Surface Finishing Processes

About Surface Finishing

 Surface finishing may be as any
defined process that alters a material
forthe aesthetic
surfaceor functional
of purposes.

 Objective :- Improve appearance and sales

value of product.

 The basis material (whose surface is

being altered) can be a metal, a plastic,
concrete, a ceramic; i.e. any
material used for engineering or
decorative purposes.
 Grinding
 Grinding the is most
machining
commonform of abrasive
engages an
abrasive tool whose cutting elements are grains
 It is a material cutting process
which
of abrasive material known as grit.

 These grits are characterized by sharp cutting

points, high hot hardness, chemical stability and
wear resistance. The grits are held together by
a suitable bonding material to give shape of an
abrasive tool.
Fig. illustrates the cutting action of abrasive grits
of disc type grinding wheel.
 Advantages:-
 Dimensional accuracy.

 Good surface finish.

 Good formand locational accuracy.

 Applicable to both hardened and unhardened

material.
 Anodizing
 Anodizing is the process by which the
film on aluminum is greatly increased in
natural
thickness.

 The on is naturally corrosion

resistant,
oxide hard,very
aluminum resistant, an
insulator very tenacious.
abrasion its natural
the
and oxide film In on aluminum form than
microns thick. is less 0.50

 Because naturally occurring film is very thin

and
the attached to a soft ductile metal, it is
damaged. easily
Fig. of Anodizing
Schematic
Process
 Advantages:-
 Protects satellites from the
harsh environment of space.

 Provides attractive, minimum-maintenance,

highly durable exteriors, roofs, curtain
walls, ceilings, floors, escalators, lobbies
and staircases in skyscrapers.

 Considered environmentally safe, producing

few, if any, harmful effects on land, air,
or water.
 Lapping
 Lapping is regarded the oldest method of
as
obtaining a fine finish.
 Lapping is basically an abrasive process in
which loose abrasives function as cutting
finding momentary support from the
points
laps.
 Material removal in lapping ranges
from
usually.003 to .03 mm but many reach
0.08 to 0.1 mm in certain
 Characteristics of lapping
process:
 Use loose abrasive between lap
of the work piece.
and
 Usually and work piece
lap positively driven
not are but
guided in contact
are with each other.

 Relative motion between the

Fig. Scheme of lap
and the work should change
lapping process
continuously so path of
that
abrasive grains of thelap is
the
repeated on the work piece. n
 Advantages:-
 The Fastest & most accurate method of
achieving flatness with the ultimate
of surface degree finish.

 Stress free process without thermal

distortion.
 Rapid turnaround of work!No fixing or
clamping required facilitating a rapid set
up.
 Honing
 Honing is a finishing process, in which a
called hone carries out a combined rotary
tool
and reciprocating motion while the work piece
does not perform any working motion.

 The honing process carried out

mechanically
is rubbing the honingby stone
(cutting tool) against the work piece surface
(normally internal) along the controlled
path.
 The
abrasive action
ofthe honing
removestool
material from
the work
piece's inside
diameter.
Fig. (ii)
Schematic  Theexpands
and tool
of Honing rotates
while the work
Process piece reciprocates
(stroking) back
Fig. (i) Honing
and forth.
tool
 Advantages:-
 Good geometry such as roundness,
bore straightness and surface
cylindricity, finish.
 Lower friction across the interior
surface.
 Has a positive impact productivity, owing
on
to smoother, faster inner surfaces.
 Ensures consistency of
dimensions.
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