Vibratory finishing is a versatile process that is used in many industries globally for
radiusing, brightening, deburring, fine finishing, cleaning, burnishing, and descaling of …

A granular media can be fluidized by using an injected fluid flow or vibration of its container.
Different factors affect the quality of fluidization in both cases such as fluid density and …

Vibratory finishing has been widely used for surface finishing, cleaning, deburring,
deflashing, and stress relief in industry for the past 60 years. In vibratory finishing, the motion …

Drag finishing is a machining process that is used to improve the surface topology of
workpieces. Workpieces are moved through a bulk of differently shaped abrasives, the so …

Vibrational finishing processes are finding increased application in the finishing of high end
components. Despite the growing popularity of vibrational finishing, and due to limited …

Centrifugal barrel finishing processes, as a class of typical mass finishing methods, have
been used to deburr and finish metallic components across a wide range of industries. For …

Both the local impact and bulk flow velocities within a tub vibratory finisher were predicted
using discrete element modeling (DEM) and compared to the measured values for spherical …

Precision and performance synergistic processing (PPSP) is an important way to attain the
high-lifetime and high-reliability demanded by aerospace engine key components …

Discrete element methods (DEM) have been widely used in predicting the behavior of
vibrated granular media, including that in vibratory finishing (VF) processes. In VF loose …

This paper presents the recent advancements and forthcoming challenges for abrasive
machining with specific focus on the advancement of industrial applications. The most …