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  2. Surface finish - Wikipedia

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    Surface finish. Surface finish, also known as surface texture or surface topography, is the nature of a surface as defined by the three characteristics of lay, surface roughness, and waviness. [1] It comprises the small, local deviations of a surface from the perfectly flat ideal (a true plane). Surface texture is one of the important factors ...

  3. Surface roughness - Wikipedia

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    Surface roughness, often shortened to roughness, is a component of surface finish (surface texture). It is quantified by the deviations in the direction of the normal vector of a real surface from its ideal form. If these deviations are large, the surface is rough; if they are small, the surface is smooth. In surface metrology, roughness is ...

  4. Surface metrology - Wikipedia

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    Surface metrology is the measurement of small-scale features on surfaces, and is a branch of metrology. Surface primary form, surface fractality, and surface finish (including surface roughness) are the parameters most commonly associated with the field. It is important to many disciplines and is mostly known for the machining of precision ...

  5. Engineering drawing abbreviations and symbols - Wikipedia

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    RMS: root mean square: RMS in general is a statistical technique to define a representative value for a group of data points. With regard to surface roughness, it means that the heights of the individual microscopic peaks and valleys shall be averaged together via RMS to yield a measurement of roughness. See also herein f as a finish mark. RT ...

  6. Surface imperfections (optics) - Wikipedia

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    Surface quality is characterized either by the American military standard notation (eg "60-40") or by specifying RMS (root mean square) roughness (eg "0.3 nm RMS"). [1] American notation focuses on how visible surface defects are, and is a "cosmetic" specification. RMS notation is an objective measurable property of the surface.

  7. Surface finishing - Wikipedia

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    Surface finishing. A drill bit with surface finishing to make the cutting edges harder. Surface finishing is a broad range of industrial processes that alter the surface of a manufactured item to achieve a certain property. [1] Finishing processes may be employed to: improve appearance, adhesion or wettability, solderability, corrosion ...

  8. Total indicator reading - Wikipedia

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    Total indicator reading. In metrology and the fields that it serves (such as manufacturing, machining, and engineering), total indicator reading (TIR), also known by the newer name full indicator movement (FIM), is the difference between the maximum and minimum measurements, that is, readings of an indicator, on the planar, cylindrical, or ...

  9. Honing (metalworking) - Wikipedia

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    Honing is an abrasive machining process that produces a precision surface on a metal workpiece by scrubbing an abrasive grinding stone or grinding wheel against it along a controlled path. Honing is primarily used to improve the geometric form of a surface, but can also improve the surface finish. Typical applications are the finishing of ...