The grinding power is often used as a parameter for monitoring the grinding process. The power may also be used to monitor the effects of dressing. Empirical models are required to guide the selection of the dressing and grinding conditions. In this paper, the effects of dressing conditions and grinding conditions on grinding force and grinding power are reviewed. The effects of grinding conditions and dressing conditions on grinding force and grinding power are related to the shape of the idealized chip thickness. It is found that the grinding force and grinding power can be related to the dressing operation by considering the effective density of the cutting edges on the wheel surface. The semi-empirical model developed in this paper can be used to predict the variation of the grinding power during the wheel redress life cycle. Therefore the model can be used to guide the selection of dressing and grinding conditions. The potential use of the model for adaptive control of the grinding process is also described.

Issue Section:
Research Papers
Topics:
Grinding, Wheels, Adaptive control, Cutting, Cycles, Density, Shapes
1.
Chen, X., 1995, Strategy for Selection of Grinding Wheel Dressing Conditions, PhD Thesis, Liverpool John Moores University, April.
2.
Chen
X.
, and
Rowe
W. B.
,
1996
, “
Analysis and Simulation of the Grinding Process—Part I, Generation of the Grinding Wheel Surface
,”
International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture
, Vol.
36
, No.
8
, pp.
871
–
882
.
3.
Chen
X.
, and
Rowe
W. B.
,
1996
, “
Analysis and Simulation of the Grinding Process—Part II, Mechanics of Grinding
,”
International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture
, Vol.
36
, No.
8
, pp.
883
–
896
.
4.
Chen
X.
,
Rowe
W. B.
,
Mills
B.
, and
Allanson
D. R.
,
1996
, “
Analysis and Simulation of the Grinding Process—Part III, Comparison with Experiment
,”
International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture
, Vol.
36
, No.
8
, pp.
897
–
906
.
5.
Chiu
N.
, and
Malkin
S.
,
1993
, “
Computer Simulation for Cylindrical Plunge Grinding
,”
Annals of the CIRP
, Vol.
42
, No.
1
, pp.
383
–
387
.
6.
Fielding
E. R.
, and
Vickerstaff
T. J.
,
1986
, “
The Prediction of Grinding Forces in Cylindrical Plunge Grinding
,”
Int. J. Prod. Res.
, Vol.
24
, No.
1
, pp.
167
–
186
.
7.
Hahn
R. S.
,
1955
, “
The Effect of Wheel-Work Conformity in Precision Grinding
,”
Transactions of the ASME
, Vol.
77
, pp.
1325
–
1329
.
8.
Koziarski
A.
, and
Golabczak
A.
,
1985
, “
The Assessment of the Grinding Wheel Cutting Surface Condition After Dressing with the Single Point Diamond Dresser
,”
Int. J. Mach. Tool Des. Res.
, Vol.
25
, No.
4
, pp.
313
–
325
.
9.
Malkin
S.
, and
Cook
N. H.
,
1971
, “
The Wear of Grinding Wheels, Part 1—Attritious Wear
,”
ASME JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING FOR INDUSTRY
, Vol.
93
, pp.
1120
–
1128
.
10.
Malkin, S., 1989. Grinding Technology: Theory and Application of Machining with Abrasives, Ellis Horwood, Chichester and John Wiley.
11.
Ono, K., 1961, “Analysis on the Grinding Force,” Bulletin of the Japan Society of Grinding Engineers, No. 1, pp. 19–22.
12.
Rowe, W. B., Chen, X., and Morgan, M. N., 1993, “The Identification of Dressing Strategies for Optimal Grinding Wheel Performance,” Proceedings of the 30th Int. MATADOR Conference, pp. 195–202.
13.
Rowe, W. B., Chen, X., and Mills, B., 1995, “Towards an Adaptive Strategy for Dressing in Grinding Operations,” Proceedings of the 31st Int. MATADOR Conference, pp. 415–420.
14.
Snoeys
R.
,
Peters
J.
, and
Decneut
A.
,
1974
, “
The Significance of Chip Thickness in Grinding
,”
The Annals of the CIRP
, Vol.
23
, No.
2
, pp.
227
–
237
.
15.
To¨nshoff
H. K.
,
Peters
J.
,
Inasaki
I.
, and
Paul
T.
,
1992
, “
Modelling and Simulation of Grinding Processes
,”
Annals of the CIRP
, Vol.
41
, No.
2
, pp.
677
–
688
.
16.
Umino
K.
, and
Shinozaki
N.
,
1976
, “
One Aspect of Variation of Grinding Wheel Surface Based on Grinding Force Analysis—Studies on Wear and Redress Life of Grinding Wheel (1st report)
,”
Semishu Kikai
, Vol.
42
, No.
4
, pp.
299
–
305
.
17.
Verkerk
J.
, and
Pekelharing
A. J.
,
1979
, “
The Influence of the Dressing Operation on Productivity in Precision Grinding
,”
Annals of the CIRP
, Vol.
28
, No.
2
, pp.
487
–
495
.
18.
Werner
G.
,
1978
, “
Influence of Work Material on Grinding Force
,”
The Annals of the CIRP
, Vol.
27
, No.
1
, pp.
243
–
248
.
19.
Yossifon
S.
, and
Rubenstein
C.
,
1981
, “
The Grinding of Workpieces Exhibiting High Adhesion. Part 1: Forces
,”
ASME JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING FOR INDUSTRY
, Vol.
103
, No.
5
, pp.
156
–
164
.
20.
Younis
M.
,
Sadek
M. M.
, and
Ei-Wardani
T.
,
1987
, “
A New Approach to Development of a Grinding Force Model
,”
ASME JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING FOR INDUSTRY
, Vol.
109
, No.
11
, pp.
306
–
313
.
This content is only available via PDF.
Copyright © 1999
 by The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
You do not currently have access to this content.