Evaluation of abrasive belt grinding performance in nickel-based superalloy robot grinding

ABSTRACT

In order to evaluate the abrasive belt grinding performance, this paper proposes to conduct nickel-based superalloy robot abrasive belt grinding experiment based on different types of abrasive belts with multiple grit sizes. First, the single grinding performance evaluation is performed through five performance parameters: material removal rate, surface roughness, tangential force, specific grinding energy, and specific wear height. Then, based on the evaluation results of single grinding performance, a weighted evaluation function is established to comprehensively evaluate the grinding performance. It is found that the structured abrasive belt has relatively better grinding performance. The main factors affecting the abrasive belt grinding performance are identified through the evaluation results, with the effect of grit size being more significant. In addition, this paper analyzes the characteristics of material deformation based on the grinding subsurface microstructure, and discusses the effects of abrasive belts on material deformation.

KEYWORDS:

• Abrasive
• belt
• grinding
• performance
• robot
• evaluation
• superalloy
• parameters
• grit
• size
• subsurface

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

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Funding

This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant [U1908230; 52005092]; the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities under Grant [N2203005; N2203015].