Material removal in ultrasonic abrasive polishing of additive manufactured components

Jingsi, Wang and Liew, Pay Jun and Jiaqi, Zhu (2019) Material removal in ultrasonic abrasive polishing of additive manufactured components. Applied Sciences, 9 (24). pp. 1-13. ISSN 2076-3417

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Abstract

Powder-based layered Additive Manufacturing (AM) techniques lead to high surface roughness, due to the balling and partial melting of powders, which cannot satisfy the requirements of design and practical use. Consequently, until there is a significant step-change in the resolution of AM technology, finishing processes will be a necessary step in the additive manufacturing process. In this work, ultrasonic abrasive polishing experiments are conducted with the aim of improving the surface quality of additive manufactured components. The roles of cavitation bubbles and abrasive particles in material removal are discussed. The impact action of abrasive particles is simulated using the Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) method. The effects of ultrasonic output power and the concentration of abrasive suspension on machining characteristics are also examined. It is found that the cavitation bubble collapse in ultrasonic polishing can remove the partially melted structures efficiently, and further roughness improvement could be obtained using the micro-cut and impact of abrasive particles in the slurry. An increase in the ultrasonic output power and abrasive concentration within a certain range lead to a more desirable polishing effect

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Ultrasonic Abrasive Polishing, Additive Manufacturing, Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics, Cavitation, Abrasive
Divisions:	Faculty of Manufacturing Engineering
Depositing User:	Norfaradilla Idayu Ab. Ghafar
Date Deposited:	13 May 2022 16:42
Last Modified:	13 May 2022 16:42
URI:	http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/24389
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