Paper Title:

An Approach to the Influence of Flotative Abrasive Balls on Polishing Process

Periodical Materials Science Forum (Volumes 532 - 533)
Main Theme Advances in Materials Manufacturing Science and Technology II
Edited by Chengyu Jiang, Geng Liu, Dinghua Zhang and Xipeng Xu
Pages 393-396
DOI 10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.532-533.393
Citation Yong Dai et al., 2006, Materials Science Forum, 532-533, 393
Online since December, 2006
Authors Yong Dai, Qian Fa Deng, Xun Lv, Ju Long Yuan, Xun Jie Yu
Keywords Flotage, Flotative Abrasive Ball , Polishing, Removal Rate, Surface Roughness (SR)
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Abstract

Polishing with Flotative Abrasive Balls(FABs) is a kind of soft contact polishing means, and the conventional polishing plate and pad are not needed in this case. The pressure of polishing is the flotage which is the upward force that a fluid exerts on the FABs, but the movement of work piece is similar to that in conventional polishing, the removal rate and quality of polishing is influenced by FAB and its flotage. An experiment device is built up and two kinds of FAB are designed and produced. Some primary experiments are carried out in order to investigate the influences of the size of FABs on the removal rate and surface roughness in polishing with FABs. It is found from the experiments that the grain size and the layers of FAB may have great influence on the removal rate of polishing; the surface roughness is mainly decided by the ball diameter and the layers of FAB. The results of experiments are discussed and analyzed, it indicates that the efficiency and quality depend on flotage and the number of active grains when the velocity of workpiece is assigned.