Grinding

Cam-grinding options

06/01/2016

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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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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.

Century45 Centerless Grinding Wheels

Saint-Gobain Abrasives offers a new line of centerless grinding wheels to its bonded abrasives portfolio. The Norton Century45 centerless bond platform features an exclusive chemistry that greatly improves grain retention in the wheel. Better grain retention means wheels are constructed with more porosity for a given hardness. This translates into wheels having a hard grade with the performance of a softer grade, providing a range of benefits.

Aries NGP Tool Grinder

The latest addition to the extensive machine offering from Schneeberger, the new Aries NGP answers to the need for an affordable tool grinder with all the power of a big machine. Aries NGP offers almost 10-hp, duty-rated power with a direct-drive, double-ended spindle and the accuracy of HSK 50 wheel arbor interface.

Equipment Upgrades

In addition to having the newest machine and software solutions from Walter for processing PCD cutting tools, West Ohio Tool continues to refurbish existing machine tools. The latest Walter tool grinding capabilities rebuilt onto an existing machine tool offers additional flexibility and increased capabilities in tool design and quality.

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

END USER: Crowley Tool Co., (615) 824-5594, www.crowleytool.com. SOLUTION PROVIDER: Schütte LLC, (800) 668-4035, www.schutteusa.com. CHALLENGE: Enhance reliability when grinding round tools. SOLUTION: A new 5-axis CNC tool and cutter grinder with linear-drive technology.

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Dom Plus 4-axis Grinding Center

AGATHON AG offers the new Dom Plus 4-axis grinding center equipped with automated loading capacity for high production grinding of indexable inserts on the periphery with two K-Lands through integrated reclamping.