SME MR98-216

Abrasive flow machining (AFM) is used to deburr, polish or radius surfaces and edges by flowing a semisolid abrasive media over these areas. The process embraces a wide range of feasible applications: from critical aerospace and medical components to high production volumes of parts. Orbital abrasive flow machining (orbital polishing) is an emerging hybrid technology that combines abrasive flow machining and orbital grinding, providing a technology that can uniformly remove material from virtually any complex-shaped component to achieve burr removal, radiusing or surface finish improvement. The orbital polishing process has been demonstrated to be highly effective in finishing a variety of materials including aluminum, tool steel, stainless steel, tungsten carbide and ceramics.

Product Details

Published:

11/01/1998

Number of Pages:

18

File Size:

1 file , 2.1 MB