Abrasive Jet Finishing Research Articles

Examination of the Material Removal Mechanisms During the Abrasive Jet Finishing of 45 Steel

The abrasive jet finishing is a kind of compound machining process that combines grinding with loose particles finishing: a slurry of an abrasive and a liquid solvent is injected into the grinding zone between the grinding wheel and work surface, under grinding wheel stops cut-in feed conditions, after workpiece grinding has been done. The abrasive particles are driven and energized by the rotating grinding wheel, liquid hydrodynamic pressure, and increased slurry speed between the grinding wheel and work surface to achieve micro-removal finishing. In this paper, the material removal mechanisms of abrasive jet finishing with grinding wheel as restraint was investigated, based on the size ratio of characteristic particle size to film thickness between grinding wheel and workpiece. The single abrasive movement characteristic was studied under two-body lapping and three-body polishing mode. The critical condition for transformation from two-body lapping to three-body polishing was analyzed. Experiments were conducted for theoretical modes verification. It was found that the theoretical analysis is accordant with experimental results.

Theoretical Modeling and Experimental Verification of Surface Roughness in Abrasive Jet Finishing

Based on the modeling and experiments concerning the surface roughness in abrasive jet finishing with grinding wheel as restraint, the effect of abrasive size, abrasive fluid concentration, machining cycle, wheel velocity and carrier fluid on machined surface quality was investigated. Surface grinder M7120 was employed in a jet machining experiment conducted with W18Cr4V and 40Cr materials, profilometer TALYSURF was used to measure the micro geometrical parameters after machining, and SEM was used to observe surface micro-morphology. Experimental results show that with W7 Al2O3 powder at the mass fraction of 10% and antirust lubricating liquid being adopted in jet machining for 20 to 30 cycles, not only high surface shape precision can be kept or obtained, but also defect-free machined surface with the roughness of Ra0.15～1.6µm can be obtained with high efficiency. Experimental observation and experimental results proved that the experimental results agree well with a mechanism-based machining model.

Power Spectral Density and Cross Correlation Function Analysis of Finished Surface by Abrasive Jet with Grinding Wheel as Restraint

The abrasive jet finishing process with wheel as restraint is a kind of compound precision finishing process that combined grinding with abrasive jet machining, in which inject slurry of abrasive and liquid solvent to grinding zone between grinding wheel and work surface under no radial feed condition when workpiece grinding were accomplished. The abrasive particles are driven and energized by the rotating grinding wheel and liquid hydrodynamic pressure and increased slurry speed between grinding wheel and work surface to achieve micro removal finishing.In the paper,the finished surface morphology was studied using Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and microscope and microcosmic geometry parameters were measured with TALYSURF5 instrument respectively. According to the metrical results, the surface topographical characteristics were evaluated with correlation function and PSD (Power Spectral Density) of random process about machined surface before and after finishing. The results show that longitudinal geometry parameter values of finishing machining surface were diminished comparing with ground surface,and the mean ripple distance was decreased and, ripple and peak density were increased. Furthermore, the finished surface has little comparability compared to grinding machining surface.The isotropy surface and uniformity veins at parallel and perpendicular machining direction were attained by abrasive jet precision finishing with grinding wheel as restraint and the surface quality is improved obviously.

Experimental Investigations into Roughness Finished by Abrasive Jet with Grinding Wheel as Restraint

The process technique on abrasive jet finishing process with wheel as restrain was investigated by experimental. The effects of different particle size, abrasive concentration, machining cycles, the velocity of grinding wheel and medium type on surface quality were analyzed. Experiments were performed with plane grinder M7120 and workpiece material 40Cr steel. The machined surface morphology was studied using Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and microscope and microcosmic geometry parameters were measured with TALYSYURF5 instrument respectively. The experimental results under percentage 10 abrasive concentration, Al2O3 abrasive particle with W7 size and machining 20～30 circles showing the novelty process method, not only to attain higher surface form accuracy, to diminish grinding defects such as severely deformation, surface layer pollution and ground burnout, but also to can acquire efficiently free defects finishing surface with Ra0.15～1.6µm and finally achieve high efficiency, high precision and low roughness values. Furthermore, integrate grinding process and abrasive jet finishing process into one feature.

