) technique using wax-coated abrasive SiC particle to improve the polishing quality of mold surface. The experimental results showed that the surface roughness of EDM machined mold cavity improved by 82% (from 4.23 μmRa to 0.76μmRa) within 90 minutes. Moreover, the parting surface roughness improved by 94.7% (from 1.14μmRa to 0.06μmRa). We show that employing the abrasive jet polishing technique with wax-coated SiC particles, not only the mold surface roughness got a good improvement, but also significantly shorten the polishing time.

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