Research trends in abrasive flow machining: A systematic review

N Dixit, V Sharma, P Kumar - Journal of manufacturing Processes, 2021 - Elsevier
The components used in aerospace, automotive, and biomedical industries are made up of
modern materials like titanium alloys, ceramics, composites etc. However, the complexity in …

Advanced abrasive-based nano-finishing processes: challenges, principles and recent applications

M Kumar, A Alok, V Kumar, M Das - Materials and Manufacturing …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Surface quality is a critical factor impacting the durability and functionality of products. The
conventional method of finishing causes many manufacturing defects in the final product …

Experimental investigation on the surface topographical improvement of selective laser melted SS316L using abrasive flow finishing

SM Basha, MR Sankar, N Venkaiah - Journal of Manufacturing Processes, 2024 - Elsevier
Selective laser melting (SLM) offers a precise fabrication of intricate geometries that are not
achievable with conventional manufacturing processes. However, surface imperfections like …

Rheological characterisation of abrasive media and finishing behaviours in abrasive flow machining

Y Fu, H Gao, Q Yan, X Wang, X Wang - The International Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Flow field simulation of abrasive media in a constrained passage in abrasive flow machining
(AFM) plays a decisive role in optimising process parameters and designing the core of a …

Design and development of ultrasonic assisted-rotational magnetorheological abrasive flow finishing (UA-RMRAFF) process

Y Choopani, MR Razfar, M Khajehzadeh… - Applied Acoustics, 2022 - Elsevier
The rotational-magnetorheological abrasive flow finishing (R-MRAFF) process, as one of the
derivatives of the abrasive flow finishing (AFF) process, has a high potential for surface …

Investigation on finishing mechanism and modelling on material removal for abrasive flow machining micro-channels with asperity surface

B Zhang, X Wang, S Shi, S Chen, X Wang - Journal of Materials Processing …, 2023 - Elsevier
Micro channels are widely equipped in automobile and aero-engine industries. Despite the
restriction of micro size geometry, the abrasive flow machining (AFM) still exhibited excellent …

Study of the polishing characteristics by abrasive flow machining with a rotating device

KC Cheng, AC Wang, KY Chen, CY Huang - Processes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Since only uni-direction motion is produced by traditional abrasive flow machining (AFM), so
the polishing effects of the inner hole is not easy to achieve uniform roughness of the whole …

A review on abrasive flow finishing of metal matrix composites

SM Basha, MM Basha, N Venkaiah… - Materials Today …, 2021 - Elsevier
Metal matrix composites are widely used in the area of aerospace, automobile,
defence/military industries due to their advantages over conventional alloys. This group of …

Experimental investigations into the nano-finishing of Al2024 tubes using the rotational-magnetorheological abrasive flow finishing (R-MRAFF) process

Y Choopani, M Khajehzadeh… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Aluminum alloy 2024 (Al2024) tubes have extensive applications in the aerospace industry;
however, finishing their interior surfaces is a big challenge. In this case, many traditional and …

Formation mechanism and quality control technology for abrasive flow precision polishing vortex: large eddy simulation

J Li, H Zhang, L Wei, X Zhang, Y Xu, C Xu - The International Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Abrasive flow polishing technology (AFPT) is a novel method of precision machining for
improving the surface precision of the workpiece, where the micro-cutting process can be …