Grindability of glass-inlaid zirconia for fibre-optic connectors

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture

Volumn 218, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1861-1868

  Yin, L ^a,b   Huang, H ^a,c  

^a SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brittle ductile transition; Fibre connector end face; Glass inlaid zirconia; Infeed grinding; Metal bonded diamond wheel; Surface roughness

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DIAMONDS; ELECTRIC CONNECTORS; FIBER OPTICS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GLASS; GRINDING (COMMINUTION); SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

BRITTLE-DUCTILE TRANSITION; FIBER CONNECTOR END FACE; GLASS-INLAID ZIRCONIA; INFEED GRINDING; METAL-BONDED DIAMOND WHEELS;

ZIRCONIA;

EID: 11144228110     PISSN: 09544054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095440540421801218     Document Type: Conference Paper

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