Graduated and adaptive polishing tools, and method for the production thereof

A polishing tool for machining technical surfaces, the polishing tool comprising:

• a polishing base body;
• and
• a polishing medium carrier having at least one polishing grain, which is configured to be dissolved in a polishing slurry in the active gap between the polishing tool and the workpiece;
• and
• integrated cooling channels, which are used to feed the polishing slurry,
• wherein at least one material property of the polishing medium carrier changes vertically or parallel in relation to an axis of rotation of the polishing tool in order to control a polishing removal function in a targeted manner on a surface to be machine of a workpiece, the at least one material property of the polishing medium carrier varying over the entire polishing medium carrier, and
• the effect of the at least one polishing grain on the workpiece surface is influenced by the change in the material property of the polishing medium carrier.