Characterisation and performance evaluation of developed alternative polymer abrasive gels for abrasive flow finishing process Online publication date: Wed, 23-Dec-2015
by JaiKishan Sambharia; Harlal Singh Mali
International Journal of Precision Technology (IJPTECH), Vol. 5, No. 3/4, 2015
Abstract: In abrasive flow finishing (AFF), media is the key element that dominates the finishing behaviour. However, commercially available abrasive media are very expensive and its affordability is an issue, especially for price sensitive industries. Lower cost alternative AFM media are developed which consists of base polymers, additives and liquid synthesiser by uniformly mixing them to become the flexible polymer abrasive gels. Effects of abrasive concentrations, temperature, abrasive mesh size and percentage of liquid synthesiser on viscosity of polymer abrasive gel have been studied to characterise the rheology of developed gels. Developed alternative polymer abrasive gel can withstand up to 100°C. It is found that the average surface roughness (Ra) decreased from 3.5 µm to 0.60 µm after 50 machining cycles and 60 weight percentage abrasive concentrations. In similar conditions 0.6-1.3 mg of material got removed from HSS trim dies based on different viscosity grades of developed polymer abrasive gels.
Existing subscribers:
Go to Inderscience Online Journals to access the Full Text of this article.
If you are not a subscriber and you just want to read the full contents of this article, buy online access here.Complimentary Subscribers, Editors or Members of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Precision Technology (IJPTECH):
Login with your Inderscience username and password:
Want to subscribe?
A subscription gives you complete access to all articles in the current issue, as well as to all articles in the previous three years (where applicable). See our Orders page to subscribe.
If you still need assistance, please email subs@inderscience.com
Our Blog 
Follow us on Twitter 
Visit us on Facebook