Grinding (Surface, Cylindrical, Tool & Cutter)

Cutting Tool Engineering's Ask the Grinding Doc columnist, Dr. Jeffrey Badger, advises a shop hoping to avoid grinding burn.

Cleco Tools, a business unit of Apex Tool Group LLC, announced the launch of its new Vertical Grinder product line.

A shop that cylindrical-grinds tungsten-carbide is running into trouble maintaining optimal parameters when switching to a larger diameter. Dr. Jeffrey Badger, the host of Cutting Tool Engineering's Grinding Doc Video Series, offers some insight.

Herkules Equipment Corp.'s Vise and Grinder Stands offer any workshop more flexibility on the placement of either a vise or a grinder within their facility.

Walter Surface Technologies introduced XCAVATOR, the newest, most powerful member of Walter's family of high performance grinding wheels to date.

CNC machine tool manufacturer Rollomatic Inc., Mundelein, Ill., is exhibiting several new products during the GrindTec show in Augsburg, Germany, to be held March 19-22, 2014. One product on display is the GrindSmart 6-axis CNC grinder that is furnished with a traveling work head that can produce drills with a flute length up to 12". In addition, other solid-carbide drills and high-performance endmills can be manufactured. Features include a camera to locate coolant holes and a 6-station wheel and nozzle changer.

Superior Tool Service Inc. offers a look at the company's shop and its ANCA CNC tool grinding machines, along with its conventional tool grinding machine, in operation.

Chevalier Machinery Inc.'s column type, high-precision, 3-axis surface grinder series includes a new PLC controller that provides grind cycles for rough grinding, fine grinding, spark-out passes and an optional automatic over-wheel dresser with compensation to fully automate the grind process.

A shop seeks relief from the burn experienced during its creep-feed grinding operations. Given that slowing down the feed rate only helped a little, and only for a short time, the shop sought an alternative solution from Dr. Jeffrey Badger, the host of Cutting Tool Engineering's Grinding Doc Video Series.

Norton Abrasives video focuses on Norton Vitrium3, which has been engineered for maximum performance and cost savings in precision grinding.

The Abrasive Technology culture is built around finding creative ways to solve problems for our customers, mostly with diamond and CBN grinding wheels and tools.

High-speed grinding can provide great gains when grinding outside diameters.