FEM simulation of the material removal in pad polishing

Almeida, Rui; Börret, Rainer; Rimkus, W.; Harrison, David K.; Silva, A.K.M. De

doi:10.1117/12.2271434

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“…The investigation of the material removal continued, from the previous work on plastic samples (Almeida et al, 2015), on steel samples. The stainless steel A506 was used to conduct polishing attempts and investigate the material removal during the polishing process.…”

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“…The variation of these polishing parameters affect the final quality of the surface as it produces different surface roughness and material removal rates. The investigation of the material removal is continued from the previous work conducted on plastic samples (Almeida, Börret, Rimkus, Harrison, & DeSilva, 2015), but now on steel samples. The simulation of the robot polishing process can help correcting the geometrical shape of steel moulds using robot polishing.…”

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Material removal simulation for steel mould polishing

Almeida

Börret

Rimkus

et al. 2017

Production & Manufacturing Research

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The surface finish of an injection mould influences the quality of the moulded polymer optic parts. In order to improve and control the surface finish of the mould it is important to be able to predict the material removal during the polishing process of this mould. The aim of this work is to predict the material removal during the polishing process, comparing the results obtained from polishing attempts on steel samples and the results obtained from a simulation model. A simulation model is developed with the abrasive wear Holm-Archard equation in ANSYS. This simulation model will help to eliminate the iterative trial and error polishing, therefore facilitating the steel mould production.

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Section: Experimental Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%