Grinding (Surface, Cylindrical, Tool & Cutter)

Thinking about using cluster diamonds? Grinding Doc Jeffrey Badger suggests going at least 4x faster than with a single-point diamond. Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice from Dr.

In the third episode of the Grinding Doc video series, Jeffrey Badger, Ph.D., takes a look at a common problem shops have with getting the surface finish that they want. Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice from Dr.

In the second episode of our Grinding Doc video series, Dr. Jeffrey Badger fields a question from a shop that hasn’t had any luck with ceramic abrasive. Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice from Dr.

The debut episode of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine's Grinding Doc video series fields a question from a shop wondering about the relationship between coolant velocity versus the flowrate. Dr. Jeffrey Badger, who writes the Ask the Grinding Doc column in Cutting Tool Engineering magazine, takes a look at the coolant issue for CTE Plus.

Dr. Jeffrey Badger helps a shop struggling to maintain a 16 µin Ra surface finish using a 60-mesh grit size. On the advice of the wheel supplier, the shop tried 100- and 120-mesh grits only to end up with burned parts. Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice from Dr.

Dr. Jeffrey Badger, a grinding consultant and author of The Grinding Doc column in Cutting Tool Engineering magazine, helps a grinding shop distinguish between true thermal damage and surface burn. Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice from Dr.

A shop with burn issues wants to know if a high-porosity wheel would reduce temperatures as suggested by the company's wheel supplier. Dr. Jeffrey Badger, the columnist for Cutting Tool Engineering's Ask the Grinding Doc column, offers some guidance in the 22nd episode of our Grinding Doc video series.

In episode 18 of the Grinding Doc video series, a shop experiencing more wheel wear and burn after switching from one high-speed steel grade to another with lower grindability—requiring slower feedrates—seeks a recommendation for a wheel that won't require the shop to increase cycle time. Dr.

Grinding Doc Jeffrey Badger offers insight into rotary diamond dressing for a shop whose parts turn to toast. Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice from Dr.

Saint-Gobain Abrasives has introduced CarbonForce, a new lightweight line of vitrified CBN wheels for OD grinding. With proprietary high-strength carbon fiber cores, CarbonForce wheels are 75 percent lighter than heavier steel-hubbed wheels and provide the safety and performance-enhancing benefits of a precision superabrasive wheel, according to the company.

The deluxe line of variable-speed grinders from Palmgren delivers the power, precision and versatility to complete a wide range of finishing applications. At high speeds, they reportedly are the ideal choice for heavy material removal, deburring and chamfering.

Thomas Simmich, Schütte LLC's group leader for global medical market sales, is interviewed at IMTS 2016 by Bernard & Company, an industrial advertising and public relations agency. Simmich discusses the company's new 325 linear grinder with collaborative robot integration.