Abstract:
Burnishing is a very simple and effective method for improvement in surface finish and can be
carried out using existing machines, such as lathe. Quality of Surface is an important factor to
decide the performance of a manufactured product. For better quality surface finish the main
factor is surface roughness. On account of its high productivity, it also saves more on production
costs. Moreover, the burnished surface has a high wear resistance and better fatigue life. The
lower value of roughness gives higher surface finish for the manufactured product. Now in
present scenario different processes like grinding, honing, super finishing, polishing, burnishing
etc are used to reduce the value of surface roughness. Burnishing is one of the processes which
majorly affect the surface roughness. The levels of input process parameters are selected on basis
of one factor at a time experiment are Depth of cut, burnishing feed, burnishing speed and
number of passes.
