To avoid various adverse effects such as the occurrence of warpage, degrading of quality by hit marks, and increase in the time required for polishing operation for a sheet-like workpiece when one side of the sheet-like workpiece is polished between buffing rollers and a backup roller.
This polishing apparatus 1 comprises a plurality of transport rollers 6, 9 for transporting the sheet-like workpiece P and the buffing rollers 14 (15) for polishing the sheet-like workpiece P during transportation by the transport rollers 6, 9. The pair of buffing rollers 14 (15) for simultaneously polishing both sides of the sheet-like workpiece P with the sheet-like workpiece P interposed therebetween are installed along a transport path 3B formed by the plurality of transport rollers 6, 9, thereby eliminating the use of the backup roller.
YAMAMOTO AKIHIRO
MASUNARI SEIJI
Yoshiyuki Shiraishi
Kunihiko Shiromura
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