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NC polishing of aspheric surfaces under control of constant pressure using a magnetorheological torque servo

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In this paper, a method of maintaining a constant polishing pressure is proposed for a NC polishing system by controlling the polishing force during the polishing process. First, the NC polishing system is developed to resolve the force–position coupling problem encountered in common polishing processes. It mainly consists of a force control subsystem based on a magnetorheological torque servo to provide a controllable torque to polishing tool to generate the polishing force and a position control subsystem based on a general CNC lathe to control the position of the polishing tool. Second, a constant polishing pressure model is established by controlling the polishing force according to the variation of the curvature of the aspheric surfaces, and the polishing parameters for model are planned. Then, the control model of the polishing system is proposed, and a PID controller is designed for torque tracking with the actual torque feedback from a torque sensor. Finally, polishing experiments are conducted with constant force and constant pressure, respectively. Experimental results show that the surface roughness is greatly improved, the aspheric surfaces can be polished more uniformly with constant pressure than with constant force, and the PID controller can meet the requirements for the polishing force control.

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  1. College of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130022, China

    Yongjie Shi & Longshan Wang

  2. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, China

    Yongjie Shi, Di Zheng & Liyong Hu

  3. Ningbo Institute of Technology, Zhejiang University, Ningbo, 315100, China

    Di Zheng & Yiqiang Wang

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Shi, Y., Zheng, D., Hu, L. et al. NC polishing of aspheric surfaces under control of constant pressure using a magnetorheological torque servo. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 58, 1061–1073 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-011-3445-9

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