Mind the grind
Optimizing grinding and dressing with the dress speed ratio parameter.
Author
John Hagan
John Hagan is senior application engineer with Norton | Saint-Gobain, 9 Goddard Road, Northboro, Mass., 01532. He may be reached via email at [email protected].
Norton | Saint-Gobain
Optimizing grinding and dressing with ‘dressing speed ratio’ parameter
To achieve the quality and productivity requirements for most precision grinding operations, it is necessary that the grinding wheel is trued and dressed prior to grinding and periodically during the grinding operation. The truing process is initially carried out to correct for any wheel runout, create the required profile on the wheel, and condition the grinding wheel face.