Рубрика: Life Cycle and Sustainability of Abrasive Tools

Axiomatic Grinding Process Model

Section 7.1 described different methods for evaluating sustainability and Sect. 7.2 derived the life cycle inventory for grinding to implement these methods. Data for the analysis is either measured empirically, estimated or obtained from databases. Ideally, fundamental process knowledge would allow calculating all input and output streams from physical and analytical models. The following study […]

Case Study on Comparing Hard Turning and Grinding

Araujo and Oliveira [ARAU12] compared the sustainability of hard turning and grinding based on 29 sustainability indicators in a case study. They chose five social indicators for the comparison: • labor relations: hourly wages, • health and safety: number of occupational accidents, noise level, operator risk level, • training and education: average number of hours […]

Fillers in Resin Bonds

Fillers in resin bonds have several tasks in both manufacturing phase and grinding operation: They induce porosity, reinforce bond properties, change aesthetics, and more [FRAC10]. Common fillers in resin bonded grinding tools are cryolite (Na3AlF6), pyrite (FeS2), zinc sulfide (ZnS), lithopone (ZnSBaSO4), potassium fluoroborate and potassium chloride (KAlF4, K3AlF6), potassium sulphate (K2SO4), and mixtures of […]

Lapping

Lapping is a mainly room-bound process with geometrically undefined cutting edges. It is defined as a cutting process with loose grits distributed in a fluid or paste, so called lapping slurry, guided by a counterpart, which is usually shape-transferring (also called lapping tool). The cutting paths of the individual grits are ideally undirected [KLOC09, p. […]

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 […]