Reduction in the Volumetric Wear of a Ball Polishing Tool Using Ultrasonic-Vibration-Assisted Polishing Process
Ultraprecision freeform polishing using a bonnet or a felt ball mounted on a polishing head plays an important role in the mold and lens production industries. The volumetric wear of a bonnet or a felt polishing ball is still a problem to be solved. The objective of this study was to develop an ultr...
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| description | Ultraprecision freeform polishing using a bonnet or a felt ball mounted on a polishing head plays an important role in the mold and lens production industries. The volumetric wear of a bonnet or a felt polishing ball is still a problem to be solved. The objective of this study was to develop an ultrasonic-vibration-assisted ball polishing process on a CNC machining center to improve the surface roughness of a STAVAX mold steel and to reduce the volumetric wear of the polishing ball. The optimal combination of the ultrasonic-vibration-assisted ball polishing parameters for a plane surface was determined by conducting the Taguchi L18 matrix experiments, ANOVA analysis, and verification experiments. The surface roughness of the polished specimens was improved from the burnished surface roughness of Ra 0.122 μm to Ra 0.022 μm. In applying the optimal plane surface ball burnishing and vibration-assisted spherical polishing parameters sequentially to a fine-milled and burnished aspherical lens surface carrier on a five-axis machining center, the surface roughness of Ra 0.014 μm was obtainable. The improvement in the volumetric wear of the polishing ball was about 62% using the vibration-assisted polishing process compared with the nonvibrated polishing process. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a508dc1472a3482490b4e12b6c8a75582023-11-24T16:15:13ZengMDPI AGLubricants2075-44422022-11-01101233910.3390/lubricants10120339Reduction in the Volumetric Wear of a Ball Polishing Tool Using Ultrasonic-Vibration-Assisted Polishing ProcessFang-Jung Shiou0Zhao-Li Ding1Sun-Peng Lin2Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei 104, TaiwanDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei 104, TaiwanDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei 104, TaiwanUltraprecision freeform polishing using a bonnet or a felt ball mounted on a polishing head plays an important role in the mold and lens production industries. The volumetric wear of a bonnet or a felt polishing ball is still a problem to be solved. The objective of this study was to develop an ultrasonic-vibration-assisted ball polishing process on a CNC machining center to improve the surface roughness of a STAVAX mold steel and to reduce the volumetric wear of the polishing ball. The optimal combination of the ultrasonic-vibration-assisted ball polishing parameters for a plane surface was determined by conducting the Taguchi L18 matrix experiments, ANOVA analysis, and verification experiments. The surface roughness of the polished specimens was improved from the burnished surface roughness of Ra 0.122 μm to Ra 0.022 μm. In applying the optimal plane surface ball burnishing and vibration-assisted spherical polishing parameters sequentially to a fine-milled and burnished aspherical lens surface carrier on a five-axis machining center, the surface roughness of Ra 0.014 μm was obtainable. The improvement in the volumetric wear of the polishing ball was about 62% using the vibration-assisted polishing process compared with the nonvibrated polishing process.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4442/10/12/339ultrasonic-vibration-assisted ball polishingball burnishingfive-axis CNC machining centerTaguchi’s experimental methodsurface roughnessvolumetric wear |
| spellingShingle | Fang-Jung Shiou Zhao-Li Ding Sun-Peng Lin Reduction in the Volumetric Wear of a Ball Polishing Tool Using Ultrasonic-Vibration-Assisted Polishing Process Lubricants ultrasonic-vibration-assisted ball polishing ball burnishing five-axis CNC machining center Taguchi’s experimental method surface roughness volumetric wear |
| title | Reduction in the Volumetric Wear of a Ball Polishing Tool Using Ultrasonic-Vibration-Assisted Polishing Process |
| title_full | Reduction in the Volumetric Wear of a Ball Polishing Tool Using Ultrasonic-Vibration-Assisted Polishing Process |
| title_fullStr | Reduction in the Volumetric Wear of a Ball Polishing Tool Using Ultrasonic-Vibration-Assisted Polishing Process |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reduction in the Volumetric Wear of a Ball Polishing Tool Using Ultrasonic-Vibration-Assisted Polishing Process |
| title_short | Reduction in the Volumetric Wear of a Ball Polishing Tool Using Ultrasonic-Vibration-Assisted Polishing Process |
| title_sort | reduction in the volumetric wear of a ball polishing tool using ultrasonic vibration assisted polishing process |
| topic | ultrasonic-vibration-assisted ball polishing ball burnishing five-axis CNC machining center Taguchi’s experimental method surface roughness volumetric wear |
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