A novel magnetorheological finishing process based on three revolving flat tip tools for external cylindrical surfaces

Abstract

The magnetorheological finishing technique based on a stationary curved tip tool is found less effective in finishing external cylindrical surfaces. Therefore, three revolving flat tip tools-based magnetorheological finishing process which utilises the rotation of both workpiece and tools have been developed to address the issues of the existing method. Also, a feed mechanism has been built to provide the longitudinal movement to the workpiece. A workpiece of mild steel has been finished by both developed and existing methods. It has been observed that after finishing 1 hour 30 minutes with a stationary curved tip tool, surface roughness values Ra, Rq, and Rz decrease by 69.29%, 64.41%, and 61.26%, respectively. Whereas, the reduction in the surface roughness value of Ra, Rq, and Rz by 85.38%, 84.51%, and 82.7%, respectively, have been noted after finishing with the three revolving flat tip tools process at the same parameters and conditions.