Permeability design and assessment of the additively manufactured metal-bonded diamond grinding wheel based on TPMS structures

Abstract

The development of porous metal-bonded diamond grinding wheel with excellent permeability and satisfying mechanical properties is a huge challenge for traditional manufacturing process. In this paper, a novel design and fabrication method of metal-bonded diamond grinding wheel with human-designed open porous structure is proposed based on triply periodic minimal surfaces (TPMS) and additive manufacturing (AM) process. Darcy’ law and Kozeny-Carman equation are used to calculate the permeability coefficient for the porous grinding wheel. The optimal design method of grinding wheel porous structure is proposed comprehensively considering the geometric characteristic, permeability and mechanical properties. The grinding performance of AM porous grinding wheel is evaluated by BK7 glass grinding experiment. The permeability test result proves the effectiveness of permeability design method for the novel diamond grinding wheel. The grinding test result proves the advantages of the novel diamond grinding wheel.