A mounting adapter for mounting a surface processing tool having a rotational or longitudinal axis to at least one spider arm of a rotatable spider assembly of a surface processing apparatus, the spider arm having a leading side and a trailing side as a function of the direction of rotation of the spider assembly. The mounting adapter has a first element for removably attaching the adapter to the spider arm and a second element positioned circumferentially offset behind the first element for positioning the rotational or longitudinal axis of a surface processing tool circumferentially offset behind the trailing side of the spider arm. The first element is an elongate apertured bar and the second element is weld filler material, the bar being connected to said surface processing tool via the weld filler material.

A system is provided. The system includes a 3D printer, which includes a first dispenser and a second dispenser. The first dispenser is configured to apply conductive material to a surface, and the second dispenser is configured to apply conductive diamonds to a surface. The conductive material includes a mixture of an elastomer and at least one of nickel and silver, and the conductive diamonds are between 1 and 10 microns in size.

A mirror finishing method for forming a mirror surface on a workpiece with a mirror finishing tool including a conically shaped cutting tool made of polycrystalline diamond or cubic boron nitride that is attached to a distal end of a shank, performs mirror polishing by abutting a conical surface of the cutting tool against a machined surface of the workpiece with the shank tilted with respect to the machined surface of the workpiece.

A method is provided. The method includes preparing a surface to receive a 3D printed layer, 3D printing a conductive layer comprising a plurality of overlaid layers of conductive material to the surface, and 3D printing conductive diamonds to the conductive layer. Preparing the surface includes one or more of texturing the surface and chemically treating the surface. The texturing is performed in order to not adversely impact regularity of the surface and limit variations in the height from the surface of conductive diamonds. Chemically treating the surface reduces films or coatings that may impact adhesion between the surface and the conductive layer, without degrading the conductive layer.

A method of fabricating a polishing pad using an additive manufacturing system includes receiving data indicative of a desired shape of the polishing pad to be fabricated by droplet ejection. The desired shape defines a profile including a polishing surface and one or more grooves on the polishing pad. Data indicative of a modified pattern of dispensing feed material is generated to at least partially compensate for distortions of the profile caused by the additive manufacturing system, and a plurality of layers of the feed material are dispensed by droplet ejection in accordance to the modified pattern.

A mirror finishing method for forming a mirror surface on a workpiece with a mirror finishing tool including a conically shaped cutting tool made of polycrystalline diamond or cubic boron nitride that is attached to a distal end of a shank, performs mirror polishing by abutting a conical surface of the cutting tool against a machined surface of the workpiece with the shank tilted with respect to the machined surface of the workpiece.

The object of the present invention is to provide a grinding tool capable of continuing machining in a dry state and of being manufactured in a short time and at low cost, and a manufacturing method therefor. For said purpose, a grinding tool (10-1) for grinding a workpiece includes a threaded helical groove (12) formed on an outer circumferential surface of a cylindrical metal head portion (10b), ridgetop surfaces that result from the formation of the helical groove (12) and are formed so as to protrude with a trapezoidal cross-sectional shape, and abrasive grain surfaces (18) formed by winding an insulating resin rope in the helical groove (12) to mask the inside of the helical groove (12) and fixing abrasive grains on the ridgetop surfaces. A helix angle of the helical groove (12) with respect to an axial direction of the grinding tool (10-1) is set to be at least 80 and less than 90.

A method of fabricating a polishing pad using an additive manufacturing system includes receiving data indicative of a desired shape of the polishing pad to be fabricated by droplet ejection. The desired shape defines a profile including a polishing surface and one or more grooves on the polishing pad. Data indicative of a modified pattern of dispensing feed material is generated to at least partially compensate for distortions of the profile caused by the additive manufacturing system, and a plurality of layers of the feed material are dispensed by droplet ejection in accordance to the modified pattern.

An elastic emission machining apparatus includes a machining element having a non-spherical shape that is configured to spin about an axis of rotation, a tank, and a driving system. The tank has a chamber positioned to receive the machining element and a slurry comprising a mixture of a liquid and chemically reactive fine particles. The driving system is coupled to and configured to engage the machining element to spin about the axis of rotation adjacent to a surface of the workpiece to accelerate the chemically reactive fine particles through a gap between the machining element and the surface of the workpiece.

To uniformly bring an abrasive into contact with a workpiece and to achieve desired surface roughness. A polishing tool sliding on a narrow part of the workpiece includes an abrasive retaining layer configured to allow an abrasive to be retained on a surface, and an elastic layer that is stacked on the abrasive retaining layer and is configured to press the abrasive retained in the abrasive retaining layer against the workpiece. The elastic layer is preferably elastically deformable over a sliding stroke of the polishing tool, and a driving unit that causes the polishing tool to slide on the workpiece is preferably connected to the polishing tool.