The present application relates to the technical field of grinding processing tools, and more particularly to a grinding wheel tool for microgroove processing and a fabrication method thereof.
Surface fabrication of photovoltaic products, biochemical products, and electronics to produce groove structures with the size from nanometers to micrometers may generate many new functional properties. At present, the micro machining on the surface of the micro-nano structure mainly depends on micro machining techniques such as laser, electron beam, ion beam, chemical etching, and so on. However, these etching machining methods are expensive in production equipment, have a long production cycle, and are accompanied by corrosive liquids which are difficult to be treated and are liable to cause environmental pollution, thereby limiting the development of those methods.
Precision micro grinding processing is one of the effective machining methods for preparing surface microgroove structures. However, the conventional grinding tool for micro grinding is liable to wear, the contour shape of the grinding wheel tool needs high-precision dressing and truing to ensure the form accuracy of the microgroove structure processing. Therefore, the grinding wheel tool needs to be frequently dressed and trued offline or online. It is very difficult to ensure long-term and continuous processing, and the production and processing efficiency is poor.
Therefore, in order to solve the problem that the grinding wheel tool wears relatively fast and the microgroove structure has poor processing efficiency, the present application provides a grinding wheel tool capable of always maintaining its outer edge contour shape, with no need to be repeatedly dressed and trued, which always ensures the form accuracy of microgroove grinding, greatly improves the processing efficiency of microstructure, and realizes the environmentally-friendly, efficient and precise micro machining of aluminum alloy, titanium alloy, die steel, tungsten carbide, and other materials.
The object of the present application is to provide a grinding wheel tool for microgroove processing and a method for fabricating a microgroove, so as to solve the technical problems existing in the prior art that the grinding wheel tool wears fast, is difficult to ensure long-term and continuous processing, and the processing efficiency is relatively low.
In order to achieve the above objective, the present application adopts the following technical solutions: a grinding wheel tool for microgroove processing is provided. The grinding wheel comprises a grinding wheel tool body. The grinding wheel tool body is formed by sequentially stacking a plurality of grinding wheel sheets along a thickness direction of each of the plurality of grinding wheel sheets. Each of the plurality of the grinding wheel sheets comprises an outside end face, and the outside end faces of all the grinding wheel sheets form a processing end face of the grinding wheel tool body. The outside end face of each of the plurality of grinding wheel sheets defines therein notches, the notches on different grinding wheel sheets have different widths, and different grinding wheel sheets have different outer edge circumferences. The smaller the widths of the notches are, the larger the outer edge circumference of the grinding wheel sheet is, and the more slowly the outside end face of the grinding wheel sheet wears; the larger the widths of the notches are, the smaller the outer edge circumference of the grinding wheel sheet is, and the faster the outside end face of the grinding wheel sheet wears, thereby forming the processing end face with a contour shape being a predetermined shape.
Further, the number of the notches on each of the plurality of grinding wheel sheets is multiple, and a plurality of the notches on each of the plurality of grinding wheel sheets are evenly arranged along a circumferential direction of the grinding wheel sheet.
Further, each notch includes a bottom face and two side faces integrally connected with two opposite side edges of the bottom face, and an angle formed between the two side faces is 0° to 60°.
Further, a depth of the notch is 0.5 millimeter (mm) to 10 mm.
Further, each of the plurality of grinding wheel sheets comprises a superabrasive and a binder.
Further, the superabrasive has a particle size of 0.1 micrometer (μm) to 50 μm.
Further, the superabrasive comprises one or more of diamond, cubic boron nitride, and silicon carbide, and the binder comprises one or more of a metal binder, a resin binder, and a ceramic binder.
Further, a shape of each grinding wheel sheet is a circular ring, an outer diameter of the grinding wheel sheet is 50 mm to 200 mm, an inner diameter of the grinding wheel sheet is 15 mm to 45 mm, and a thickness of the grinding wheel sheet is 10 μm to 200 μm.
Further, the number of the grinding wheel sheets is at least three, and the width of the notch gradually increases from the grinding wheel sheet located at an intermediate position toward the grinding wheel sheets located at two sides.
Further, two adjacent grinding wheel sheets are connected and fixed by adhering.
Further, the contour shape of the processing end face is V-shaped, U-shaped, inverted U-shaped, inverted V-shaped, or obliquely shaped.
