The available volume treats machining with geometrically undefined cutting edges. It approaches both the practical engineer and the student of engineering sciences.
This book is based on the lecture “Manufacturing Technologies I and II” and the pertinent exercises, which are held at RWTH Aachen University. The arrangement of the book results from the experiences, which were gained when lecturing in the chronology of the course. It results likewise from the fact that new topic areas such as the grindability of different materials, is brought up for the first time.
The structure of the book is oriented to a large extent at didactical criteriae. Thus the first section deals with the chip formation at the cutting edges, the involved force and energy distributions at the cutting edges as well as the wear of the grinding grit. Following the description of grinding tool specifications, the new chapter on grindability of different materials and a chapter on the fundamentals of cooling lubricants follow. On these basic principles the different grinding processes and their kinematic characteristices are then presented in detail. The parameters of the different grinding techniques, references to process implementations as well as industrial used sample applications are likewise specified. Finally, besides honing and lapping techniques, special techniques and different methods of process control are presented. The necessity for process control, used sensor systems and application possibilities are regarded. Due to the increasing relevance and application in industrial manufacturing plants, monitoring systems are discussed in their own chapter.
For their cooperation with the compilation of the available edition I would like to thank my co-workers, Dr.-Ing. Z. Nachmani, Dr.-Ing. H. Wegner, Dipl.-Ing. S. Buchholz, Dipl.-Ing. (FH) M. Duscha, Dipl.-Ing. H. Groning, Dipl.-Ing. B. Meyer, Dipl.-Ing. A. Pampus, Dipl.-Ing. A. Roderburg, Dipl.-Ing. (FH) D. Schlutter, Dipl.-Ing. V. Vasilios, Dipl.-Ing. M. WeiB, Dipl.-Ing. R. Zunke, as well as Dr.- Ing. B. Linke, who was additionally responsible for the coordination of the work on this book.
Further I would like to thank the many former co-workers, who participated in the past German editions and now have leading positions in industry and research companies.
Aachen, September 2008