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Table 1 Feature comparison of the polishing path

From: Path planning of mechanical polishing process for freeform surface with a small polishing tool

Polishing

Uniformity

Isotropy

Motion

Comprehensive

type

  

control

review

Scan line

Bad

Bad

Easy

Easy control, low polishing quality

Archimedean spiral

Bad

General

Hard

Hard control, general polishing quality

Hilbert curve

Good

Good

General

Easy control, high polishing quality