Magnetic-abrasive finishing with new diffusion-alloyed materials based on dispersed metal waste

The article discusses the issues of assessing the effectiveness of the use of new diffusion-alloyed ferromagnetic abrasive materials in the technology of magnetic abrasive finishing. The productivity of processing and the roughness of the processed surface were evaluated as they are considered to be the main performance criteria of ferric-abrasive powders (FAP). There were researched three types of powders: common Fe-TiC powder, obtained by the sintering (as a reference), and two new diffusion alloyed (borated and nitrocarburized) FAP, made of low-carbon finely dispersed ferrum-based wastes. Both new proposed diffusion-alloyed powders have better cutting characteristics then reference powder, explained by the structure features and their properties. Evaluation of productivity and roughness of surface shows, that there is their direct dependence of morphology, hardness and fragility of powder particles. The best cutting characteristics has borated powders, as they have microhardness 18,000-20,000 MPa and the tendency to brittle fracture, that leads to the new less-sized particles with sharp cutting edges creation.

Modelling Of Wind Turbine Magnet for Magnetic Abrasive Finishing and Magnetic Field Assisted Abrasive Flow Machining Process

Magnetic Abrasive Finishing is a significant process for finishing up to the micro-level. However, with the advancement of technology and hybrids like Viscoelastic magnetic abrasive Finishing and Magnetic abrasive Flow machining, it has become a nano finishing process. To improve the finishing process, the researchers have made a Model and tested the feasibility of the wind turbine magnet in Finishing. The Maxwell simulations were done for the cylindrical Specimen of Brass, Steel Aluminum. The simulations results were in accordance with the fact that the proposed wind turbine magnet may be used for the simulations.

Influence of Process Parameters and Initial Surface on Magnetic Abrasive Finishing of Flat Surfaces on CNC Machine Tools

Magnetic abrasive finishing (MAF) shows a high potential for use on computerized numerical control (CNC) machine tools as a standard tool to polish workpieces directly after the milling process. This paper presents a new MAF tool with a single, large permanent magnet and a novel top cover structure for finishing the plain ferromagnetic workpieces. The top cover structure of the MAF tool, combined with an optimized working gap, ensures the effect of mechanical powder compaction, which leads to a significant increase in process capability and surface roughness reduction. The influence of the process parameters such as feed rate, equivalent cutting speed, working gap (including for three grain sizes) and the gap to the magnet was investigated. In addition, the influence of the initial surface after face milling, end milling, ball end milling and grinding on the surface quality after MAF was investigated. Furthermore, three typical surfaces after milling and MAF were analyzed. By magnetic abrasive finishing, a significant surface quality improvement of the initial milled surfaces to roughness values up to Ra = 0.02 µm and Rz = 0.12 µm in one processing step could be achieved.