Analysis Of Surface Texture Generated By A Flexible Magnetic Abrasive Brush

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Статья. Опубликована в журнале "J. Wear". – 2005. – Vol. 259 – P. 1254–1261.
Авторы: Dhirendra K. Singh, V.K. Jain, V. Raghurama, R. Komanduri.
Статья на английском языке.
Название на русском языке: Анализ текстуры поверхности, сформированной эластичной магнитно-абразивной щеткой.
Аннотация к статье на английском языке: The application of magnetic field in the control of manufacturing processes has become of interest in recent past. In magnetic abrasive finishing (MAF) process, magnetic force plays a dominant role in the formation of flexible magnetic abrasive brush (FMAB) and developing abrasion pressure. The process is still in its infancy in many respects. Most of the previous research has explored the process characteristics and mechanism from a macroscopic point of view using surface roughness profiles. This paper examines the microscopic changes in the surface texture resulting from the MAF process to characterise the behavior of abrasive particles during finishing. In addition to the surface roughness measurement, atomic force and scanning electron microscopy have been carried out to gain insight of the wear pattern of the finished surface. The observed surface texture indicates that the process creates micro scratches having width less than 0.5 m on the finished surface. Moreover, the surface is finished by the shearing of the peaks resulting in circular lays formed by the rotation of the FMAB.

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Wear 259 (2005) 1254–1261 Analysis of surface texture generated by a flexible magnetic abrasive brush Dhirendra K. Singh a,1 , V.K. Jain a,∗ , V. Raghuram a , R. Komanduri b,2 b a Mechanical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur 208016, India School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA Received 28 July 2004; received in revised form 21 January 2005; accepted 2 February 2005 Abstract The application of magnetic field in the control of manufacturing processes has become of interest in recent past. In magnetic abrasive finishing (MAF) process, magnetic force plays a dominant role in the formation of flexible magnetic abrasive brush (FMAB) and developing abrasion pressure. The process is still in its infancy in many respects. Most of the previous research has explored the process characteristics and mechanism from a macroscopic point of view using surface roughness profiles. This paper examines the microscopic changes in the surface texture resulting from the MAF process to characterise the behavior of abrasive particles during finishing. In addition to the surface roughness measurement, atomic force and scanning electron microscopy have been carried out to gain insight of the wear pattern of the finished surface. The observed surface texture indicates that the process creates micro scratches having width less than 0.5 ␮m on the finished surface. Moreover, the surface is finished by the shearing of the peaks resulting in circular lays formed by the rotation of the FMAB. © 2005 Published by Elsevier B.V. Keywords: Magnetic abrasive finishing; Surface roughness; AFM; SEM 1. Introduction Finishing operations in the metal working industries are critical and an expensive phase of overall production processes. The application of magnetic field in the control of manufacturing processes in general and finishing in particular has become of interest. For example, magnetic abrasive flow machining, magnetic float polishing, magnetorheological abrasive flow finishing, and magnetic abrasive finishing (MAF) are some of such processes developed in the recent past [1]. Magnetic field assisted manufacturing processes are relatively new finishing processes and they are becoming popular in finishing, cleaning, deburrin