Title: Mirror surface finishing of acrylic resin using MCF-based polishing liquid

Authors: Y. Wu, T. Sato, W. Lin, K. Yamamoto, K. Shimada

Addresses: Department of Machine Intelligence and Systems Engineering, Akita Prefectural University, 84-4 Tsuchiya-ebinokuchi, Yurihonjo, Akita 015-0055, Japan. ' Department of Machine Intelligence and Systems Engineering, Akita Prefectural University, 84-4 Tsuchiya-ebinokuchi, Yurihonjo, Akita 015-0055, Japan. ' Department of Machine Intelligence and Systems Engineering, Akita Prefectural University, 84-4 Tsuchiya-ebinokuchi, Yurihonjo, Akita 015-0055, Japan. ' Kosai Plant, FDK Co., Ltd., 2281 Washizu, Kosai-shi, Shizuoka 431-0495, Japan. ' Faculty of Symbiotic Systems Science, Fukushima University, 1 Kanayagawa, Fukushima-shi, Fukushima 960-1296, Japan

Abstract: This paper deals with the experimental investigation on the detailed performance of magnetic compound fluid (MCF)-based polishing liquid (MPL) in nanoprecision surface treatment of acrylic resin that is essentially required for producing the model in the process of developing an inaugural mechanical system. The MPL is produced in practice by mixing iron powder, abrasive particle and α-cellulose fibre into a magnetic fluid (MF), and hence, a kind of functional fluid reacting to magnetic fields. Following the previous works confirming the performance of MPL in the surface finishing of acrylic resin, in this work, a series of experiments were conducted to reveal how the process parameters affect the machining characteristics in details in order to establish the new technique. The results showed that a mirror surface can be easily obtained once the process parameters have been set up optimally.

Keywords: magnetic compound fluids; MCF; acrylic resin; nanoprecision surface treatment; surface roughness; material removal; mirror surface finishing; polishing liquids; magnetic fluids.

DOI: 10.1504/IJAT.2010.032459

International Journal of Abrasive Technology, 2010 Vol.3 No.1, pp.11 - 24

Received: 12 Oct 2009
Accepted: 12 Oct 2009

Published online: 03 Apr 2010 *

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