Effects of open pores on grinding performance of porous metal-bonded aggregated cBN wheels during grinding Ti–6Al–4V alloys

Abstract

Porous metal-bonded wheels coupled with the aggregated cubic boron nitride (cBN) grains and water-soluble carbamide particles as pore-forming agents were fabricated, aiming to the improvement of grinding wheel performance and ground surface quality in grinding of Ti–6Al–4V alloys. Grinding forces and force ratio, ground surface roughness and microhardness were investigated to evaluate wheel performance. In addition, the wear evolutions of cBN grains and macropores were performed as the material removal volume increases during wheel wear tests. Findings show that the dynamic changing behavior of the coverage and exposure of open pores attributes to the improvement of grinding performance and ground surface quality of porous AcBN wheels. Meanwhile, the promising self-sharpening property of wheels can be guaranteed in basis of dynamic wear variations of multiple cBN abrasive grains layer by layer.