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Establishment of material removal model for lapping ceramic balls with variable-radius groove plate

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Lapping ceramic balls with variable-radius groove plate (VRGP) has obvious advantages in achieving good consistency of batch manufacturing of ceramic balls. The material removal model of a single ball was established based on Hertz contact theory. Then, combining the previous research works based on kinematic analysis and the material removal model, the forming process of single ball was simulated and evaluated by the deviation from spherical form (∆Sph). After lapping period of 10 h, the experimental deviation ∆Sph decreased from about 0.233 to 0.0324 μm, and its maximum error between experimental and simulation values is 17.7%, indicating that the simulation results of variation of ∆Sph with time were mostly consistent with the experimental results. The validity of material removal model of lapping ceramic balls was verified experimentally.

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The authors received financial support from the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province (No. LQ19E050005; No. LQ20E050010), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51705330; No. U1809221), the National Key Research and Development Program of China (No. 2018YFB2000502), Taizhou Science and Technology Planning Project (No. 1902gy10) and the Campus Cultivation Project of Taizhou University.

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  1. School of Intelligent Manufacturing, Taizhou University, No. 1139, Shifu Road, Taizhou City, 318000, Zhejiang Province, China

    Fenfen Zhou

  2. School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Shaoxing University, No. 508, West Huancheng Road, Shaoxing City, 312000, Zhejiang Province, China

    Weifeng Yao

  3. Ultra-precision Machining Center, Zhejiang University of Technology, No. 18, Chaowang Road, Hangzhou, 310014, China

    Julong Yuan, Fan Li, Binghai Lyu & Ping Zhao

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Zhou, F., Yao, W., Yuan, J. et al. Establishment of material removal model for lapping ceramic balls with variable-radius groove plate. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 111, 2577–2587 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-020-06259-w

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