Study on Plane Magnetic Abrasive Finishing Process - Experimental and Theoretical Analysis on Polishing Trajectory

This research studies an effective polishing process to elevate the surface precision and homogeneity by improving the polishing trajectory of magnetic brush. The moment of magnetic brush is a key influence factor on finishing characteristics, but in conventional plane magnetic abrasive Polishing process, the movements of magnetic brush is relatively simple. In this paper a polishing process using the complex polishing trajectory of magnetic brush has been modified and studied by use of newly designed experiment device. The linear movement of workpiece, the rotation and revolution or movement in XY coordinate plane of magnetic brush can be realized by this device. In comparison with conventional method, variation regularity about surface roughness and the material removal are been studied. According to experimental results for polishing trajectory of magnetic brush, finishing characteristics was clarified. The results show that studies on polishing trajectory of magnetic brush are more valuable and the experimental researches are consistent with theoretical analysis. In addition, the accuracy of plane magnetic abrasive finishing can be elevated in terms of the reasonable planning for polishing trajectory of magnetic brush.