Study on production of flocculating nanofiber and its application for ultra-precision abrasive machining

Abstract

Nanofiber has micro size fiber almost unimaginable characteristics and effectiveness, such as specific surface area effectiveness, nano-size effectiveness, and molecular arrangement effectiveness, and is attracting attention as next-generation technology. In the present report, we investigated a stable mass manufacturing method for polymeric nanofiber, for which the modified melt blowing method was used. The produced nanofiber was then used to conduct base oil adsorption and polishing performance experiments. Furthermore, different characteristics and diameters of nanofiber were compared to current commercial felt buff. As a result, the nanofiber shows potential as a next-generation abrasive cloth by utilising the high oil adsorption characteristics of nanofiber.

Keywords:

• Melt blowing production method
• nanofiber
• precision abrasive machining
• polishing sheet
• abrasive cloth
• polishing tool
• polishing characteristics