High Efficiency Deep Grinding Process Research Articles

Grindability of γ-TiAl intermetallic compounds during ultrasonic vibration-assisted high efficiency deep grinding process

Grindability of γ-TiAl intermetallic compounds during ultrasonic vibration-assisted high efficiency deep grinding process

On the tribology and grinding performance of graphene-modified porous composite-bonded CBN wheel

In order to provide the effective reinforcement and lubrication for reducing the friction on the interface of the grinding wheel and workpiece during the high-efficiency deep grinding of difficult-to-machine materials, an in-house developed porous composite-bonded (Cubic Boron Nitride) CBN wheel with graphene nanoplatelets was explored to meet the increasing demand for industrial purpose. It can be found from experimental study that by adding the appropriate concentration of graphene, 0.01 wt%, both of the flexural strength and tribology performance have been enhanced in the graphene-modified porous composite-bonded CBN wheel, and then the related grinding wheel was fabricated to perform the grinding experiments on the Ti–6Al–4V titanium alloy (TC4). It has been found that by adding the graphene the sharpness of the abrasives on the surface of the grinding wheel always keeps at a certain range and the grinding wheel may have self-sharpening ability which can guarantee the stability during the high-efficiency deep grinding process. Finally, by considering process parameters in this study the graphene-modified porous composite-bonded CBN grinding wheel could be used to achieve the high-efficiency deep grinding of TC4 as well as guarantee its surface quality under the grinding wheel speed of 80 m/s, grinding depth of 0.1 mm and workpiece feed speed of 0.6 m/min.

Surface hardness improvement in high efficiency deep grinding process by optimization of operating parameters

The grinding is one of the most important methods that directly affects tolerances in dimensions, quality and finished surface of products. One of the major problems in the material removal processes specially grinding is the heat generation during the process and the residual tensile stress in the surfaces of product. Therefore, optimization of High Efficiency Deep Grinding (HEDG) process is the main goal of this study to reduce the generated heat and residual tensile stress and increase strength and surface hardness of AISI1045 annealed steel. To this end, the effects of main parameters e.g. depth of cut, wheel speed, workpiece speed and cross feed on surface hardness has been investigated. The experimental results demonstrated the reduction in surface temperature and increase in hardness as optimum conditions are applied to the grinding process. Moreover, the experimental results were validated by comparing with other experimental results and analyzing of surface microhardness, surface temperature and normal and tangential forces.

Analysis of Grinding Chip Temperature and Energy Partitioning in High-Efficiency Deep Grinding

A new approach is introduced to refine the analysis for the chip energy in the highefficiency deep grinding process, by considering the heat partitioning at the chip formation area. The analysis for the chip-work subsystem has been combined with the whole thermal system to derive the grinding temperature on the workpiece surface. The variation of chip temperature with material removal rate under different grinding conditions was investigated, and the relationship between the chip temperature and workpiece contact temperature was derived. The grinding temperatures obtained using different approaches were compared with ‘measured temperatures’, estimated from the depth of thermal damage observed on ground samples.