Abstract

Almaz Mullayanovich Khanov, Karim Ravilevich Muratov and Evgeniy Anatolyevich Gashev

DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.13005/ojc/320144

In this paper the methods of ceramic materials treatments are summarized. For the treatment of a technical ceramics the grinding and finishing processes including the description of the treatment steps are reported. In the first step, up to 80% of the material is polished away and the grinding is carried out at increased velocities using a tool with larger grains. In the second step of grinding, the amount of the removed material is decreased and this step is carried out using the abrasive tool with smaller grains. The third step referred as finishing is done by diamond abrasive micro-powders and a paste with a certain grain size. Often, after this step the polishing is performed in order to achieve the precision class of 1-3 and low surface roughness. The abrasive finishing of the materials based on the oxide ceramics VSH-75 is investigated. It is found that the performance ability of the diamond micro-powder is higher by a factor of 15-30 compared to the electrocorundum and green silicon carbide micro-powders. By increasing the graininess, the amount of removed material and the roughness of a treated surface are increased. In order to achieve the Rz=0.8 µm it is recommended to use a synthetic diamond micro-powder ASM20. Additionally, the influence of the contact pressure of the part onto the lap in the range from 25 to 150 kPa is investigated. With the increase of the contact pressure from 25 to 50 kPa, the total removal is significantly increasing whereas the relative diamond micro-powder consumption and surface roughness are essentially decreasing. Further increase of the contact pressure up to 150 kPa has smaller effect on the process parameters, while the cracks appear at the tool surface deteriorating the external view of the tool. The optimal contact pressure during finishing of the ceramic using the cast iron lap SCH-28 is about 50-100 kPa

technical ceramics; abrasive finishing; surface finishing; total material removal

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