Grinding (Surface, Cylindrical, Tool & Cutter)

Supertec introduces three sizes of jig grinders covering a full range of capability. Models offered include the pictured JG-510M (20" x 12" x 4" x 13" X,Y,Z,W), the JG-1270CM (47" x 27" x 4" x 16") and the JG-1010G (39" x 39" x 10" x 16"), a double-column style.

Innovative Products of America (IPA) announces the #8150 4.5" diamond grinding wheel. The disc's innovative, 3D contour with topside abrasive coating and thin-profile edge allows for cutting, back cutting, gully cutting and bead finishing with one wheel.

Emuge Corp. has introduced tool grinding and reconditioning services based out of the company's North American headquarters in West Boylston, Mass. A clean, new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility at Emuge is now equipped with the latest technology CNC grinding machines and inspection equipment, providing tool reconditioning for U.S. and Canadian customers for Emuge taps, drills and endmills, in addition to other brands of carbide drills and endmills.

The cordless belt grinder ABC 7 from Suhner is for when you are working on applications with tight spaces. For example, in fillet welds or miters. The machine is characterized by extremely fast belt changes for grinding or polishing applications.

A shop asks Dr. Jeffrey Badger, Cutting Tool Engineering magazine’s “Ask the Grinding Doc” columnist, whether it’s better to take several small, fast passes versus one large, slow pass when pinch-peel grinding tungsten-carbide shafts. About the Grinding Doc Video Series: Thanks to his work as an independent grinding consultant and the author of the “Ask […]

Grinding hardened steel using a water-based coolant is fine for a few hours, then—wham!—really bad burn. The Grinding Doc offers some insight. Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice from Dr. Jeffrey Badger at http://www.thegrindingdoc.com.

The Grinding Doc offers insight to a shop worried that it’s wasting abrasive on half-worn electroplated CBN wheels. Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice from Dr. Jeffrey Badger at http://www.thegrindingdoc.com.

A machine shop turned to the Grinding Doc seeking relief from the painfully long cycle times endured grinding cermets. Dr. Jeffrey Badger, the author of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine’s Ask the Grinding Doc column, explains what the shop should do to stop the pain. Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice from Dr. Jeffrey […]

Dr. Jeffrey Badger, the Ask the Grinding Doc columnist for Cutting Tool Engineering magazine, examines the new Cubitron II grit. The research cited in this episode is described in detail in the April 2014 edition of the Welding Journal, and can be found here: http://www.thegrindingdoc.com/downloads-and-links/ Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice from Dr. […]

How close do you need to get the coolant nozzle to the grinding wheel? Dr. Jeffrey Badger, our Ask The Grinding Doc columnist, offers some direction. Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice from Dr. Jeffrey Badger at http://www.thegrindingdoc.com.

For one shop, increasing wheel speed when cup-wheel grinding usually reduces wheel wear, but sometimes it increases wear. The shop turned to Grinding Doc Jeffrey Badger, Ph.D., for some insight. Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice from Dr. Jeffrey Badger at http://www.thegrindingdoc.com.

The Grinding Doc fields a question from a machinist who seemed unsure of advice from the “old-timers” in the shop who told him he must dress at the same wheel speed he uses to grind. Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice from Dr. Jeffrey Badger at http://www.thegrindingdoc.com.