The kind of lapping plate Insaco uses plays a vital role in the lapping process. It significantly affects the output of this abrasive machining technique. A plate should not be too hard as it damages ...

Many tea drinkers know about tannins, those pesky molecules that stain teeth and ceramic mugs. Last year, John L. Lombardi, a green tea drinker, learned that makers of hard-disk drives were thirsting ...

As the title suggests loose or embedded abrasive materials are employed to machine away small fragments of a material. In brittle materials such as engineering ceramics, hard abrasive grains are ...

In this video, we explore the process of mixing diamond paste for stropping, polishing, and lapping. The base mix consists of a 1:1 ratio of vegetable glycerine to dipropylene glycol, combined with ...

Even if you don't own a cat you've probably seen one lap up a bowl of milk. Exactly how our feline friends go about doing it has been a scientific mystery, until now: The journal Science has published ...

Sponsored by Vitrek, LLCReviewed by Maria OsipovaSep 18 2025 Wafer lapping is a vital semiconductor thinning operation that requires precise control to avoid over-removal of material, which can result ...