Effects of grit size on abrasion with coated abrasives

Toward physical description of form and finish performance in dry belt finishing process by a tribo-energetic approach

“…(2) Belt finishing performances are also deeply influenced by the characteristics of the abrasive film, in particular, by the size and the material of the grits [3,15]. Generally, higher grits size leads to large material removing, while, when elevated precision is requested, a smaller size of the grits is used.…”

An Energy Analysis of Belt Polishing Process and Its Applications to Time Cycle and Tracking Effects

“…Unfortunately, their results could not be extrapolated to industrial applications because the operation conditions are too different. In the literature, only some general indication concerning the most influent process variables was found [Visser and Lokken, 1981;Shibata, et al, 1979;Date and Malkin, 1976]: the belt oscillation frequency [Shaw, 1996;Puthanangady and Malkin, 1995] and the cycle-time [Schibish and Friedrich, 2001] can be considered the most important [Tonshoff and Degenhartdt, 1982;Suzuki et al, 1992;Hashimoto, 1996]. However, the correlations between these process variables and the characteristics of the superfinished products are not yet predictable.…”

Abrasiveness properties assessment of coated abrasives for precision belt grinding

“…In particular, the morphology of abrasive grains has been found to be deeply dependent on the workpiece/tool contact conditions [1][2][3][4][5]. Since chip size is very small, grinding mechanics are easily affected by variations in geometry and properties from grit to grit.…”