Surface improvement of shafts by the diamond burnishing and ultrasonic burnishing techniques
by Juha Huuki; Sampsa V.A. Laakso
International Journal of Machining and Machinability of Materials (IJMMM), Vol. 19, No. 3, 2017

Abstract: The demand for good surface quality and good fatigue resistance of engineering components is becoming ever greater. Mechanical surface treatments are performed to improve the surface properties and quality of cylindrical workpieces. In this article, the surfaces produced by two different surface treatment methods are evaluated in terms of their surface integrity. The processes are diamond burnishing and ultrasonic burnishing. Both diamond burnishing and ultrasonic burnishing are fast, simple and economical cold-working processes that provide good surface quality and hardness. This paper examines the residual stresses, the changes in the surface quality and the changes in the surface hardness of the workpieces that have been finished via diamond burnishing and ultrasonic burnishing processes. It is extremely important to know what effect the methods have on the residual state of the material. The results demonstrate that it is possible to achieve reductions of as much as 78% to 94% in surface roughness (R_a) via the diamond burnishing and ultrasonic burnishing processes.

Online publication date: Tue, 02-May-2017

The full text of this article is only available to individual subscribers or to users at subscribing institutions.

 
Existing subscribers:
Go to Inderscience Online Journals to access the Full Text of this article.

Pay per view:
If you are not a subscriber and you just want to read the full contents of this article, buy online access here.

Complimentary Subscribers, Editors or Members of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Machining and Machinability of Materials (IJMMM):
Login with your Inderscience username and password:

Username:        Password:          Forgotten your password?

Want to subscribe?
A subscription gives you complete access to all articles in the current issue, as well as to all articles in the previous three years (where applicable). See our Orders page to subscribe.

If you still need assistance, please email subs@inderscience.com