Experimental Investigations into Roughness Finished by Abrasive Jet with Grinding Wheel as Restraint

The process technique on abrasive jet finishing process with wheel as restrain was investigated by experimental. The effects of different particle size, abrasive concentration, machining cycles, the velocity of grinding wheel and medium type on surface quality were analyzed. Experiments were performed with plane grinder M7120 and workpiece material 40Cr steel. The machined surface morphology was studied using Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and microscope and microcosmic geometry parameters were measured with TALYSYURF5 instrument respectively. The experimental results under percentage 10 abrasive concentration, Al2O3 abrasive particle with W7 size and machining 20～30 circles showing the novelty process method, not only to attain higher surface form accuracy, to diminish grinding defects such as severely deformation, surface layer pollution and ground burnout, but also to can acquire efficiently free defects finishing surface with Ra0.15～1.6µm and finally achieve high efficiency, high precision and low roughness values. Furthermore, integrate grinding process and abrasive jet finishing process into one feature.

The Correlation and Spectrum Research on Cylindrical Surface Lapping Machined with Abrasive Jet Finishing Restricted by Grinding Wheel

With the correlation in stochastic process applied to the experimental results, the surface during grinding and further lapping with abrasive jet finishing (AJF) restricted by grinding wheel was investigated with respect to auto correlation function (ACF) , cross correlation function (CCF) and power spectral density (PSD) analysis. The results indicated that AJF made the surface contour formed periodicity in a small range and removed fluctuation of the surface contour in low frequency greatly. The average spacing of the surface contour decreased and the machined surfaces changed from continuous parallel micro-groove and plough to randomly distributed discontinuous micro-pit with the increase of machining circles. The surface texture became fine and surface roughness was obviously improved. Furthermore, the isotropy surface and uniformity veins both parallel and perpendicular machining direction was attained by the finishing process to improve greatly the wearable capability of the workpiece.

Theoretical Analysis and Experimental Verification of Validity Finished by Abrasive Jet with Grinding Wheel as Restraint

The integration manufacturing technology is a kind of compound precision finishing process that combined grinding with abrasive jet finishing, in which inject slurry of abrasive and liquid solvent into grinding zone between grinding wheel and work surface under no radial feed condition when workpiece grinding were accomplished. The abrasive particles are driven and energized by the rotating grinding wheel and liquid hydrodynamic pressure and increased slurry speed between grinding wheel and work surface to achieve micro removal finishing. In the paper, the machining process validity was verified by experimental investigation. Experiments were performed with plane grinder M7120 and workpiece material 40Cr steel which was ground with the surface roughness mean values of Ra=0.6μm. The machined surface morphology was studied using Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and metallography microscope and microcosmic geometry parameters were measured with TALYSURF5 instrument respectively. The experimental results show the novelty process method, not only can obviously diminish longitudinal geometry parameter values of ground surface, but also can attain isotropy surface and uniformity veins at parallel and perpendicular machining direction. Furthermore, the finished surface has little comparability compared to grinding machining surface and the process validity was verified.

Fractal Characterization and Simulation of Surface Microtopography Machined with Abrasive Jet Precision Finishing with Grinding Wheel as Restraint

Abrasive jet finishing process is a novel process whose objective is to remove surface defect layer and to diminish roughness and ripple after grinding. Experiments were performed with plane grinderM7120 and workpiece material 45# steel which was ground with the surface roughness values of Ra =0.2-0.6 μm . The machined surface morphology was studied using SEM and the microcosmic geometry parameters were measured with MICROMESVRE2 instrument. In this paper, with the fractal dimension, Ra , Rq and the supporting rate curve, the surfaces of grinding machining and abrasive jet finishing machining were researched. The result indicated that the machined surfaces changed from continuous parallel micro-groove and plough to randomly distributed discontinuous micro-pit could be observed with the increase of machining circles and surface roughness was obviously improved. Furthermore, the isotropy surface and uniformity veins both parallel and perpendicular machining direction were attained by abrasive jet precision finishing with grinding wheel as restraint. The supporting rate curve of the surface profile can be increased. This is favorable for the wearable capability of the workpiece.

