Abstract: An end point detection method is provided for detecting and end point based on a drive current supplied to a drive unit that rotates and drives one of a polishing table and a holding unit. The end point detection method includes: a step (S102) of determining whether a polishing condition of a polishing process to be executed coincides with a preset specific polishing condition; a step (S103) of adjusting a current control parameter in a drive control unit that controls the drive current, the current control parameter related to a change in the drive current with respect to a change in a driving load of the drive unit, if it is determined that the polishing condition coincides with the specific polishing condition; and a step (S105) of detecting the drive current supplied to the drive unit based on the adjusted current control parameter.

Abstract: Reduced noise abrasive blasting assemblies and systems are described. The new assemblies and systems are comprised of standard blast hose, accelerator hose, couplings and nozzle. The improved abrasive blasting system maintains abrasive particle velocity while decreasing the exit gas velocity and consequently decreasing sound production. This is accomplished through an acceleration section with reduced inner diameter and sufficient length to provide the necessary abrasive particle velocity. The new system maintains the productivity and efficiency of conventional abrasive blasting systems but with greatly reduced acoustic noise production and reduces operator fatigue due to the lower weight of the carried portion of the system.

Abstract: A disc changing system for a robotic defect repair system is presented. The system has a first abrasive disc and a second abrasive disc. The first and second abrasive discs are coupled to a liner. The system includes an abrasive disc placement device configured to automatically: remove the first abrasive disc from the liner, transport the first abrasive disc to a robotic tool of the robotic defect repair system, and place the first abrasive disc on a backup pad coupled to the robotic tool. The system also includes an abrasive disc remover configured to automatically remove the first abrasive disc after receiving a removal signal. The system also includes a controller configured to send an instruction to the disc placement device to remove, transport and place the first abrasive disc, instruct the robotic tool to conduct an abrasive operation. The controller is also configured to send the removal signal.

Abstract: A substrate polishing apparatus including a stage configured to load a substrate, the stage having a flat surface, which is parallel to a first direction and a second direction, and on which the substrate is loaded, a pressing unit configured to exert a pressure on the substrate in a third direction, a rotary unit configured to revolve the pressing unit around a central axis parallel to the third direction, when viewed in a plan view, a plurality of polishing pads provided between the pressing unit and the substrate to be in contact with the substrate, and a nozzle part configured to supply a slurry onto the substrate. The polishing pads may be spaced apart from each other in a direction and may have a rectangular shape in the plan view.

Abstract: A grinding method for grinding a workpiece by use of a grinding apparatus including a holding table that holds the workpiece by a holding surface, and a grinding unit that grinds the workpiece held by the holding table by a grinding wheel having a plurality of grindstones arranged in an annular pattern includes a groove forming step of grinding the workpiece by bringing the grindstones into contact with the workpiece to form the workpiece with an arcuate groove having a depth of less than a finished thickness of the workpiece, and a grinding step of bringing the grindstones into contact with a surface side of the workpiece where the groove is formed to grind the workpiece until the thickness of the workpiece becomes the finished thickness.

Abstract: The disclosed technology includes a cutting tool comprising segments arranged around a periphery of a cutting tool. Each segment, of the plurality of segments comprising a first portion comprising a first material having a first hardness, a second portion comprising a second material having a second hardness, the second hardness being less than the first hardness, and a transition region. The transition region can include at least part of the first material and at least part of the second material. The transition region can have an overall third hardness that is less than the first hardness and greater than the second hardness. A first segment and a second segment of the plurality of segments can be attached to the periphery of the cutting tool such that at least the first portion of the first segment is aligned in a cutting direction with the second portion of the second segment.

Abstract: A polishing assembly includes a rotatable platen to support a polishing pad, a polishing liquid delivery arm having an enclosure open at a bottom thereof and one or more ports to deliver a polishing liquid and a cleaning fluid downwardly through an interior space of the enclosure onto the polishing pad, and a delivery arm cleaning tool removably attached to the polishing liquid delivery arm, the cleaning tool extending below the delivery arm and having a delivery arm-facing surface shaped such that the cleaning tool directs the cleaning fluid from the polishing liquid delivery arm on to a surface of the enclosure of the polishing liquid delivery arm.

Abstract: A sphere precision machining device and a machining method comprise a cavity, an abrasive grain stream, and a circulation device. The cavity holds the workpiece, and comprises two hollow hemispheres, each of said two hemispheres being provided with a main flow channel. Said main flow channel is connected to the cavity. One end of the main flow path of each of the two said hemispheres is connected to a circulating means by which a stream of abrasive grains is made to grind the workpiece. A plurality of main flow channels are disposed homogeneously inside the hemisphere, each of said main flow channels being provided with a plurality of branch flow channels connected to the cavity, said branch flow channels tapering in the flow direction. The present disclosure uses the difference in abrasive grain flow pressure on the surface of the workpiece to achieve precision machining.

Abstract: A high-rotational speed cup-shaped grinding wheel includes an annular base, several blades and a flow splitting structure. The blades are fixed on a side of the base at an interval in a circumferential direction to form a blade ring. The side of the blade ring away from the base forms an annular working surface, and two adjacent blades are spaced apart from each other to form a water passage channel for delivering cooling water to the working surface. The flow splitting structure is fixed on the blade ring and splits the cooling water into two branches, where a first branch delivers the cooling water to an outer area of the working surface, and a second branch delivers the cooling water to an inner area of the working surface, and then delivers the cooling water from an inner area of the working surface to an outer side area thereof.

