6.6.1 Introduction A number of considerations must be taken into account when selecting vitrified bond for diamond that places different demands relative to conventional wheels. These are primarily the effects of: Hard work materials Low chemical bonding High grinding forces Reactivity with air at high temperatures These considerations are discussed as follows. 6.6.2 Hard Work […]
Рубрика: Handbook of Machining with Grinding Wheels
Form Blocks
In addition to the stationary tools for traverse dressing, full forms can be dressed simultaneously using form blocks. These are blocks that have a layer of diamond either sintered or directly plated and molded to the form required in the wheel. They are used especially in surface grinding where the block is set on the […]
TRUING AND CONDITIONING OF SUPERABRASIVE WHEELS
Nonporous superabrasive cannot, in general, be dressed with diamond tooling. Truing can be performed for some softer CBN bonds, such as resin, using diamond nibs or rotary diamond traversing discs, but, in general, most wheels are trued and conditioned using conventional abrasive blocks or wheels. In the case of diamond, this can sometimes be completed […]
Roughness Specifications on Drawings
Common roughness specifications (marks) on part drawings are shown in Figure 2.7. This gives both the current standard practice, especially in Europe, and the older machining marks still seen Cross-hatch grind pattern from a Concentric rings grind pattern from a face grind operation, e. g., shoulder plunge or angle approach shoulder kiss or double disc […]
SURFACE FORMATION IN GRINDING OF BRITTLE-HARD MATERIALS
3.7.1 Indentation Tests Fundamental mechanisms of crack formation and spreading in the case of brittle-hard materials were carried out by Lawn and Wilshaw [1975]. The stressing of a ceramic surface with a cutting edge causes hydrostatic compression stress around a core area in the subsurface of the workpiece. This leads to a plastic deformation of […]
WHEEL MOUNT DESIGN
Holding the abrasive section together on the wheel body has already been discussed. A second problem is how to hold the wheel body on the machine spindle. Centrifugal forces cause the wheel to expand radially both on the outer diameter and the bore. It, therefore, must also contract axially. The problem is, therefore, to prevent […]
Application of SG Abrasives
As with all new technologies, it took significant time and application knowledge to understand how to apply SG. The abrasive was so tough that it had to be blended with regular fused abrasive at levels as low as 5% to avoid excessive grinding forces. Typical blends are now • 5SG (50%) • 3SG (30%) • […]
5.7.4 Microcrystalline CBN
Interestingly, GE also developed a grit-type GE 550 that is a microcrystalline product; this could be considered the “SG” of CBN grains. It is extremely tough and blocky and wears by microfracturing. However, just like SG grains, it also generates high grinding forces and is, therefore, limited to use in the strongest bonds, such as […]
Diamond Reactivity with Air at High Temperatures
Diamond reacts with air at temperatures above 650°C. Therefore, the wheels must either be fired at low temperatures, or in an inert, or reducing, atmosphere. Very low temperature bonds, however, FIGURE 6.10 Hot pressed fully densified vitrified diamond bond structure. FIGURE 6.11 Typical application for a porous vitrified fine grain diamond structure wheel-grinding of polycrystalling […]
TRAVERSE DRESSING OF SUPERABRASIVE WHEELS WITH STATIONARY TOOLS
7.3.1 Introduction Perhaps the most widely sought after, but as yet unavailable, stationary tool is the one that can dress high-performance vitrified cubic boron nitride (CBN) wheels. The problem is that singlepoint and needle diamonds wear much too quickly for most superabrasive wheels at the speeds the wheels must operate. Grit tools leave the wheels […]