Three grinding wheels listed in Table 19.5 were each tested using an L827 orthogonal array to determine the most favorable conditions.
The aluminum oxide wheel listed having 42% porosity gave better results than a number of other aluminum oxide wheels tested for grinding Inconel 718. The CBN wheels listed also had increased porosity, 40% compared with 35% and showed improved grinding performance for Inconel 718. Porosity was selected based on work by Cai [2002].
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TABLE 19.5 Grinding Wheel and Machine Combinations for Grinding Inconel 718
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Best dressing and grinding conditions for the three wheels used for Inconel 718 were
• Conventional-speed Al2O3 wheel. The wheel was dressed with a single-point diamond, ad = 2 pm, vd = 1.2 mm/s, and nd = 2. Grinding conditions were vs = 45 m/s, vw = 20 m/min, tso = 10 s, and Q’w = 2 mm3/mm/s.
• Conventional-speed vitrified B151 CBN wheel. The wheel was dressed at vr = -12.6 m/s, ad = 2 pm, vd = 1.4 mm/s, and nd = 2. Grinding conditions were vs = 45 m/s, vw = 20 m/min, tso = 10 s, and Q’w = 2 mm3/mm/s.
• High-speed B151 CBN wheel. The wheel was dressed at vr = -42 m/s, ad = 2 pm, vd = 8.5 mm/s, and nd = 2. Grinding conditions were vs = 120 m/s, vw = 26 m/min, tso = 2 s, and Q’w = 2 mm3/mm/s.