Abstract: Machine for finishing complex profiled workpieces having a rotating barrel where the workpieces are machined in an loading/unloading unit, for example, a manipulator with grippers. The barrel has a torus-shaped work area defined by a bottom and cylindrical walls fixed to the bottom and the torus-shaped work area of the barrel is closed at the top with a stationary magnetic pole piece. In the center of the torus-shaped work area there is located an electromagnetic coil and a disc mounted on the magnetic pole piece through a fixed shaft. The cylindrical walls of the torus-shaped work area are made of non-ferromagnetic material while the bottom of the shaft and the disc are made of ferromagnetic material. The advantages of the machine are that the quality of the surfaces as machined is improved without changes in the geometry of the workpieces, and machining is carried out on preselected surfaces only.

Abstract: Inductor for magnetic abrasive polishing. The inductor has at least one electromagnetic coil which is surrounded by a circular cylindrical sleeve-like shell mounted coaxial of the coil. The coil is held from rotation, whereas the shell is driven to rotate thereabout. The shell is made up of three coaxial rings disposed in a line, the end rings being made of ferromagnetic material, whereas the central ring is a spacing ring made of non-magnetic material. The external cylindrical surface of the shell has machined grooves therein disposed at a pronounced angle with respect to the axis of the inductor. The grooves form sharp edges with the generally circular cylindrical outer surface of the shell.

Abstract: The polishing composition for a centrifugal magnetic-abrasive machine for machining complex profiled workpieces. The composition exhibits ferro-magnetic properties and could be used in all centrifugal and magnetic-abrasive machines but more particularly in the combined centrifugal magnetic-abrasive machines wherein high roughness grades of the machined surfaces are obtained from comparatively low speeds of centrifugal packing and low magnetic field intensity. The composition is made of a 84-86% mixture of abrasive grains and iron-powder; 4-6% of a mixture of chromium sesquioxide, stearine, and oleic acid; 4-6% ground fruit pits or sawdust; and 4-6% of a 3% aqueous solution of triethanolamine soap. In their respective mixtures the abrasive grains are 5-40 mm in size and amount to 16-20%, the iron-powder amounts to 80-84%, the chromium sesquioxide of the 1-10 mm grain size amounts to 55-57%, the stearine amounts to 37-39%, and the oleic acid amounts to 5-7%.