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Episode 59: What’s the story with Cubitron II grit?
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: Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice from Dr.
Episode 57: Coolant Strategy
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.
Episode 56: Cup-wheel Grinding
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.
Episode 55: Dressing vs. grinding speed
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.
Episode 54: Reducing cycle time
A shop surface grinding 12" x 36" plates has to remove an eighth of an inch of material on both sides, but the cycle time is a killer. The shop turned to the Grinding Doc for a way to reduce cycle time. Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice from Dr.
Episode 53: Switching to CBN?
Dr. Jeffrey Badger, Cutting Tool Engineering magazine’s “Ask the Grinding Doc” columnist, offers a checklist for shops thinking about making the switch from aluminum-oxide to CBN. Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice from Dr.
Episode 52: Evaluating coolants
A coolant supplier having trouble getting customers to try a new product turned to the Grinding Doc for some insight into how to convince shops to change their coolant. Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice from Dr.
Episode 51: Any sweet shortcuts?
Dr. Jeffrey Badger, who writes our Ask the Grinding Doc column, fields a question from a shop hoping to find a faster way to find the sweet spot when cylindrical-plunge grinding tugsten-carbide shafts. Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice from Dr.
Episode 50: Keep the sweet spot
A shop that cylindrical-grinds tungsten-carbide is running into trouble maintaining optimal parameters when switching to a larger diameter. Dr. Jeffrey Badger, Cutting Tool Engineering magazine’s Ask the Grinding Doc columnist, offers some insight. Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice from Dr.
Episode 49: A creeping burn
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 for an alternative solution from Dr. Jeffrey Badger, our Ask the Grinding Doc columnist.
Episode 48: What pressure?
Dr. Jeffrey Badger fields a question from a shop grinding hardened steel with a CBN wheel. Though the shop is using a high-pressure cleaning nozzle, it doesn't seem to help much. The shop wants to know how much pressure they need in the nozzle? Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice from Dr.
Episode 47: Reducing wheel consumption
The Grinding Doc suggests a shop look at its dressing policy if it hopes to reduce its wheel consumption. Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice from Dr.
