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Some considerations regarding finishing by abrasive flap wheels

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The diminishing of the surface roughness of a metallic part can be performed by using various finishing methods, polishing by means of abrasive flap wheels being one of them. There are several factors that influence the roughness of surfaces finished by means of abrasive flap wheels. When polishing external cylindrical surfaces by means of abrasive flap wheels, the surface roughness can be changed more easily if the following elements are modified: the peripheral speed of the workpiece and of the abrasive flap wheel, the speed of the longitudinal feed, and the grit size of the abrasive material. Experimental research has allowed for the establishment of power-type functions which highlight the influence exerted by the above-mentioned factors on the size of the surface roughness parameters R a , RS, RSm, Rku. Analyses of the experimental results have shown that, in the case of the R a roughness parameter, from among the range of interactions of orders 2 and 3, only the interaction between the rotation speed of the abrasive flap wheel and the speed of the longitudinal feed seems to be significant.

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The research was done within project no. ID_625, financed by the National Council of Scientific Research in Higher Education (Romania).

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    Laurenţiu Slătineanu, Margareta Coteaţă, Oana Dodun, Adrian Iosub & Vitalie Sîrbu

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Slătineanu, L., Coteaţă, M., Dodun, O. et al. Some considerations regarding finishing by abrasive flap wheels. Int J Mater Form 3, 123–134 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12289-009-0665-8

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