Study on the Characteristics of New Abrasive Medium for Abrasive Flow Machining

Abstract:

Abrasive medium plays an important role in the application of abrasive flow machining (AFM), a process that finishes complex internal and external geometries. A new abrasive medium needs to be fabricated due to a lack of literature on it. In this work, a new abrasive medium was fabricated by using styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) as carrier and DF-101S was used to study its characterization. Results showed that new abrasive medium with good fluidity and temperature stability was obtained. Processing experiments have also been carried out by using new abrasive medium and MLLD60, and ZYGO was used to study the surface characteristics of the work-piece. Experimental results indicate that the new abrasive medium is applicable to AFM process.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 797)
• Pages: 417-422
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.797.417
• Online since: September 2013
• Authors: Hang Gao, You Zhi Fu, Jian Hui Zhu, Ming Yu Wu, Yu Wen Sun
• Keywords: Abrasive Flow Machining, Abrasive Medium, Surface Roughness (SR), Temperature Stability, Viscoelasticity

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