New Technology has enabled us to eliminate the problems associated with conventional lapping
Lapping has always consisted of rubbing the work piece to be finished on a flat plate using a loose abrasive and oil mixture between the plate and the work piece.
As the plate wears with repeated use the contour of its surface must be constantly maintained through the lapping operation to maintain the plates accuracy. maintaining the accuracy of these plates can only be achieved by pain staking, tedious, and lengthy sequences to correct the wear with the use of several lapping plates along with experienced personnel.
A lapping device is only useful as long as it retains its contour to a very precise degree. when lapping with loose abrasive you are lapping the high and low areas at the same time. (Figure 1) Galling and/or scraching of the articles being lapped is a common occurrence.
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The use of loose abrasives is not needed with our lapping plates. We offer a full line of lapping plates with the diamonds permantly impregnated into the surface and retained by an extremely hard wear-resistant matrix. Uhl Technologies' diamond lapping plates lap only the higher areas down to the lower areas, (Figure2) galling and/or scraching are virtually non-existent due to the diamond being permantly fixed into the surface, therefor decreasing your lapping time by 50%.
Cleaning of our lapping plates is very easy. Lapped off debris is simply cleaned from the plate by adding a few drops of our lapping fluid and wiping with our industrial lint-free paper wipes.
Uhl Technologies offers five standard mesh sizes to be impregnated into the surface of your lapping plate. Shown in the table to the right are the five sizes available along with the micron size of diamond and the micro inch finish you can except to receive.
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