A new fixed abrasive flat-honing technology has expanded the materials and tolerance capabilities of shop specializing in precision lapping....

Traditionally, the grinding process known as lapping has been employed in stock removal of metal and ceramic workpieces to achieve a desired concentricity or "fl atness." Flat lapping typically...

Aerospace bearings have to perform under extreme conditions for extended periods of time. Erik Keim can relate to this. As the manufacturing engineering manager for Emerson Power Transmission, he and...

The term two-wheel or double-wheel lapping refers to a material-removal or cutting method between two rotating wheels. This description will explain how the wheels rotate with respect to each other,...

Many companies are replacing their traditional flat lapping operations with a newer technology called flathoning --a process commonly known as clean lapping. Flathoning is a cleaner, faster process...