Honbearbeitung kermischer Werkstoffe

The article presents test results obtained with alumina, zirconia and sintered silicon-nitride in order to determine the relations between honing conditions, material properties and honing result. A materialdepending value of the normal force at each diamond cutting grain has to be exceeded. Apart from the machining parameters and tool specifications the scattering of material properties within the material groups has a strong influence on the material properties. In order to describe the honing process a model was developed. The model allows to adjust the honing parameters for unknown alumina based on some basic experiments.