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.