Abstract: A method of polishing an object is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of creating a polishing zone within a magnetorheological fluid; determining the characteristics of the contact between the object and the polishing zone necessary to polish the object; controlling the consistency of the fluid in the polishing zone; bringing the object into contact with the polishing zone of the fluid; and moving at least one of said object and said fluid with respect to the other. Also disclosed is a polishing device.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 18, 2002
Date of Patent:
August 28, 2007
Assignee:
QED Technologies International, Inc.
Inventors:
William Ilich Kordonsky, Igor Victorovich Prokhorov, Sergei Rafailovich Gorodkin, Gennadii Rafailovich Gorodkin, Leonid Konstantinovich Gleb, Bronislav Eduardovich Kashevsky