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Experimental investigation into the effects of adhesion wear on belt grinding of glass fiber reinforced plastics

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Glass fiber reinforced plastics (GFRP) are widely used in the design of rocket fairing and wind turbine blades due to their attractive advantages, such as lightweight, high strength and hardness, and high-temperature resistance. Its surface integrity characteristics, including surface roughness and surface morphology, influence the aerodynamic performance significantly. Belt grinding has been introduced into GFRP machining as a novel method. However, the adhesion wear of the abrasive belt usually happens during processing. However, its effects on the surface have not been investigated. In this paper, the adhesion characteristics of GFRP in belt grinding were experimentally explored to illustrate the correlation between adhesion wear and grinding parameters. The influences of different adhesion conditions on surface roughness and morphology were then explored. The surface roughness of GFRP decreased with the increase in the adhesion degree of the belt. In terms of both surface quality and processing cost, adhesion wear was acceptable to some degree. When the adhesion degree was between 20 and 24%, the surface quality of ground GFRP was acceptable.

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This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. U1908232) and the National Science and Technology Major Project (Grant No. 2017-VII-0002-0095).

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  1. College of Mechanical Engineering, Chongqing University, No. 174, Shazhengjie, Shapingba, Chongqing, 400044, China

    Yun Huang, Shuai Liu, Guijian Xiao, Yi He & Wenxi Wang

  2. State Key Laboratory of Mechanical Transmissions, Chongqing University, No. 174, Shazhengjie, Shapingba, Chongqing, 400044, China

    Yun Huang, Guijian Xiao & Wenxi Wang

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Huang, Y., Liu, S., Xiao, G. et al. Experimental investigation into the effects of adhesion wear on belt grinding of glass fiber reinforced plastics. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 109, 463–473 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-020-05610-5

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