The present application further provides a method for fabricating a microgroove by using the grinding wheel tool for microgroove processing as described above. The method comprises the following steps:
A. defining notches of different widths on the outside end faces of the plurality of grinding wheel sheets;
B. assembling the grinding wheel sheets obtained in step A in a predetermined stacking order to obtain a grinding wheel tool body; and
C. grinding a workpiece by using the grinding wheel tool body obtained in step B, wherein the notches on different grinding wheel sheets have different widths, different grinding wheel sheets have different outer edge circumferences; the smaller the widths of the notches are, the larger the outer edge circumference of the grinding wheel sheet is, and the more slowly the outside end face of the grinding wheel sheet wears; the larger the widths of the notches are, the smaller the outer edge circumference of the grinding wheel sheet is, and the faster the outside end face of the grinding wheel sheet wears, thereby truing the contour shape of the processing end face of the grinding wheel tool body into the predetermined shape, and processing the workpiece to form a microgroove with a longitudinal cross-sectional shape conforming to the contour shape of the processing end face.
The present application provides the grinding wheel tool for microgroove processing and the method for fabricating a microgroove, and the beneficial effects lie in that as compared with the prior art, the grinding wheel tool for microgroove processing and the fabrication method thereof in the present application have the following advantages:
(1) Compared with the existing traditional grinding wheel tools, the grinding wheel tool for microgroove processing provided by the present application has different wear speeds on different outside end faces due to different widths of the notches on different grinding wheel pieces. With a large notch width, the outside end face of the grinding wheel piece is small, and the wear is fast. With a small notch width, the outside end face of the grinding wheel piece is large, and the wear is slow, therefore enabling the contour shape of the processing end face of the grinding wheel tool body to gradually trim into a stable shape, and enabling the contour shape of the processing end face to keep constant, so that the grinding wheel tool has a self-dressing ability, with no need of frequent dressing and truing, thereby effectively improving the grinding efficiency and improving the form accuracy of the microgroove processing.
(2) Compared with the existing photochemical etching processing techniques, such as laser processing and hot stamping technology, the microgroove processing technology of the grinding wheel tool provided by the present application ensures the form accuracy of the microgroove processing, thereby achieving efficient, environmentally-friendly, and highly-precise micro machining.
(3) The grinding wheel tool provided by the present application enables the contour shape of the processing end face of the grinding wheel tool body to be trued into different shapes such as a V-shape, a U-shape, and so on, by changing the width of the notch and the stacking order of the respective grinding wheel sheets, therefore, microgrooves of various shapes can be processed.
In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solution in embodiments of the present application, the following drawings, which are to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art, will be briefly described hereinafter. It is obvious that the drawings described in the following description are merely some embodiments of the present application. Other drawings may be obtained by those skilled in the art without paying creative labor.
The various reference numerals in the figure are:
10-Grinding wheel tool body; 11-Grinding wheel sheet; 101-Notch; 103-Bottom face; 104-Side face; 12-Processing end face; 20-Workpiece; and 201-microgroove.
In order to make the technical problems, technical solutions, and beneficial effects of the present application clearer and more understandable, the present application will be further described in detail hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the embodiments described herein are only intended to illustrate but not to limit the present application.
It should be noted that when an element is referred to as being “fixed” or “arranged” at/in/on another element, it can be directly or indirectly at/in/on the other element. When an element is referred to as being “connected” to/with another element, it can be directly or indirectly connected to/with the other element.
It should be understood that the orientation or positional relationship indicated by terms “length”, “width”, “upper”, “lower”, “front”, “back”, “left”, “right”, “vertical”, “horizontal”, “top”, bottom”, “inside”, “outside”, or the like is based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and is merely for facilitating and simplifying the description of the present application, and do not indicate or imply that the device or component referred to must have a particular orientation or be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus are not to be construed as limiting the present application.
Moreover, the terms “first” and “second” are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying a relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features. Thus, features defining “first” and “second” may include one or more of the features either explicitly or implicitly. In the description of the present application, the meaning of “a plurality” or “multiple” is two or more unless otherwise specifically defined.
