Principles of Abrasive Processing

Description

Grinding is one of the most important operations employed in production engineering to remove unwanted material and to introduce desired geometry and surface properties. Once considered only a secondary finishing operation, grinding is now more widely employed as suggested by the term, "abrasive machining". The approach to grinding taken here is to consider the basic processes in fundamental terms rather than to attempt to present a large mass of empirical results. Thus, the emphasis is placed on why things occur as they do rather than on specific solutions to problems ordinarily met. The rationale for this approach is that it better enables an engineer in the workshop to find solutions to new and unusual problems. Content: Front Matter • List of Symbols • Preface • Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Abrasive Tools 3. Single Grit Performance 4. Form and Finish Grinding Mechanics 5. Form and Finish Grinding Performance 6. Abrasive Cut-off 7. Conditioning of Slabs and Billets 8. Vertical Spindle Surface Grinding 9. Grinding Temperatures 10. Surface Integrity 11. Wheel Life 12. The Grinding Environment 13. Special Processes 14. Hard Work Materials 15. Precision Finishing Author Index Subject Index