PURPOSE AND TECHNOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF GRANULAR MEDIA FOR VIBRATION FINISHING AND GRINDING PROCESSING

Abstract

The purpose and characteristics of granular working media used in vibration processing operations are given. It is indicated that the purpose of granular media is their contact interaction with the processed part surface under conditions of various energy parameters. This interaction is accompanied by elastic-plastic deformation, micro-cutting, adhesion and mechanic-chemical processes. Indicators of technological and operational properties for various types of granular media are given, including the intensity of material removal from the processed surface, cutting ability, wear resistance and achieved surface roughness. The physical and technological parameters of granular media have been established, including deformability, hardness during finishing and hardening operations and surface roughness of the media granules. The influence of the parameters of processing media granules on the productivity of vibration treatment has been determined. It is shown that such parameters are the binding of the granules material, its wear resistance, grain material, granulation and the shape of individual granules. It is noted that the choice of granule sizes depends on two main factors such as: the necessity to obtain a given roughness and high productivity of vibration operations. It was revealed that to ensure high surface cleanliness, the use of small granules of the medium is required, but to obtain high productivity, the use of large granules is required. Approximate dependencies have been determined that relate the size and weight of granules of the processing medium and the processed parts. It is indicated that the best results in achieving high quality of the processed surface and sufficient productivity are provided by granular media with a shape close to a sphere. It is noted that granules in the form of cones, pyramids, prisms and other forms are used for the successful processing of hard-to-reach places in the form of small holes, straight and sharp angles in the interface of the surface of parts, niches or pockets. Such granules are specially manufactured from a mixture of grinding powders of various grain sizes and an inorganic binder based on clays. The features of the physical and technological parameters of processing media are given.