Handbook of Ceramics Grinding and Polishing: Properties, Processes, Technology, Tools and Typology (Materials Science and Process Technology Series)

Focusing on the machining of ceramic materials such as silicon nitride, silicon carbide, and zirconia, this handbook meets the growing need in industry for a clear understanding of modern improvements in ceramic processing. The presentation is international in scope, with techniques and information represented from the USA, Japan, Germany, and the United Kingdomùcountries that have made important contributions to the field. The 20 expert chapter authors explore the challenge of reducing the costs of machining operations, a continuing problem in an industry where ceramic parts must be machined into final form to achieve a proper fit. The handbook reveals that the abrasive machining of ceramic materials will always be a requirement because of the difficulty of controlling parts dimensions at the high temperatures required in their creation. The contributors then explain the properties and characteristics of ceramics, the various types of abrasive processes, and typical tests used in the procedures. An entire section of the handbook concerns grinding tools, their conditioning, lubrication, and cooling, checking for wear on the tools, and using them efficiently. The book also examines modern honing and superfinishing tools and machines, and describes advances in the technology, as well as lapping and polishing techniques using chemical compounds and ultrasound. Ceramics is a field where more advanced products are sure to appear. Many of the products will require advanced, better-controlled processing technologies; vastly improved productivity in manufacturing; and increased product reliability. The contributors to this Handbook will assist readers in the attainment of these important goals. Handbook of Ceramic Grinding and Polishing......Page 4 Copyright Page......Page 5 Contents......Page 17 1.0 INTRODUCTION......Page 24 2.0 WEAR MECHANISMS OF CERAMICS MATERIALS......Page 30 3.0 FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES AND SELECTION CRITERIA......Page 39 4.0 MICROSTRUCTURAL REINFORCEMENT OF CERAMICS......Page 55 5.0 CONCLUSION AND OUTLOOK......Page 85 REFERENCES......Page 87 1.0 DEFORMATION......Page 88 2.0 DISLOCATION......Page 90 3.0 SLIP MECHANISM......Page 93 4.0 TWINNING MECHANISM......Page 95 5.0 FRACTURE OF CERAMIC MATERIALS......Page 97 6.0 INDENTATION IN CERAMIC MATERIALS......Page 104 REFERENCES......Page 116 1.0 TYPOLOGY OF ABRASIVE PROCESSES......Page 117 2.0 TRIBOLOGY OF ABRASIVE PROCESSES......Page 122 3.0 SINGLE POINT SCRATCH TESTS......Page 132 4.0 MULTI POINT SCRATCH TESTS......Page 139 5.0 GENERAL MODEL OF ABRASIVE PROCESSES......Page 147 6.0 SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY AND SURFACE INTEGRITY......Page 164 REFERENCES......Page 210 1.0 FUNDAMENTALS OF GRINDING......Page 213 2.0 GRINDING TOOLS......Page 228 3.0 THE CONDITIONING OF GRINDING WHEEL—DRESSING AND TRUEING......Page 260 4.0 WEAR MECHANISM......Page 277 5.0 COOL LUBRICATION......Page 281 6.0 ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS......Page 291 7.0 PROPERTIES OF GROUND SURFACES......Page 297 8.0 GRINDING MACHINES......Page 303 REFERENCES......Page 339 1.0 TYPOLOGY OF THE HONING PROCESS......Page 347 2.0 HONING AND SUPERFINISHING TOOLS......Page 353 3.0 HONING AND SUPERFINISHING MACHINE......Page 357 4.0 HONING TECHNOLOGY......Page 363 5.0 SUMMARY......Page 372 REFERENCES......Page 375 1.0 INTRODUCTION......Page 377 2.0 TYPOLOGY OF PROCESSES WITH LOOSE ABRASIVES......Page 378 3.0 LAPPING......Page 380 4.0 POLISHING......Page 397 5.0 CHEMICAL COMPOUND POLISHING......Page 415 6.0 ULTRASONIC LAPPING......Page 447 REFERENCES......Page 462 Appendix: Manufacturing of Ceramic Components: Case Studies......Page 466 Index......Page 495 Focusing on the machining of ceramic materials such as silicon nitride, silicon carbide, and zirconia, this handbook meets the growing need in industry for a clear understanding of modern improvements in ceramic processing. The presentation is international in scope, with techniques and information represented from the USA, Japan, Germany, and the United Kingdomùcountries that have made important contributions to the field. The 20 expert chapter authors explore the challenge of reducing the costs of machining operations, a continuing problem in an industry where ceramic parts must be machined into final form to achieve a proper fit.

The handbook reveals that the abrasive machining of ceramic materials will always be a requirement because of the difficulty of controlling parts dimensions at the high temperatures required in their creation. The contributors then explain the properties and characteristics of ceramics, the various types of abrasive processes, and typical tests used in the procedures. An entire section of the handbook concerns grinding tools, their conditioning, lubrication, and cooling, checking for wear on the tools, and using them efficiently. The book also examines modern honing and superfinishing tools and machines, and describes advances in the technology, as well as lapping and polishing techniques using chemical compounds and ultrasound.

Ceramics is a field where more advanced products are sure to appear. Many of the products will require advanced, better-controlled processing technologies; vastly improved productivity in manufacturing; and increased product reliability. The contributors to this Handbook will assist readers in the attainment of these important goals. Although ceramic materials for technical application have been known for more than two hundred years, especially-designed synthetic ceramics, unlike traditional materials in composition, microstructure, and properties, have been developed since approximately 1970.