Development of Multi-grit cBN Grinding Wheel for Crankshaft Grinding
Licentiate thesis, 2019
A series of grinding trails have been used to correlate the grit properties with the grinding performance. The two evaluated grit characteristics are newly proposed aspect ratio (π΄π ) and the concentration in the grinding wheel. The results show that blockier particles (lowerπ΄π ) generate high forces and lower grinding wheel wear. On the other hand, the elongated particles require less power for grinding and act more free-cutting, improving the grindability. Further trials using higher concentration grinding wheels, exhibit similar behavior as grit(s) with lower π΄π . The two properties that are driving this performance are the contact area between the grinding wheel and the workpiece and the undeformed maximum chip thickness βπ which changes with process and wheel design parameters.
automotive
cBN
grinding
vitrified bond
grit shape
grit concentration
morphology
aspect ratio
crankshaft
grinding wheels
Author
Nastja Macerol
Chalmers, Industrial and Materials Science, Materials and manufacture
Subject Categories
Other Engineering and Technologies
Manufacturing, Surface and Joining Technology
Areas of Advance
Materials Science
Publisher
Chalmers
Hörsalsvägen 7a (5th floor)
Opponent: Associate Professor Eraldo Jannone da Silva, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Carlos School of Engineering, Brazil