Рубрика: Life Cycle and Sustainability of Abrasive Tools

Fiber Reinforced Resin

Asen [ASEN08] has patented a wheel body made from a fiber composite, specif­ically with carbon fibers, glass fibers, or synthetic fibers. Different fiber structures are undergoing investigation, in particular uni-directional, orthotroph (fibers in different orthogonal directions) or transversal-isotrop [KRAF08]. The fiber struc­ture affects body strength and isotropy. Vitrified and resin bonded abrasive layers are glued […]

Cutting Edge Density

Cutting edge density is important to understand tool performance during the grinding process. Many researchers analyzed the statistical nature of the cutting edges [KASS69, BUTT68, SALJ88, HOU03, LORT75, etc.]. 6.2.1 Definitions 6.2.1.1 Static Cutting Edge Density Researchers differentiate between grit number and cutting edge number because each grit can have several cutting edges. However, both […]

Grinding Process Model

7.3.2.1 Traditional Fundamental Requirements in Grinding Manufacturing processes have to accomplish certain tasks depending on workpiece material, stock removal (finishing or roughing operation), availability of machines, batch size, form and dimension tolerances, achieved surface roughness and integ­rity, and more [LINK12c]. The following discussions focus on ductile material in finishing operations and the choice of the […]

Case Study on Speed-Stroke Grinding with High Grinding Wheel Speeds

Speed-stroke grinding is surface pendulum grinding with increased table speeds up to vw = 200 m/min. Advantages arise from the changing active chip formation mechanisms [INAS88, ZEPP05]. Chips gets shorter and thicker, which accounts for a more effective chip formation. The specific material removal rate, Qw, results from depth of cut, ae, and workpiece speed, […]

Other Types of Abrasives

2.5.1 Natural Abrasives Before the development of appropriate grit synthesis methods, natural abrasives were used. Today, some natural materials are still used for polishing applications. The disadvantages of natural abrasives are their lower strength with the exception of natural diamond, as well as the non-reproducible grit quality [KLOC09, p. 17]. Quartz (silica, SiO2) includes the […]