Power Spectral Density Analysis Finished Surface by Abrasive Jet with Grinding Wheel as Restraint

The abrasive jet finishing process with wheel as restraint is a kind of compound precision finishing process that combined grinding with abrasive jet precision machining, in which inject slurry of abrasive and liquid solvent to grinding zone between grinding wheel and work surface under no depth of cut feed condition when workpiece grinding were accomplished. The abrasive particles are driven and energized by the rotating grinding wheel and liquid hydrodynamic pressure and increased slurry speed between grinding wheel and work surface to achieve micro removal machining. The micro removal machining with grinding wheel as restraint, not only to attain higher surface form accuracy but also to can efficiently acquire defect-free finishing surface with Ra0.15~1.6$m and finally achieve high efficiency, high precision and low roughness values, furthermore, integrating grinding process and abrasive jet finishing into one features. In the paper, surface topography finished by abrasive jet with grinding wheel as restraint was analyzed and evaluated with power spectral density function. Experiments were performed with plane grinder M7120 and workpiece material 45 steel. The machined surface morphology was studied using Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and the microscope and microcosmic geometry parameters were measured with TALYSURF5 instrument. The experimental results show that microcosmic geometry parameter values were diminished comparing with ground surface. Furthermore, the mean ripple peak distancing was decreased and, ripple and peak density were increased. The results indicate that surface qualities by machined with abrasive jet precision finishing were improved obviously.

Study on Surface Topography and Tribological Characteristics Finished by Abrasive Jet with Grinding Wheel as Restraint

The abrasive jet finishing process with wheel as restraint is a kind of compound precision finishing process that combined grinding with abrasive jet machining, in which inject slurry of abrasive and liquid solvent to grinding zone between grinding wheel and work surface under no radial feed condition when workpiece grinding were accomplished. The abrasive particles are driven and energized by the rotating grinding wheel and liquid hydrodynamic pressure and increased slurry speed between grinding wheel and work surface to achieve micro removal machining. The micro removal machining with grinding wheel as restraint, not only to attain higher surface form accuracy but also to can acquire efficiently defect-free finishing surface with Ra0.15～ 1.6μm and finally achieve high efficiency, high precision and low roughness values, furthermore, integrating grinding process and abrasive jet process into one features. In the paper, surface topography and tribological characteristics finished by abrasive jet with grinding wheel as restraint were analyzed. Experiments were performed with plane grinder M7120 and workpiece material Q235A. The machined surface morphology was studied using SEM and the microscope and microcosmic geometry parameters were measured with TALSURF5 instrument. The experimental results show that microcosmic geometry parameter values were diminished comparing with ground surface. The tribological characteristics of finished surface were also investigated with pin on disk wear tester of MG-2000. The experimental results show that the friction coefficient and wear amounts of finishing machining surface were obviously decreased comparing with ground surface. As a result, life and precision consistency of finished workpiece were improved.

Precision Abrasive Jet Finishing of Cemented Carbide

Recently a technique has been developed to mold aspheric glass lenses by using cemented carbide dies at elevated temperature. The dies are precisely ground by an ultraprecision grinding machine. However the obtained form accuracy is generally around 100nm and is not enough high. In this study, to investigate a possibility of corrective figuring of the dies, a series of experiments of abrasive jet machining of cemented carbide was conducted and fundamental machining characteristics were examined. The used abrasives were fine grains of silicon carbide and aluminum oxide. The silicon carbide abrasives could accomplish a sufficient material removal. Both the material removal rate and the surface roughness increase as the collision angle increases up to 90 degrees. Therefore, in order to obtain a smooth surface finish, it was necessary to take a smaller collision angle and to slow down the material removal rate.