The design of an experimental eccentric lapping apparatus which allows lapping of 13.4 mm diameter ceramic ball blanks at a small batch (15 balls each time) is described. Preliminary experimental investigation on the influences of the lapping load and speed, the diamond particle sizes, the different lapping fluid mixtures has been conducted.
ceramic ball with G5 grade, and the roundness value is close to the requirement of G5. The variable-radius groove lap-ping method is very suitable for improving the precision of batch lapping for ceramic balls. Keywords Ceramic balls, lapping, variable-radius groove, Taguchi method, roundness Date received: 9 February …
In resent years, ceramic balls have been applied into precision bearings and other parts far and wide because of its advantages in light weight, high hardness, abrasive resistance, high-temperature resistance, corrosion resistance, little heat expansion coefficient and so on. The high-precision ceramic balls are machined by lapping usually, and the method …
brief review on the finishing process of ceramic balls is presented. The design of an experimental eccentric lapping apparatus which allows lapping of 13.4 mm diameter …
Ceramic balls are produced via powder metallurgy and compared to steel balls are preferred due to their special physical and mechanical properties. Ceramic balls can reach the desired surface finishing, sphericity, and diameter by finishing processes such as grinding, lapping, and polishing. By considering the length of time and high …
1 The polishing process of advanced ceramic balls using a novel eccentric lapping machine J. Kang a,*, M. Hadfield b aSchool of Engineering and Design, Brunel University, UK b School of Design, Engineering & Computing, Bournemouth University, UK Abstract: The finishing process of advanced ceramic balls can be divided into two steps. The first …
Lapping and polishing is a process by which material is precisely removed from a workpiece (or specimen) to produce a desired dimension, surface finish, or shape. The process of lapping and polishing materials has been applied to a wide ... Polishing with a lapping plate is a common process used in the case of metals and hard ceramic type ...
To improve low lapping efficiency of silicon nitride balls in conventional lapping process, fixed abrasive lapping technology for ceramic balls is investigated in this paper. Diamond abrasives and photosensitive resin are used to fabricate the fixed abrasive plate. The lapped ball surface is observed with microscopy to identify the dominant wear …
A brief review of the methods for finishing ceramic balls is presented. The design of a novel eccentric lapping machine for finishing advanced ceramic balls is described. The …
Ceramic balls are expected to become useful for tougher bearings than conventional ones. However, the conventional ball lapping method which uses a couple of flat and V-groove lapping plates ...
To study the lapping process and sphere-shaping mechanism of ceramic ball under Dual Rotating Plates (DRP) lapping mode and reduce the experiment trails, a …
A novel eccentric lapping machine is used for polishing hot isostatically pressed (HIPed) silicon nitride balls. In the initial polishing stage, the polishing load is demonstrated as being most influential in the reduction of surface roughness value R a.However, in the later polishing stages, the erosive process played a major role in the further reduction of R a, …
An experimental study on lapping ceramic balls with variable-radius groove was carried out. Taguchi method was used to design the orthogonal experiment of rough lapping, and the material removal rate (MRR) and the roundness were selected as evaluation indicators. The signal to noise ratio (S/N) and the analysis of variance were …
To study the lapping process and sphere-shaping mechanism of ceramic ball under DRP lapping mode and reduce the experiment trails, a simulation method utilising the section-dividing conception that special surface is divided into zones by latitude circles and longitude circles with certain step lengths is used. To study the lapping …
ceramic ball with G5 grade, and the roundness value is close to the requirement of G5. The variable-radius groove lap-ping method is very suitable for …
The design of a novel eccentric lapping machine for finishing advanced ceramic balls is described. The kinematics of eccentric lapping is analysed and discussed, the symbolic expressions for the ball spin angular speed, ω c, ball spin angle, β, and ball circulation angular speed, ω c, are derived and numerical solutions are plotted.
Theoretical and experimental study of ceramic balls lapping with eccentric plates and eccentric V-groove Article 20 July 2021. Processing of high-precision ceramic balls with a spiral V-groove plate Article Open access 31 March 2017. Establishment of material removal model for lapping ceramic balls with variable-radius groove plate ...
DOI: 10.1243/0954405011518728 Corpus ID: 136523066; A novel eccentric lapping machine for finishing advanced ceramic balls @article{Kang2001ANE, title={A novel eccentric lapping machine for finishing advanced ceramic balls}, author={Junmo Kang and Mark Hadfield}, journal={Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: …
Theoretical and experimental study of ceramic balls lapping with eccentric plates and eccentric V-groove Article 20 July 2021. 1 Introduction. Demand for high-precision, high-performance, and highly automated equipment is increasing along with the rapid development of industrial technologies. All the industries have a high number of …
Ball Check Valves — Ball Poppet Valves — Ball and Seat Valves — Ball Valves — Diamond Impregnated Lapping Ball — Diamond Impregnated Lapping Ball on a Stem. Designing and building a leak-tight ball valve …
An experimental study on lapping ceramic balls with variable-radius groove was carried out. Taguchi method was used to design the orthogonal experiment of rough lapping, and the material removal ...
Dual Rotated Plates (DRP) eccentric lapping mode is developed on the base of traditional eccentric lapping mode for precise balls. Spin angle is an important target of expressing ball rotation in ...
The design of a novel eccentric lapping machine for finishing advanced ceramic balls is described. The kinematics of eccentric lapping is analysed and discussed, the symbolic expressions for the ball spin angular speed, ω c, ball spin angle, β, and ball circulation angular speed, ω c, are derived and numerical solutions are plotted.
Abstract The finishing process of advanced ceramic balls can be divided into two steps. The first step is lapping in which most of the stock from the ball is removed at a higher material removal rate. The …
Sphere shaping mechanism is discussed and a new principle for lapping ceramic balls using three pads rotating independently is analyzed as well as its movement equations in the paper. During lapping process, the spin angle of ball can change from -90° to 90°, by controlling the rotating speed of pads and the ball surface can be covered …
Lee R, Hwang Y, Chiou Y. Lapping of ultra-precision ball surfaces. Part I: Concentric V-groove lapping system. International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture, 2006, 46(10): 1146–1156. Google Scholar Kang J, Hadfield M. The effects of lapping load in finishing advanced ceramic balls on a novel eccentric lapping machine.
The lapping and polishing re sults of advanced ceramic balls on the novel eccen tric lapping machine are superexcellent. Kinematic analysis reveals that t he most influential parameters are the ...
This paper aims to obtain the best shape accuracy evaluation algorithm for silicon nitride ceramic balls after lapping, and to extract the initial signal of the ball surface to improve the accuracy … Expand. 2 [PDF] 1 Excerpt; Save. Advances in ultra-precision machining of bearing rolling elements.
To improve low lapping efficiency of silicon nitride balls in conventional lapping process, fixed abrasive lapping technology for ceramic balls is investigated in this paper.
The lapping of ceramic green balls are very difficult because of causing breakage or chipping easily in lapping process. This paper deals with the experimental …