TY - JOUR
AU - Kuppuswamy, Ramesh
AB - Improving the quality of a super abrasive grinding wheel is crucial as it has a significant impact on its productivity, energy consumption, and overall cost. Obtaining a uniform coating layer, as well as a uniform distribution of abrasives in the coated layer, on an electroplated super abrasive grinding wheel remained as a challenge. This paper experimentally investigated the effect of the multi-anodes method on improving the adhesion, and achieving a uniform dispersion of diamond within the nickel-coated layer, on an electroplated grinding wheel. An experimental system has been designed and built to fabricate the super abrasive grinding wheel. The effect of various process parameters, such as current density, agitation, and substrate rotation speed with respect to multi-anodes, was also taken into account. The experimental studies were conducted using the Taguchi method to optimize the process parameters that achieve a uniform thickness of Ni pre-plating coating, and then, the conditions to achieve a uniform dispersion of diamond abrasive into the Ni electroplated coating were optimized. Diamond abrasives of 30 to 40 μm\documentclass[12pt]{minimal}\usepackage{amsmath}\usepackage{wasysym}\usepackage{amsfonts}\usepackage{amssymb}\usepackage{amsbsy}\usepackage{mathrsfs}\usepackage{upgreek}\setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt}\begin{document}$$\mathrm{\mu m}$$\end{document} were used in this study. The surface morphology and distribution of the deposited diamond abrasives were examined by qualitative data analysis (surface mapping) using scanning electron microscopy. The surface roughness and the coating thickness were measured using a profilometer and a thickness coating tester, respectively. The experimental results revealed that the increase in the number of anodes enhanced the uniformity, as well as provided a well dispersion of the diamond abrasives which was achieved with combinations of six anodes, agitation speed of 50 rpm, and substrate rotation speed of 10 rpm.
TI - Effect of multi-anodes method for enhancing a Ni-D deposition characteristic on super abrasive grinding wheel
JF - The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology
DO - 10.1007/s00170-022-09566-6
DA - 2022-07-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/effect-of-multi-anodes-method-for-enhancing-a-ni-d-deposition-4A0rLlw1BZ
SP - 4039
EP - 4053
VL - 121
IS - 5-6
DP - DeepDyve
ER -