• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.102-107
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• 2017

This study focuses on the effect of the elasticity modulus of jig material on blade edge shape in the grinding process of a sapphire medical knife. The ELID grinding process was applied as the edge-grinding method for sapphire material. Carbon steel and copper have been selected as the hard and soft jig materials, respectively. The blade edge created by ELID grinding was measured by a surface roughness tester and optical microscope. The shape of the ground edge and surface roughness were compared using the measurement results. As a result, it was found that chipping in the blade edge of the sapphire knife occurred more than in the case of jig material with a high-elasticity modulus because of the high normal force in the grinding process. Moreover, the maximum height surface roughness, $R_{max}$,of the ground surface was higher in the case of the jig material with a high-elasticity modulus due to the difference in elasticelongation. It was considered to lead to chipping from the notch effect.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.63-68
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• 2017

This study determines the selection of an appropriate jig material for the blade edge of the medical sapphire knife. The physical properties of the jig material affects the edge shape and chipping phenomenon in machining of the medical sapphire knife. If a grinding wheel is used, brittle workpieces such as sapphire are easily damaged by the propagation of cracks because the grinding force significantly increases. It is important to constantly maintain the grinding force in the grinding process of the brittle materials. The grinding force can be kept constantly by inducing the elastic deformation of the Jig material because the elastic deformation of brittle work-piece is negligibly low. The chipping phenomenon may be reduced by selecting the proper Jig material. Aluminum, copper, stainless steels and carbon steel were used as Jig materials. The experiment was conducted using a cast iron grinding wheel, which was installed on a conventional grinding machine with the ELID grinding system. The thickness and width of the chipping area were measured using an optical microscope and FE-SEM to analyze the shape of the blade edge. According to the experiment result, the chipping phenomenon decreased, and the sharp edge was formed when the jig materials with low elastic modulus were used.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제10권5호
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• pp.430-438
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• 1999

근적외선 파장영역에서 시분해 분광용 레이저 광원개발을 위해 발진파장이 반사경의 파장 선폭에 의해 제한된 수십 펨토초 펄스폭의 고출력 티타늄 사파이어 레이저를 개발하였다. 한쪽 프리즘 끝에 미세 stepping-motor로 제어되는 kniff-edge slits를 사용하여 발진파장을 선택하였으며, 파장가변영역은 770nm~870nm이었고, 이 파장영역에서 얻은 펄스폭은 40 fs 미만이었다. 가장 짧은 펄스폭은 약 17 fs 이었으며 이때의 파장중심은 820nm이고 선폭은 72nm이었다. 약 5W 출력의 아르곤 레이저 여기광을 사용하여 위의 파장영역에서 얻은 평균출력은 440 mW~580 mW 이었다. 연속발진 경우와 Kerr-lens mode locking 경우의 이득매질에서의 빔의 크기를 계산하여 이득변조값 ${\lambda}=2.5{\times}10_{-8}$ W을 수치적으로 얻었고, 이로부터 Ginzberg Landau 방정식을 사용하여 40 fs 미만의 펄스폭이 발생됨을 보였다.