Nontraditional finishing processes for internal surfaces and passages: a review

KL Tan, SH Yeo, CH Ong - Proceedings of the Institution of …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
The development of various nontraditional principles to finish the internal surfaces and
passages is reviewed. In particular, attention is focused on three relatively mature finishing …

Surface finishing on IN625 additively manufactured surfaces by combined ultrasonic cavitation and abrasion

KL Tan, SH Yeo - Additive Manufacturing, 2020 - Elsevier
The poor and non-uniform surface quality of parts produced by powder bed fusion (PBF)
processes remains a huge limitation in additive manufacturing. Here we show that ultrasonic …

Electropolishing of CuZn brasses and 316L stainless steels: Influence of alloy composition or preparation process (ALM vs. standard method)

C Rotty, A Mandroyan, ML Doche, JY Hihn - Surface and Coatings …, 2016 - Elsevier
In the present paper, electropolishing behavior of different brass alloys (CuZn 39 Pb 2, CuZn
42) in phosphoric acid is studied to observe the impact of alloying elements on polishing …

Electropolishing of stainless steel in laboratory and industrial scale

P Lochyński, S Charazińska, E Łyczkowska-Widłak… - Metals, 2019 - mdpi.com
Transposing the process scale from laboratory to industrial conditions is a difficult issue that
applies to many sectors of the industry. As far as electropolishing of stainless steel is …

A comprehensive study on electrochemical polishing of tungsten

F Wang, X Zhang, H Deng - Applied Surface Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Tungsten is a promising material for the mold of glass components owing to its excellent
mechanical and chemical properties. Electrochemical polishing (ECP) has been proposed …

Fabrication of smooth, periodic surface structures: Combining direct laser interference patterning and electropolishing

C Schäfer, PM Delfino… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The manipulation of topography is crucial in surface engineering to customize material
properties and surface functionalities for specific applications. Scientists have been inspired …

Electropolishing Fe-based biodegradable metals for vascular applications: impact on surface properties, corrosion and cell viability

LM de Andrade, C Paternoster, P Chevallier… - RSC Applied …, 2025 - pubs.rsc.org
Biodegradable metals constitute a new class of materials for medical application. By
breaking the paradigm that a metallic biomaterial to be implanted in the body must be …

Electropolishing with Low Mass Loss for Additive Manufacturing of Ti6Al4V in Zinc Chloride-Urea Deep-Eutectic Solvent

C Tang, X Li, J Tang, K Ren, J Xue - Journal of The …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
A novel electropolishing approach for Ti6Al4V was developed involving a zinc chloride
(ZnCl 2)-urea deep-eutectic polishing system, with current density of 0.6 A cm− 2 …

Spectral approach on multiscale roughness characterization of nominally rough surfaces

S Panda, A Panzade, M Sarangi… - Journal of …, 2017 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
This paper attempts to demonstrate a systematic spectral approach for the characterization
of the topographic nature of rough surfaces. Multiscale roughness characterization reveals a …

Formation of field-induced breakdown precursors on metallic electrode surfaces

S Bagchi, E Simakov, D Perez - Frontiers in Physics, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Understanding the underlying factors responsible for higher-than-anticipated local field
enhancements required to trigger vacuum breakdown on pristine metal surfaces is crucial …