ABSTRACT

The high demands required today by manufacturing engineers for machine

parts and tools necessitate very precise machining. The finishing processes

are an important perspective to be considered today to meet the goals like

parallelism, tolerances, flatness, and smooth surface. These processes are

high-precision abrasive processes used to generate surfaces of desired char-

acteristics such as geometry, form, tolerances, surface integrity, and rough-

ness characteristics. Abrasive finishing processes are used in a wide range of

material applications and industries. Typical examples are finishing of various

components used in aerospace, automotive, mechanical seals, fluid handling,

and many other precision engineering industries. The lapping process is a fine

finishing process, which has a leading importance in this perspective. The

lapping process leads to a surface with low roughness and high precision.