Grinding

Episode 72: How do you spot loading?

Dr. Jeffrey Badger, Cutting Tool Engineering's "Ask the Grinding Doc" columnist, offers some simple advice for detecting whether your wheel has loading. About the Grinding Doc Video Series: Thanks to his work as an independent grinding consultant and the author of the "Ask the Grinding Doc" column in Cutting Tool Engineering magazine, Badger routinely receives questions about grinding from shops all over the world. Through the magazine column and this video series, he provides shops with the insight and guidance they seek.

Episode 71: The significance of size effect

Dr. Jeffrey Badger explains the significance of “size effect” in the latest episode of the Grinding Doc Video Series.

About the Grinding Doc Video Series: Thanks to his work as an independent grinding consultant and the author of the "Ask the Grinding Doc" column in Cutting Tool Engineering magazine, Badger routinely receives questions about grinding from shops all over the world. Through the magazine column and this video series, he provides shops with the insight and guidance they seek.

Camshaft grinding: Advanced technological innovation through collaboration

The first automobile internal-combustion engines used a camshaft to open and close poppet valves. Now, more than 100 years later, camshafts are still used and their basic function hasn’t changed—even though camshaft geometries, materials, surface finishes and tolerances have improved greatly to achieve better fuel economy, lower emissions and larger torque.

Cam-grinding options

06/01/2016

Author:

Jeffrey A. Badger, Ph.D.

Ask the Grinding Doc Columnist Jeffrey Badger, Ph.D., responds to a question about the difference between “constant rpm” and “constant metal-removal rate” when it comes to grinding cams.

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Episode 70: Chipping away

Is grinding a chip-formation process similar to turning? That's the question fielded by Dr. Jeffrey Badger, grinding consultant and author of the Ask The Grinding Doc column in Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.

Grinding Doc Video Series: Friable versus tough grits

Jeffrey Badger, Ph.D., , the host of Cutting Tool Engineering's Grinding Doc Video Series, explains the difference between friable grits and tough grits in the 69th episode of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine's Grinding Doc Video Series.

Productive Times: Ground round

05/01/2016

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