...Aman Nigam; Bruce L. Tai Fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) additive manufacturing has transformed fused filament fabrication (FFF) by manufacturing products with excellent mechanical characteristics. However, the surface finish and dimensional characteristics of printed FRP parts are typically poor...

... for economically and effectively fabricating low-volume functional sheet parts. However, ISMF has limitations with respect to maximum formable wall angle, geometrical accuracy, and surface finish of the component. In the present work, an experimental study is carried out to study the effect of incremental sheet...

... 2011 17 11 2011 15 12 2011 15 12 2011 deformation friction microfabrication microfluidics sheet materials surface finishing surface texture wear surface texturing microchannel microrolling system design Creation of new energy resource and saving of energy...

.... The electron microscopic micro investigation into the machined samples showed that: piezoelectric ultrasonic feed drive showed a clear improvement in the quality of surface finish of the machined samples, due to the fast dynamic time response of the ultrasonic feed drive. This was accompanied by a notable...

...A. Brient; M. Brissot; T. Rouxel; J.-C. Sangleboeuf Surface finish determines service life of glass workpieces. Therefore, an extensive polishing phase is usually performed to limit the local irregularities. In this paper, we propose to investigate the influence of the grinding parameters...

... a significant impact on the geometric accuracy, surface finish, and forming time of the formed component. Toolpath generation techniques used until date are based on commercial CAM packages ( Skjoedt et al., 2007, “Creating 3D Spiral Tool Paths for Single Point Incremental Forming,” Key Eng. Mater., 344, pp...

... of the process planning, including decomposition of the computer-aided design (CAD) model, improvement of the toolpath generation pattern, and collision detection algorithms, are discussed. The interfacing and integrating process between deposition and surface finish machining is also studied. The goal...

... and large spindle speeds tend to generate higher diffraction. For worn tools, the critical tool mark spacing is about 5   μ m , while the critical tool mark spacing can be as large as 20   μ m for the new tools in our test. light diffraction optical fabrication surface finishing...

... 04 12 2009 04 12 2009 coolants cutting tools environmental factors life testing manufacturing systems steel surface finishing surface roughness titanium compounds turning (machining) Weibull distribution machining green manufacturing tool life finish turning...

... applications and the fact that grinding and polishing processes are the dominant technologies used to meet surface finish requirements in this natural material. The experiments are aimed at the determination of the normal component of the cutting force and of the grain traces in microcutting with a single...

...Song Zhang; Y. B. Guo Hard milling has a potential to replace finish grinding in manufacturing dies and molds. Surface finish is one key surface integrity parameter to justify the use of hard milling. In this study, a Taguchi design-of-experiment based finish milling hardened AISI H13 tool steel...

.... This approach is practical and effective in the process planning for three-axis milling of sculptured surface parts. 06 04 2007 25 10 2008 11 12 2008 cutting cutting tools milling process planning productivity surface finishing cutter size determination gouging...

... in Fig. 9d . This must limit the improvement of the surface roughness. SEM micrographs of unfinished surface and surface finished with existing and plasma sprayed magnetic abrasives Figure 9 shows SEM micrographs of the unfinished surface and surfaces finished with existing and plasma...

... magnetorheological finishing deformed surface layer subsurface damage magnetic materials magnetorheology intelligent materials magnetic materials surface finishing grinding lapping (machining) surface roughness tungsten compounds cobalt 30 10 2006 09 03 2007 2007 American...

.... , 1998 , “ Magnetic Field Assisted Finishing of Ceramics—Part III: On the Thermal Aspects of Magnetic Abrasive Finishing (MAF) of Ceramic Rollers ,” ASME J. Tribol. 0742-4787 , 120 , pp. 660 – 665 . Kim , W. , Lee , S. , and Min , B. , 2004 , “ Surface Finishing and Evaluation...

... to generate a good surface finish in an economic and reliable fashion is vital for the widespread application of microendmilling. Such will require a thorough understanding of the fundamental mechanisms associated with surface generation in microendmilling. There are a number of phenomena that prevail...

... surface roughness surface finishing kinematics The development of a comprehensive surface-generation model for the prediction of sidewall and floor surface of microendmilling was presented in Part I of this paper ( 1 ). The models provide for a physically meaningful representation of the complex...

... temperature effectively by intensive removal of heat from the machining zone. A new experimental setup has been envisaged and built. Experiments have been carried out to study the effect of solid lubricant on surface finish and chip thickness. Results indicate that the effectiveness of solid lubricant...

... 2005 grinding machining chatter wear wheels surface finishing Chatter is a critical problem for grinding processes because grinding processes are inherently unstable while accuracy and surface finish are the two major purposes of grinding processes. Many studies have been conducted...

... , “ Indentation Size Effects in crystalline Materials: A Law for Strain Gradient Plasticity ,” J. Mech. Phys. Solids , 46 , pp. 411 – 425 . 31 December 2003 21 June 2004 25 04 2005 steel surface finishing indentation hardness testing microhardness turning (machining) grinding...