Raghuram M.G., Joshi S.S. Modeling of Polishing Mechanism in Magnetic Abrasive Polishing

Thesis of the report. 12th International Conference of International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG), 2008, Goa, India. – P. 344-352.Title in Russian: Modeling of the processing mechanism in magnetic-abrasive polishing.Annotation in English:
Magnetic Abrasive Polishing (MAP) is a super-finishing process primarily used for polishing of nonmagnetic and hard materials like, ceramics and stainless steel. This paper deals with the detailed parametric study in polishing of stainless steel work surface. Statistically designed experiments based on Taguchi methods show that size-ratio, tool-work surface clearance, polishing speed, magnetic abrasive diameter and polishing time have a significant effect on the surface roughness obtained. A minimum surface roughness of 20 nmRa was achieved by this process. The surface roughness predicted by the proposed analytical model was found to agree reasonably well with the experimental results.