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MANUFACTURINGMANUFACTURINGPROCESSESPROCESSES

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Lecture 10Lecture 10:: Machining ProcessesMachining Processes

DR. SOTIRIS L. OMIROU

Grinding and otherGrinding and other Abrasive Machining ProcessesAbrasive Machining Processes

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Abrasive machining uses tools that are made of tiny, hardparticles of crystalline materials.

Abrasive particles have irregular shape and sharp edges.

The workpiece surface is machined by removing very

tiny amounts of material at random points where a particle

contacts it.By using a large number of particles, the effect is averaged

over the entire surface, resulting in very good surface

finish and excellent dimension control, even for hard,

brittle workpieces.

Abrasive machining is also used to machine brittle

materials. Such materials cannot be machined easily

by conventional cutting processes since they would

fracture and crack in random fashion.

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1. To improve the surface finish of a part manufacturedby other processes.

Examples:

(a)A steel injection molding die is machined by milling.The surface finish must be improved for better plastic flow,either by manual grinding using shaped grinding tools,or by electro-grinding.

(b) The internal surface of the cylinders of a car engine areturnedon a lathe. The surface is then made smooth by grinding,followed by honing and lapping to get an extremely good,mirror-like finish.

(c) Sand-paper is used to smooth a rough cut piece of wood.

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2. To improve the dimensional tolerance of a partmanufactured by other processes

Examples:

(a)ball-bearings are formed into initial round shape by a forging

process; this is followed by a grinding process in a specially

formed grinding die to get extremely good diameter control

( 15m).

(b) Knives are made from forged steel; the steel is then

hardened;

finally, a grinding operation is used to give a sharp cutting

ed e.

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3. To remove unwanted materials of a cutting process

Examples:

(a)Drilling and milling often leave tiny, sharp chips along the

outer edges of the surface created by the tool these are

called

burrs. Tapered grinding wheels are used to remove the burr(the

process is called deburring).

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4. To cut hard brittle materials

Examples:

(a)Most semiconductor IC chips are made from silicon; thestarting point is a long bar of a crystal of silicon (the diameteris usually

8cm, 15cm or 30cm, and length up to 200 cm). This rod must

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sliced into thin circular slices; each slice is used to make alargenumber of ICs. A diamond abrasive wheel is used to cut therodinto slices.

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Common abrasive materials are Aluminum Oxide and Silicon

Carbide. For harder materials and high precision applications,

superabrasives (Cubic Boron Nitride and diamond powder),

which are extremely hard materials, are used.

Abrasive materials have two properties: high hardness, and

high friability. Friability means that the abrasive particles arebrittle, and fracture after some amount of use, creating new

sharp edges that will again perform more abrasion.

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Several types of abrasive tools. They all contain abrasive grainsthat are glued together using resin or hardened rubber. Sometimes,the abrasive particles may be embedded in metal or ceramic.

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It is important for the bonding material to be softer than the

abrasive. Also, the bonding material is selected to release the

abrasive particles and wear away after some amount of use this

keeps exposing fresh abrasive particles to the workpiece

continuously.

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The mean size of abrasive particle used in each tool determinesthe rate at which it will cut, and the quality of surface finish itwill provide. Low material removal rate leads to better surface,which is achieved by using very fine grains. Grain size isexpressed using numbers, small numbers like 10 mean largegrains, and large numbers, e.g. 100 mean fine grain. You cansee this in the grades of sand-paper.

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Schematic illustration of a physical model of a grindingwheel, showing its structure and wear and fracturepatterns.

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types of grindingtypes of grinding

wheels madewheels made

with conventionalwith conventional

abrasives. Noteabrasives. Note

that each wheelthat each wheel

has a specifichas a specific

grinding face.grinding face.

Grinding onGrinding on

other surfaces isother surfaces is

improper andimproper and

unsafe.unsafe.

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Variables in surface grinding. In actual grinding, the wheeldepth of cut d, and contact length, l, are much smaller than thewheel diameter, D. The dimension t is called the grain depth ofcut.

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There are several types of grinding machines. The main ones aresurface or flat grinders, grinding wheels, cylindrical grinders and

centerless grinders. The figure below shows examples of a few of

these.

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Surface or flat grinders produce flat

surfaces. The part is held on the flat

table (steel parts can be held by a

magnetic force this is called

magnetic chucking). The table

moves in a reciprocating motion

(X-axis), and the rotating wheel is

lowered (Z-axis) so that it just

scrapes along the surface. After each

reciprocating cycle, the part is fed by

a small amount along the Y-axis.

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Schematic illustration of a horizontal-spindle surfacegrinder. The majority of grinding operations are doneon such machines.

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Schematic illustration of surface-grinding operations:

(a) Traverse grinding with a horizontal-spindle surfacegrinder.

(b) Plunge grinding with a horizontal-spindle surfacegrinder, producing a groove in the workpiece.

(c) Vertical-spindle rotary-table grinder

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To improve dimension control on

cylindrical parts, centerless grinders,

which use long cylindrical wheels, are

employed. The axis of the regulating

wheel and grinding wheel are slightly

misaligned, causing the part to travelslowly in the axial direction, and after

some time, the part automatically moves

beyond the length of the wheel.

Controlling the angle of misalignment

can control the time that the part is

subjected to grinding.

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Schematic illustration of centerless-grindingoperations.

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(a) cylindrical surfaces, (b) conical surfaces, (c) fillets on ashaft, (d) helical profiles, (e) concave shape, (f) cutting offor slotting with thin wheels, and (g) internal grinding.

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HoningHoningHoningHoningHoningHoningHoningHoning

Honing is a finishing operation used to improve the formtolerance of an internal cylindrical surface in particular, itis used to improve the cylindricity. The honing tool is ametal barholding a set of grinding stones arranged in a circularpattern. The tool brushes along the cylindrical part surfaceby rotating, and moving up-and-down along its axis. Youcan identify a honed surface by looking for the helicalcross-hatched scratch marks on the part surface.

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Schematic illustration of a honing tool to improve thesurface finish of bored or ground holes.

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Schematic illustration of the superfinishing processfor a cylindrical part: (a) cylindrical microhoning;(b) centerless microhoning.

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Lapping is a finishing operation. The lapping tool is madeof metal, leather, or cloth, impregnated with very fineabrasive particles. For preparing the surface of siliconwafers, lapping operations use a flat metal disc thatrotates a small distance above the part. The gap is filledwith a slurry containing fine abrasive grains. The rotationof the disc causes the slurry to flow relative to the partsurface, resulting in very fine surface finish. This processgives dimensional tolerances of 0.5m, and surface

finish of up to 0.1 m.

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(a) Schematic illustration of the lapping process.

(b) Production lapping on flat surfaces.

(c) Production lapping on cylindrical surfaces.

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