Method of and apparatus for tribochemically finishing ceramic workpiece
US5817245A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 10, 1996 |
| Grant date | Oct 6, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 10, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB24B7/228
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An abrasive wheel made of an abrasive which is chemically reactive with a ceramic workpiece and a binder mixed with the abrasive is held against the ceramic workpiece at a temperature ranging from 40.degree. C. to 300.degree. C. preferably 100.degree. C. to 180.degree. C., under at least an atmospheric pressure in a moistening atmosphere within a pressure vessel. The abrasive wheel is rotated in abrading contact with the ceramic workpiece. A surface layer of the ceramic workpiece which is held against the abrasive wheel is mechanically abraded and also subjected to a tribochemical reaction with the abrasive wheel, so that the surface layer of the ceramic workpiece can smoothly and neatly be removed from the ceramic workpiece. The ceramic workpiece thus ground is finished highly accurately and efficiently.
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