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Laser cleaning and dressing of vitrified grinding wheels

Jackson, M. J. and Khangar, A. and Chen, X. and Robinson, G. M. and Venkateshd, V. C. and Dahotreb, N. B. (2007) Laser cleaning and dressing of vitrified grinding wheels. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 185 (30). pp. 17-23.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2006.03.109

Abstract

Grinding is an industrial process that produces engineering components with a desired surface finish. Prior to the development of continuous dressing operations, the grinding efficiency of vitrified grinding wheels deteriorates as the sharp cutting edges become blunt due to the formation of wear flats. Dressing is essentially a sharpening operation designed to generate a specific topography on the working surface of the grinding wheel. The use of high power lasers is being explored as a non-contact cleaning and dressing technique. In the present study, a high power laser was used to clean metal chips from the surface of the grinding wheel and to dress the wheel by causing phase transformations to occur on the surface of vitrified grinding wheel. Experimental results indicated that laser modified grinding wheels are comparable in performance to conventionally cleaned and dressed grinding wheels.

Item Type:Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:vitrified grinding wheels, laser materials processing, grinding, tool steels, aerospace materials
Subjects:T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Divisions:Mechanical Engineering
ID Code:17116
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Deposited On:25 Nov 2011 08:57
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