Abstract

Although magnetorheological finishing (MRF) is a deterministic finishing technology, the machining results always fall short of simulation precision in the actual process, and it cannot meet the precision requirements just through a single treatment but after several iterations. We investigate the reasons for this problem through simulations and experiments. Through controlling and compensating the chief errors in the manufacturing procedure, such as removal function calculation error, positioning error of the removal function, and dynamic performance limitation of the CNC machine, the residual error convergence ratio (ratio of figure error before and after processing) in a single process is obviously increased, and higher figure precision is achieved. Finally, an improved technical process is presented based on these researches, and the verification experiment is accomplished on the experimental device we developed. The part is a circular plane mirror of fused silica material, and the surface figure error is improved from the initial $\lambda /5$ [peak-to-valley (PV) $\lambda =632.8\mathrm{nm}$], $\lambda /30$ [root-mean-square (rms)] to the final $\lambda /40$ (PV), $\lambda /330$ (rms) just through one iteration in $4.4\min$. Results show that a higher convergence ratio and processing precision can be obtained by adopting error control and compensation techniques in MRF.

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