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Grinding Engineering Principles and Practice

Next class to be held November 9, 10 & 11

• This seminar focuses on the engineering of grinding processes and practice.
• How to design optimal grinding cycles
• How to identify constraints and optimize productivity
• The effect of machine power, stiffness, and condition on attainable
  quality and productivity
• How to select the correct grinding wheel formulation for the designed
  process
• The influence of workpiece characteristics on grind ability
• How to improve workpiece quality 
• How to troubleshoot and resolve grinding problems such as burn, chatter,roundness, or geometry
• Metalworking fluids for grinding operations

What will you learn?

Principles of grinding

• Comparing grinding processes
• Specific grinding power and forces
• Impact of workpiece material and hardness
• Form finish and surface integrity
• Basic concept of such as plowing, sliding, chip formation spark-in and spark-out
• Change of parameters while grinding
• The grinding system and its variables

Types of grinding operations

• Surface, cylindrical , internal,centerless processes

Grinding wheels

• Abrasive grain types
• Bonding systems
• Grinding wheel hardness definition
• Grain size and standards
• Grinding wheel structure
• Nomenclature to define grinding wheel formulations
• Safety standards for grinding wheels

Grinding parameters and relationships

• Influence of workpiece characteristics
• Grinding parameters and relationships
• Changing operating conditions and affect on cutting conditions
• Grinding formulas and charts
• Chip geometry in grinding process
• Designing grinding wheel formulations to adept to designed process
• Design of grinding process based on quality requirement equipment and other process variables

Examples of grinding process design

• Application of grinding relationship for cycle design and selection of feeds
• and speeds
• Centerless thrufeed and cylindrical infeed grinding
• Internal grinding
• Creep feed- surface grinding
• Double disc grinding

Grinding fluids

• Function of fluid application
• Types of grinding fluids
• Grinding in straight oils
• Water based grinding fluids
• Considerations in selecting fluid type
• Fluid temperature and effect on quality workpiece
• Central systems
• Influence of fluid on entire process
• Heat generation and how to keep the coolant temperature under control

Truing and dressing of grinding wheels

• Definition of Truing and dressing
• Basic method of truing
• Steady truing tools, types and truing feeds and speeds
• Crush dressing
• Diamond roll types and construction
• Diamond roll mesh size selection
• Diamond roll truing parameters
• Truer rolls and various forms for profile applications ( for cnc or cam type truing attachments)
• Truing power requirements
• Factors affecting diamond roll life
• Continuous truing technology

Surface finish and Integrity

• Surface finish nomenclature, texture symbols, and measurements
• Surface texture and dimensional accuracy
• Surface integrity interior effects
• Indicators for need of need to control integrity

Maintaining process performance

• Grinding fluid maintenance
• Repeatability of grinding wheels
• Grinding cycle monitoring
• Grinding machine maintenance and performance
• Reconditioning (rebuilt) Remanufacturing Retrofit and new equipment
• Automation of grinders. Reasons and justification, Degree of flexibility, Size control and automation, Reliability of automation

Grinding with CBN grinding wheels

• CBN grain hardness and thermal conductivity
• Bonding systems for CBN grinding wheels
• Critical machine capabilities for CBN applications
• Conditioning of CBN grinding wheels (truing and dressing)
• Applications for CBN grinding wheels

Next Class Dates

November 9, 10 & 11

Price $895

Location: Classroom training at Concord Best Western Inn Clinton Township, MI. Plant tour and discussion of automation at CRI New Haven MI

Registration: Please call Michelle at CRI: 586-749-6529 x201. All we need is company name and address, participants name and email address

Cancellation Policy: Full refund will be issued for cancellations received in writing (fax 586-749-5421) or by e-mail to michellek@centerless.net. Cancellations within three days of the event (includes no shows) are not entitled to a refund of any portion of payment for the event.