Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B

, Volume 6, Issue 1, pp 143–147 | Cite as

Mechanism of metal removal in the polishing and fine grinding of hard metals

  • E. D. Doyle
  • R. L. Aghan
Mechanical Working
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Abstract

With a view to elucidating the mechanism of metal removal during the polishing and fine grinding of hard metals (case-carburized mild steel, nitrided stainless steel and a tool steel), the debris produced has been collected and examined in an electron microscope. The debris was found to consist of ribbon-like particles having a segmented structure, indicating that a chip forming process was operating. These chip-like particles have an extremely fine grain size, of the order of 10 nm diam. It is suggested that the mechanism of chip formation under the conditions examined involves i) recrystallization to a fine grain size, and ii) a plastic instability associated with this fine grain structure. The association of plastic instability with a fine grain size has far reaching implications in other deformation processes, and this is discussed briefly in relation to adiabatic shear deformation.

Keywords

Metallurgical Transaction Metal Removal Chip Formation Rake Angle Thermal Softening 
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© The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society - ASM International - The Materials Information Society 1975

Authors and Affiliations

  • E. D. Doyle
    • 1
  • R. L. Aghan
    • 1
  1. 1.Materials Research LaboratoriesDepartment of DefenceMelbourneAustralia

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