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Each of the plurality of grinding wheel sheets has the same initial diameter. In the initial state, all the outside end faces of all the grinding wheel sheets are flush, i.e., the processing end face 12 of the grinding wheel tool is a plane. In the process of grinding the microgroove 201 on the workpiece 20 by the grinding wheel tool body 10, since the notches 101 on different grinding wheel sheets 11 have different widths, different grinding wheel sheets 11 have different outer edge circumferences, thereby making the wear speeds of the outside end face of the different grinding wheel sheets different. The smaller the widths of the notches 101 are, the larger the outer edge circumference of the grinding wheel sheet 11 is, and the more slowly the outside end face of the grinding wheel sheet 11 wears, and the larger the widths of the notches 101 are, the smaller the outer edge circumference of the grinding wheel sheet 11 is, and the faster the outside end face of the grinding wheel sheet 11 wears. For the grinding process of the microgroove of the same depth, the contour shape of the processing end face of the grinding wheel tool body is gradually trued into a stable predetermined shape, so as to enable the grinding wheel tool to have the self-truing ability, the contour shape of the processing end face can remain constant at all times, with no need of frequent dressing and truing, thereby effectively improving the grinding efficiency and improving the form accuracy of the microgroove processing, and it has effectively solved the problem that the microgroove processing technology using the existing traditional grinding wheel tool has relatively fast wearing of the grinding wheel tool, difficulties in long-term and continuous processing, and relatively poor processing efficiency. In addition, by changing the width of the notches 101, the contour shape of the processing end face 12 of the grinding wheel tool body 10 can be finally trued into different shapes, thereby, microgrooves of various shapes can be processed.
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Further, as a specific embodiment of the grinding wheel tool for microgroove processing provided by the present application, the grinding wheel sheet 11 comprises a superabrasive and a binder, and the grinding wheel sheet comprising the superabrasive and the binder has a high degree of wear resistance. Preferably, the superabrasive has a particle size of 0.1 μm to 50 μm, and it can be, for example, 0.1 μm, 10 μm, 20 μm, 30 μm, 50 μm, or the like. Specifically, the superabrasive includes one or more of diamond, cubic boron nitride, and silicon carbide, and the binder includes one or more of a metal binder, a resin binder, and a ceramic binder.
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S10, defining notches of different widths on the outside end faces of the plurality of grinding wheel sheets.
The width and the number of the notch can be set according to actual needs, which is not limited hereto. The outside end faces of all the grinding wheel sheets form the processing end face of the grinding wheel tool body, and the processing end face is used to process the microgroove.
S20, assembling the grinding wheel sheets obtained in S10 in a predetermined stacking order to obtain the grinding wheel tool body.
In step S20, “predetermined stacking order” refers to selecting the stacking order between the individual grinding wheel sheets according to actual needs, for example, when it is required to process a V-shaped or U-shaped microgroove, the grinding wheel sheets can be stacked in such a manner that the width of the notch gradually increases from the middle to the both sides, when it is required to process an inverted V-shaped or inverted U-shaped microgroove, the grinding wheel sheets can be stacked in such a manner that the width of the notch is gradually reduced from the middle to the both sides, and when it is required to process an asymmetric microgroove, it is also possible to stack the grinding wheel sheets with different widths in an asymmetric manner.
S30, grinding a workpiece by using the grinding wheel tool body obtained in S20, wherein the notches on different grinding wheel sheets have different widths, different grinding wheel sheets have different outer edge circumferences; the smaller the widths of the notches are, the larger the outer edge circumference of the grinding wheel sheet is, and the more slowly the outside end face of the grinding wheel sheet wears; the larger the widths of the notches are, the smaller the outer edge circumference of the grinding wheel sheet is, and the faster the outside end face of the grinding wheel sheet wears, thereby truing the contour shape of the processing end face of the grinding wheel tool body into the predetermined shape, and processing the workpiece to form a microgroove with a longitudinal cross-sectional shape conforming to the contour shape of the processing end face.
The trued contour shape of the processing end face is related to the width of the notch of the grinding wheel sheet and the arrangement of the grinding wheel sheet. By changing the width of the notch of the grinding wheel sheet and the arrangement of the grinding wheel sheet, the processing end faces with different contour shapes can be obtained, and finally microgrooves with different longitudinal cross-sectional shapes are obtained. The contour shape of the processing end face can be selected according to the longitudinal cross-sectional shape of the microgroove required for the workpiece, for example, when the longitudinal cross-sectional shape of the microgroove needs to be V-shaped, U-shaped, inverted U-shaped, inverted V-shaped, or obliquely shaped, the contour shape of the processing end face needs to be correspondingly trued into a V-shape, a U-shape, an inverted U-shape, an inverted V-shape, or an obliquely shape. The workpiece can be a hard, brittle material workpiece, such as aluminum alloy, die steel or titanium alloy.
The above description is only the preferred embodiments of the present application, and is not intended to limit the present application. Any modifications, equivalent replacements, and improvements made within the spirit and principles of the present application should be included in the protection scope of the present application.
This application is a U.S. National Stage of International Patent Application No. PCT/CN2018/085464 filed on May 3, 2018. The aforementioned application is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
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PCT/CN2018/085464 | 5/3/2018 | WO | 00 |