Forces generated during precision wafer grinding are small and present challenges for accurate and reliable process monitoring. In this work, these challenges are met by incorporating noncontact displacement sensors into an aerostatic spindle that is calibrated to measure grinding forces from the relative motion between the spindle rotor and stator. This arrangement allows the calculation of gr...

The mechanochemical preparation of highly functionalized 3,5-disubstituted hydantoins was investigated in the presence of various poly(ethylene) glycols (PEGs), as safe grinding assisting agents (liquid-assisted grinding, LAG). A comparative study under dry-grinding conditions was also performed. The results showed that the cyclization reaction was influenced by the amount of the PEG grinding a...

This paper describes an ultra precision polishing method of aspherical mirrors, and the fundamental research on polishing characteristics. The aspherical mirrors with a diameter of about 30mm made by fused silica glass and CVD-SiC were ELID (electrolytic in-process dressing)-ground to high form accuracy with #4000 cast iron bonded diamond wheel, and then polished with a small polishing tool. As...

Companies which manage railway networks have to cope continually with the problem of operating safety and maintenance intervention issues related to rail surface irregularities. A lot of experience has been gained in recent years in railway applications but the case of tramways is quite different; in this field there are no specific criteria to define any intervention on rail surface restoratio...

Recent developments in grinding have opened up new avenues for finishingof hard and brittle materials with Nano-surface finish, high tolerance and accuracy.Grinding with super abrasive diamond wheels is an excellent way to produce ultraprecision surface finish. However, super abrasive diamond grits need higher bondingstrength while grinding, which metal-bonded grinding wheels ca...

conputer pror,rae1 descrihed for practical optinization plun?;e grindin>; on steels. Tl1e program based on a strategy desiv,ned to o;Hi!'1ize both the grinding and dress "~nr, <Jara!'1eters maxil'1um metal removal rate, to constraints of surface finish and burning of the Forkpiece. The operates with a desktop micro-computer. performin?: the optimization, the user inputs the present grinding dre...

A on-line monitoring new method for grinding quality is presented based on theory analysis and test study, which collects the information of grinding quality from the AE signals produced by friction and grinding process to realize the on-line intelligent detection and prediction of grinding quality by A wavelet neural network & Fuzzy BP algorithm based network. The reliability and feasibility o...

BACKGROUND There are numerous factors including physical, biomechanical, and individual that influence exposure to hand-transmitted vibration (HTV) and cause variability in the exposure measurements. Knowledge of exposure variability and determinants of exposure could be used to improve working conditions. We performed a quasi-experimental study, where operators performed routine work tasks in ...