Abstract: A chemical mechanical polishing system includes a support to hold a polishing pad, a carrier head to hold a substrate against the polishing pad during a polishing process, an in-situ monitoring system configured to generate a signal indicative of an amount of material on the substrate, a temperature control system to control a temperature of the polishing process, and a controller coupled to the in-situ monitoring system and the temperature control system. The controller is configured to cause the temperature control system to vary the temperature of the polishing process in response to the signal.

Abstract: An apparatus may include a grinder blade for flush cutting concrete, the grinder blade comprising: a distal side that defines a flush cutting plane and a proximal side opposite the distal side, and a locking hub receiver section unitarily formed from the grinder blade at a center portion and extending from the grinder blade a proximal direction to receive a locking hub with a plurality of fasteners disposed proximally to the grinder blade to secure the locking hub against the grinder blade.

Abstract: A tire pre-conditioning system includes a first mandrel, a second mandrel spaced apart from the first mandrel, and a controller in communication with the first mandrel and the second mandrel. The first mandrel is fixedly attached to a first shaft and including a first tapered sidewall. The second mandrel is fixedly attached to a second shaft and including a second tapered sidewall. The controller is operable to axially move the first mandrel and the second mandrel toward one another until the first and second tapered sidewalls are opposing respective beads of a tire, and supply pressurized fluid into an internal cavity of the tire to inflate the tire. The inflating causing the beads to move relative to mandrels while contacting the opposing respective tapered sidewalls to burnish the beads of the tire.

Abstract: The present invention provides a sander vacuum nozzle attachment also known as a dust wing adapter that captures dust while sanding by attaching to a sander and a vacuum system. It comprises of a hollow body with a central intake aperture that attaches to the dust bag mount of the sander and an outlet aperture that attaches to the suction hose of the vacuum system. The device also features a pair of wings that are placed adjacent to the sanding head and to the work surface, each wing has multiple wing intake apertures which allow dust to be drawn into the hollow body by the vacuum system. The design is efficient and compatible with orbital sander and mouse sander, and the shop vac is used as vacuum system.

Abstract: A device and a method for processing, in particular edge processing, an optical lens, wherein the device has a measuring system, a processing system, a loading system, an unloading system, an intermediate conveyor, and a belt conveyor. The loading system is arranged between the measuring system and the processing system. The unloading system is arranged on the opposite side of the processing system. A lens that is to be processed is picked up and oriented at the optical reference point that is determined by the measuring system in order to determine as precisely as possible the blocking point for the subsequent processing. The loading system and unloading system each have a linearly movable swiveling system with linearly movable suction devices arranged therein. The processing system is designed for the simultaneous processing of two lenses.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a grinding robot for an inside wall of a small diameter pipe. The grinding robot includes a grinding device, a transmission device, and a driving device. By arranging the grinding robot into the above three portions, the overall bending pipe passability of the robot can be increased, which is convenient for the grinding robot to grind the small diameter pipe. A first gimbal and two second gimbals provided in the transmission device enable the grinding robot to flexibly pass through bends of the pipe, and enable a grinding driving force to be variably transmitted to the grinding device. When the grinding body rotates and contacts a pipe wall, a reaction force of the pipe wall on the grinding body is balanced by an adjusting spring adjustment force in a balance adjusting device and a self-weight of a grinding body.

Abstract: A waterjet system in accordance with at least some embodiments includes a carriage, a motion assembly configured to move the carriage horizontally relative to a workpiece, and a cutting head carried by the carriage. The waterjet system can also include a kinematic chain through which the cutting head is operably connected to the carriage. The kinematic chain can include first, second, and third joints rotatably adjustable about different first, second, and third axes, respectively. The carriage and the first and second joints can be configured to move the cutting head along a path relative to the workpiece while the cutting head directs a jet toward the workpiece to form a product. The third joint can be configured to shift a kinematic singularity away from the path to reduce or eliminate delay and corresponding reduced cutting accuracy associated with approaching the kinematic singularity.

Abstract: A masking tool system includes a first masking body and a second masking body. The first masking body includes a bore passing through a portion of the first masking body and a first sealing element disposed on a first end of the first masking body. The second masking body includes a bore passing through the second masking body and a second sealing element disposed on a first end of the second masking body. The system may also include a rod configured to pass through the bores of the first and second masking bodies and to secure the first and second masking bodies to a metallic article placed therebetween. A diagonal length of the masking tool system induces a wobbling rotation during processing.

Abstract: Embodiments of sanding systems and methods for using and making the same may include providing a sanding system, comprising a body and a core. The body may be defined by at least a plurality of faces including a proximal face and a distal face and further defined by a hole extending lengthwise from the proximal face at least partially through the body toward the distal face. The core may be configured to be disposed at least partially within the hole such that changing an extent to which the core is disposed within the hole changes a density gradient of the sanding system.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a plasma-resistant chamber component and a method for manufacturing the same. A plasma-resistant chamber component of a semiconductor processing chamber that generates a plasma environment includes a ceramic article having multiple polished apertures. A roughness of the multiple polished apertures is less than 32 ?in.

Abstract: An oscillating device of a belt sander is disclosed. The belt sander includes a base, a rotating unit, an oscillating unit, and a control unit. The rotating unit is disposed on one side of the base. The rotating unit includes a motor and a roller. The oscillating unit is disposed on the other side of the base. The oscillating member includes a rolling wheel and an electric motor. The motor and the electric motor drive the roller and the rolling wheel to rotate, and the control unit controls the oscillation frequency of the electric motor. The service life of the motor and the electric motor can be prolonged, thereby improving the working efficiency of the belt sander.