Precision Industry is a highly specialized and technology-intensive industry specializing in the production of high-precision components and products with very tight tolerances and high precision. The industry requires advanced machinery, tooling and techniques to manufacture parts and products that meet very specific and demanding specifications. It touches a variety of products and fields, including automotive, aerospace, medical, watches, electronics, and more.
These products usually require high precision, high quality and reliability, therefore, the manufacture of these products requires the use of high-precision tools and technologies, of which grinding technology is one of them and an integral part. It is a high-precision processing technology that can achieve very high flatness and precision on the surface of the workpiece, thereby improving the quality and performance of the product. Here are a few examples to illustrate the use of abrasive products in different precision industrial fields.
Aerospace industry
The first is the aerospace industry, which is also a field that requires high precision and reliability. The aerospace industry needs to use high-quality and high-reliability components, and the surface of these components needs to achieve very high flatness and precision to ensure the reliability and safety of the entire flight system. Grinding technology is one of the important technologies to realize these requirements. For example, aircraft engine parts need to be ground with high precision to improve the efficiency and reliability of the engine.
Flywheel：
The flywheel is one of the rotating parts of the engine and requires surface treatment and machining with abrasive products to ensure its balance and smoothness, and to reduce vibration and noise.
Piston ring：
It is one of the sealing parts of the engine, which needs to be processed and treated with abrasive products to ensure its surface smoothness and sealing.
Rotor：
The rotor is a newer generation engine component. The upper vanes and expansion parts need to be machined and ground using grinding tools to ensure their surface dimensional accuracy.
Medical industry
Followed by the medical industry, medical equipment needs to meet the requirements of high precision, high quality and high reliability, including the surface treatment of medical equipment. Grinding technology enables high-precision and high-quality surface finishing, making medical equipment safer and more reliable. For example, medical products such as artificial bones and artificial joints require high-precision grinding to ensure good stability and fit.
Artificial bone
In the manufacture of artificial bones and joints, abrasive products are used to machine and polish the various parts to ensure they have the desired shape, size and surface quality.
Electronics industry
The third example is the electronics industry, which is also an industry that requires high precision and high quality. Electronic products need to use high-quality and high-precision parts, and the surfaces of these parts need to achieve very high flatness and precision to ensure the reliability and stability of electronic products. Grinding technology is one of the important technologies to realize these requirements. For example, the manufacture of semiconductor equipment requires high-precision grinding to improve the quality and performance of semiconductor equipment.
- Ceramic substrates are often used as base materials for semiconductor chips. These substrates need to be ground and polished to ensure a precise surface finish.
- In the semiconductor manufacturing process, there are still many metal parts that need to be ground and polished, such as conductive wires, connectors and various mechanical parts
Scientific research
Finally, there is scientific research. In scientific research, grinding technology is also very important. For example, in physics, it is necessary to manufacture high-precision optical components, lenses and lenses, etc., to carry out precise optical experiments. These optical components and lenses usually require high-precision grinding tools and grinding techniques to manufacture and process. In materials science, grinding technology is also widely used to manufacture and process high-precision specimens for testing and analysis. Additionally, in biomedical research, grinding techniques are also used in the fabrication and manipulation of biological samples, such as preparing sections and planarizing samples for microscopic examination and analysis.
Lens
Lenses are optical elements used to focus and disperse light, usually made of transparent materials. During the manufacturing process, the curvature and surface quality of the lens are very important and need to be processed with grinding and polishing tools.
Camera lens
During the manufacturing process of the lens, it is necessary to use equipment such as a grinding machine and a polishing machine to grind and polish the lens to achieve the required precision and surface flatness. The quality and performance of the lens are directly related to the imaging quality of the optical system. Therefore, the importance of the lens in precision grinding products is self-evident.
Conclusion
Overall, grinding products are widely used in precision industries. From aerospace industry to medical industry, electronics industry and scientific industry, grinding technology plays an important role. The application of abrasive products is crucial to the improvement of product quality and performance, and also plays an important role in promoting the development of the entire industry. The excellent quality and high-precision processing capabilities of grinding products can help manufacturers maintain their advantages in market competition and provide guarantees for product performance, quality and precision. We should strengthen the research and development of grinding technology to further improve the quality and performance of grinding products and promote the development and progress of the industry.
References
- https://www.core-gen.com/zh-tw/blog/what_is_precision_technology
- https://www.3m.com.tw/3M/zh_TW/metalworking-tw/resources/abrasive-solutions-for-artificial-joint/
