A polishing foil or plate is made up of a metallic base provided with a non-metallic layer which covers the polishing surface, acts as a polishing substrate and is intimately bonded to the metallic base. Used together with polishing substances, the polishing foil or plate prepares material such as metals, minerals and ceramics for microscopic examination and does so employing the minimum of polishing substance and with the minimum of rounding at the edge of the samples.

A polishing bath is charged with polishing materials so that workpieces may be barrel-polished. Supporting members for holding the workpieces in the polishing bath are provided and are set under their free or rotatable condition. According to this barrel polishing operation, the workpieces are prevented from colliding against one another during the polishing operation, thus raising no fear of forming the products with scars and dents.

A polishing method suitable for use in working a surface of a magnetic material such as materials of magnetic head into a mirror-finished surface. The work is placed in a treating liquid cell such that its surface to be worked is opposed by the surface of a lap. The treating liquid contains fine polishing grains of magnesium oxide as the polishing agent, by an amount less than 4 wt %, and may contain 10 to 30 wt % of glycerol for increasing the viscosity. As a relative movement occurs between th...

A polishing composition contains a deterioration inhibitor for inhibiting deterioration of polishing capability of the polishing composition, an abrasive, and water. The deterioration inhibitor is at least one selected from polysaccharide and polyvinyl alcohol. The polysaccharide is starch, amylopectin, glycogen, cellulose, pectin, hemicellulose, pullulan, or elsinan. Among them, pullulan is preferable. The abrasive is at least one selected from aluminum oxide and silicon dioxide, preferably at ...

A polishing head for polishing machines, in particular for polishing optical surfaces, has a polishing plate that is connected to a rotationally drivable drive shaft. The polishing plate is articulated to, and rotates with, the drive shaft. A ball hexagonal socket joint provides the articulated connection. Rotating by means of the articulated connection, the polishing plate can follow the surface of the workpiece to be processed, so that the polishing covering on the polishing plate always rests...

A polishing assembly and fixture providing a vertically movable pressure plate including a depending supporting member for a plurality of workpiece chucks positionable under pressure upon a rotatable polishing lap plate.

A glass-polishing apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a glass polisher rotatably securable to the windshield wiper mount of a vehicle.

This invention provides a polishing method including the steps of forming a film to be polished on a substrate having a recessed portion in its surface so as to fill at least the recessed portion, and selectively leaving the film to be polished behind in the recessed portion by polishing the film by using a polishing agent containing polishing particles and a solvent, and having a pH of 7.5 or more. The invention also provides a polishing apparatus including a polishing agent storage vessel for ...

On a frame, a rotary grindstone is rotatably provided in such a manner that the upper surface of the rotary grindstone serves as a grinding side and a workpiece holding device which holds a workpiece and abuts the workpiece against the grinding side of the rotary grindstone is provided. Furthermore, a truing dressing device is provided on the frame, the truing dressing device bringing a rotary grindstone for truing dressing into contact with the grinding side of the rotary grindstone for the pur...

The upper portion of a frame of a lapping device is provided with a device for supplying a workpiece, a grindstone, and a delivering device, and a movable arm is horizontally and movably supported by a support column of the frame in such a manner that the arm moves above the supplying device, grindstone, and the delivering device. The movable arm is provided with an device for autorotating the workpiece, the autorotating device being able to move upwardly or downwardly through the pressurizing d...