Lapping machines or devices; Accessories

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2012

Classification Context

Section:: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
Class:: GRINDING; POLISHING
Subclass:: MACHINES, DEVICES, OR PROCESSES FOR GRINDING OR POLISHING; DRESSING OR CONDITIONING OF ABRADING SURFACES; FEEDING OF GRINDING, POLISHING, OR LAPPING AGENTS

Scope Notes

Glossary: lapping surface finishing by rubbing the surface of the work and the surface of a lapping tool, e.g. a lapping plate or lapping pad, that is mostly shaped corresponding to the work surface, against each other, mainly with loose abrasives rolling and sliding between the surfaces; the abrasives may be dispersed in a liquid medium, i.e. a slurry, or in a paste, or fixed to the lapping pad.

6 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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B24B 37/005 Control means for lapping machines or devices
B24B 37/02 designed for working surfaces of revolution
B24B 37/04 designed for working plane surfaces
B24B 37/11 Lapping tools
B24B 37/27 Work carriers
B24B 37/34 Accessories