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Surface conditioning of zirconia ceramic by enhanced ultrasonic vibration-assisted burnishing

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Yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) ceramic is a widely used material in mechanical and biomedical engineering, such as machine parts and dental implants. For most applications, surface conditioning methods are required to produce smooth and reinforced surfaces with compressive residual stress. This paper investigates the processing characteristics of YSZ under ultrasonic vibration-assisted burnishing (UVB) enhanced by flexible stage and tool rotation techniques, respectively. For the use of flexible stage-enhanced UVB, the fluctuation of burnishing force was greatly reduced. As results, a smooth surface with a roughness of 164 nm Ra was obtained, which shows 39.7% surface roughness reduction from the original surface, and 9.4% surface roughness reduction from the surface burnished with conventional UVB. The burnished surface yielded strong residual compressive stresses of 401 MPa in the burnishing direction and 695 MPa in the step-feed direction. For the use of tool rotation-enhanced UVB, tool rotation-induced arc-shaped surface textures were formed on the burnished surface, and the textures became more distinct and denser as the rotation speed increased. The surface roughness was reduced by 58.9% from the original surface with the tool rotation-enhanced UVB. Stress-induced phase transformation of YSZ was identified in all burnished surfaces. This study demonstrates the feasibility of one-step manufacturing of a smooth surface with high residual compressive stress, which expands the applications of YSZ.

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The authors thanks Areuse Co., Ltd. and Pulstec Industrial Co., Ltd. for providing technical supports.

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    Toshiki Tsuchida, Weihai Huang & Jiwang Yan

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Tsuchida, T., Huang, W. & Yan, J. Surface conditioning of zirconia ceramic by enhanced ultrasonic vibration-assisted burnishing. Prod. Eng. Res. Devel. 18, 353–366 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11740-023-01242-2

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