A Novel Technique for Dressing Fixed Abrasive Lapping Pad with Abrasive Water Jet

The dressing method and dressing quality of the fixed abrasive lapping pad significantly impact the processing efficiency and surface quality of the workpiece material. Aiming at the problems of poor dressing effect and high damage degree of the lapping pad in the existing fixed abrasive dressing technology, a new technology using abrasive water jet for dressing is proposed. The self-developed abrasive water jet system was used to conduct a dressing test on a fixed abrasive lapping pad with a copper content of 30%. The influence of jet pressure, nozzle target distance, abrasive concentration and injection angle on the dressing effect were discussed, and the influence mechanism was analyzed by discrete element simulation. The results show that the dressing effect of the abrasive water jet is good. The dressing quality first increases and then decreases with the increase of jet pressure, nozzle target distance and injection angle, and increases with the increase of abrasive concentration. The influence mechanism of each parameter is closely related to the residual height of the lapping pad surface after dressing. The higher the residual height, the rougher the lapping pad surface, and the better the dressing effect of the lapping pad.