Development of Polishing Fluids for Titanium Alloy Using Lapping Tape – Effects of Components in the Polishing Fluids on Polishing Characteristics

To polish to hard-to-cut titanium alloy (Ti-6Al-4V), a method employing a lapping tape is proposed and titanium alloy polishing fluids are developed. The effects of each of the components of a soluble polishing fluid on the polishing characteristics, such as surface roughness, tangential polishing r...

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Published inInternational journal of automation technology Vol. 7; no. 3; pp. 300 - 305
Main Authors Tomoda, Hideyuki, Kitajima, Koichi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 05.05.2013
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Summary:To polish to hard-to-cut titanium alloy (Ti-6Al-4V), a method employing a lapping tape is proposed and titanium alloy polishing fluids are developed. The effects of each of the components of a soluble polishing fluid on the polishing characteristics, such as surface roughness, tangential polishing resistance, and stock removal, are investigated through experiments. The results indicate that polishing only with a potassium oleate solution, which is a long-chain fatty acid solution, creates the best surface. A fatty acid is focused on, and the effects on the polishing characteristics of changing the carbon number are studied. As a result, it is found that surface roughness can be suppressed when titanium alloy is polished with only a fatty acid surfactant solution of carbon number 12 or higher.
ISSN:1881-7629
1883-8022
DOI:10.20965/ijat.2013.p0300