TY - JOUR
T1 - Mirror surface finishing of hemispherical inside surface by newly developed ELID grinding system
AU - Mizutani, Masayoshi
AU - Kotani, Hiroshi
AU - Naruse, Tetsuya
AU - Komotori, Jun
AU - Katahira, Kazutoshi
AU - Ohmori, Hitoshi
AU - Sumiya, Kenji
AU - Wasa, Motoki
AU - Fujita, Masahiro
AU - Hasegawa, Tadashi
PY - 2011/6
Y1 - 2011/6
N2 - In this study, in order to apply electrolytic in-process dressing (ELID) grinding for surface finishing process of the sliding parts of metal on metal (MOM) artificial hip joints, a new grinding system to grind the inside surface of a hemispherical cup was developed. In this system, the workpiece was pressurized against the centre of the ball shaped grinding wheel with an oscillating pressure pin during the processing. The shape and the radius of the ball shaped grinding wheel were adjusted by using different size abrasive grains. Hemispherical cup-shaped samples of Cobalt-Chromium (Co-Cr) alloy were ground by this grinding system and their surface smoothness was improved. In addition, the roundness of the specimens was the same as or superior to that of the commercially available sliding parts. This result suggests that this grinding system is applicable as a surface finishing process of the sliding parts of MOM artificial hip joints.
AB - In this study, in order to apply electrolytic in-process dressing (ELID) grinding for surface finishing process of the sliding parts of metal on metal (MOM) artificial hip joints, a new grinding system to grind the inside surface of a hemispherical cup was developed. In this system, the workpiece was pressurized against the centre of the ball shaped grinding wheel with an oscillating pressure pin during the processing. The shape and the radius of the ball shaped grinding wheel were adjusted by using different size abrasive grains. Hemispherical cup-shaped samples of Cobalt-Chromium (Co-Cr) alloy were ground by this grinding system and their surface smoothness was improved. In addition, the roundness of the specimens was the same as or superior to that of the commercially available sliding parts. This result suggests that this grinding system is applicable as a surface finishing process of the sliding parts of MOM artificial hip joints.
KW - Artificial hip joint
KW - Biomaterial
KW - Co-Cr alloy
KW - ELID grinding
KW - Metal on metal (MOM)
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U2 - 10.2493/jjspe.77.576
DO - 10.2493/jjspe.77.576
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79959459971
VL - 77
SP - 576
EP - 580
JO - Seimitsu Kogaku Kaishi/Journal of the Japan Society for Precision Engineering
JF - Seimitsu Kogaku Kaishi/Journal of the Japan Society for Precision Engineering
SN - 0912-0289
IS - 6
ER -