Can Diamond Burnishing Be Done in an Environmentally Friendly Way?

Abstract

The study summarises the results of the analysis of the diamond burnishing process. The subject of the analysis was whether the diamond burnishing can be done with the use of the type of lubricating material which hardly pollutes the environment. Of course, we used conventional oil for lubrication as well, which served as base data. The effectiveness of the process was examined by analysing the surface roughness when changing the technological parameters such as burnishing speed, feed, and burnishing force. Besides examining the parameters of surface roughness we examined the improvement ratio of surface roughness as well as the function of burnishing technological parameters. The empirical formula for determination of the improvement ratio of surface roughness was determined by the use of factorial experimental design.