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5 - Measurement of Surface Finish

This document discusses surface texture and surface roughness. It defines that actual surfaces have roughness, waviness and flaws due to manufacturing processes, whereas nominal surfaces appear perfectly straight and smooth. Surface characteristics affect properties like aesthetics, safety, friction, wear and assembly. There are several parameters to define surface roughness like average roughness (Ra), maximum peak to valley height (Rt), and root mean square roughness (Rq). Surface roughness can be measured using direct instrument methods like stylus profilometers or comparison methods involving touch, visual inspection or microscopy. Different manufacturing processes result in different surface topographies and roughness levels.

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5 - Measurement of Surface Finish

This document discusses surface texture and surface roughness. It defines that actual surfaces have roughness, waviness and flaws due to manufacturing processes, whereas nominal surfaces appear perfectly straight and smooth. Surface characteristics affect properties like aesthetics, safety, friction, wear and assembly. There are several parameters to define surface roughness like average roughness (Ra), maximum peak to valley height (Rt), and root mean square roughness (Rq). Surface roughness can be measured using direct instrument methods like stylus profilometers or comparison methods involving touch, visual inspection or microscopy. Different manufacturing processes result in different surface topographies and roughness levels.

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Ridwan Al Aziz (Rivan)

Lecturer
Dept. of IPE, BUET

The nominal surfaces appear as absolutely


straight lines, ideal circles, round holes, and
other edges and surfaces that are
geometrically perfect
Actual surfaces of a part are determined by
the manufacturing processes used to make
it
Variety of processes result in wide variations in
surface characteristics

Aesthetic reasons
Surfaces affect safety
Friction and wear depend on surface
characteristics
Surfaces affect mechanical and physical
properties
Assembly of parts is affected by their
surfaces
Smooth surfaces make better electrical
contacts
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Concerned with:

Defining the characteristics of a surface


Surface texture
Surface roughness
Relationship between manufacturing processes
and characteristics of resulting surface

The topography and geometric features of


the surface
When highly magnified, the surface is
anything but straight and smooth
It has roughness, waviness, and flaws

It also possesses a pattern and/or direction


resulting from the mechanical process that
produced it

1)

Roughness - small, finely-spaced deviations


from nominal surface
Determined by material characteristics and processes that
formed the surface

2)

Waviness - deviations of much larger spacing


Waviness deviations occur due to work deflection, vibration,
heat treatment, and similar factors
Roughness is superimposed on waviness

3)

4)

Lay - predominant direction or pattern


of the surface texture
Flaws - irregularities that occur
occasionally on the surface
Includes cracks, scratches, inclusions, and
similar defects in the surface
Although some flaws relate to surface texture,
they also affect surface integrity

Surface Roughness
A measurable characteristic based on roughness
deviations
Surface Finish
A more subjective term denoting smoothness and
general quality of a surface
In popular usage, surface finish is often used as a synonym
for surface roughness
Both terms are within the scope of surface texture

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Average of vertical deviations from nominal surface


over a specified length surface

Figure : Deviations from nominal surface used in the two


definitions of surface roughness.
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Mean line of the Profile: It is the line that divides the


effective profile such that, within sampling length the sum
of squares of distances (y1, y2, .yn) between effective
points and mean line is minimum.
Center line of the Profile: It is the line for which the area
embraced by the profile above or below the line is equal.

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Center Line Average (CLA), Ra is the Arithmetic Average of the


distance of the filtered or unfiltered Roughness profile from its
Mean Line.

Maximum Peak to valley height, Rt or Rmax.

RMS Value, Rq is the Root Mean Square of the distance of the


filtered or unfiltered Roughness Profile from its mean line.

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Ten Point height of Irregularities, Rz is numerically


the average height difference between the five
highest peaks and the five lowest valleys within the
assessment length.
Rz is also known as
the ISO 10 point
height parameter.

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2.

Surface inspection of comparison methods


Direct instrument measurements.

Surface inspection of comparison methods

Touch Inspection
Visual Inspection
Scratch Inspection
Microscope Inspection
Surface Photographs
Micro Interferometer
Wallace Surface Dynamometer
Reflected Light Intensity

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Stylus Probe Instrument: generally consists

of following units
A skid or shoe is drawn slowly over the surface.
A stylus move over the surface with the skid.
An amplifying device for magnifying the stylus
movement and an indicator.
A recording device to produce a trace/record of
the surface profile.
A means of analyzing the trace is obtained.

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Thank You
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