Research trends and opportunities of electro-chemical grinding process

Abstract

The electrochemical grinding (ECG) process is a new noble hybrid machining process comprising electrochemical machining (ECM) and conventional grinding process. ECG process is more significant for machining of composite materials, super alloys and carbides. Even these materials are immensely required in the field of the modern industries and automobile industries for making of precise components with high surface quality. Developed ECG process plays viable improvement in productivity and surface finish with less wheel wear rate as compared to the mechanical grinding. In this article, the role of ECG for machining of aforesaid materials has been summarized and concentrated on the future research possibilities in the same area. It has also been discussed on mechanism, process, performance parameters and new evolution related to the ECG. Moreover, this review article becomes advantageous for researchers to understand the phenomena and new movement of research perceptive and prospective of research development in ECG process.