Experimental investigation of the magnetorheological polishing process with roller
Industrial Lubrication and Tribology
ISSN: 0036-8792
Article publication date: 17 July 2018
Issue publication date: 17 August 2018
Abstract
Purpose
This paper aims to develop a new magnetorheological polishing (MRP) device with roller and investigate the polishing mechanism of MRP fluids using this new device.
Design/methodology/approach
The principle of MRP process with roller is discussed, and then the structure of the polishing device is designed in detail. The polishing experiments of K9 glass are carried out using MRP device with roller.
Findings
A series of tests are performed to evaluate the effect of the excitation gaps, working gap and polishing time on the polishing characteristics, and the optimized polishing parameters can be obtained. The surface roughness Ra of the sample is reduced from 359 to 38 nm under optimized polishing parameters.
Originality/value
MRP method with roller is proposed in this paper, and the MRP device with roller can reduce the surface roughness Ra significantly. After being polished, the circular ring-shaped polishing belt disappears on the workpiece surface, which means it has great potential for polishing.
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Acknowledgements
This project is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51375247, 51775101), Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant No. N170304017), and Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 2017M610181).
Citation
Song, W., Li, H., Ma, J., Hu, Z. and Shi, P. (2018), "Experimental investigation of the magnetorheological polishing process with roller", Industrial Lubrication and Tribology, Vol. 70 No. 6, pp. 1060-1065. https://doi.org/10.1108/ILT-12-2017-0367
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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