Selections of working conditions for creep feed grinding. Part(II): workpiece temperature and critical grinding energy for burning

In this study, the workpiece temperature is predicted by the thermal model presented in the previous paper. Also, the grinding energy when the fluid begins to cause boiling is defined as the critical grinding energy for the workpiece burning. Thus, a sequence of experiments are performed. The results show that the predicted workpiece temperatures have great agreement with experimental and published data. Hence, the validity of the thermal model is proved. From the measured signals of grinding force and workpiece temperature, the occurrence of workpiece burning is accompanied with the abrupt rise of both signals. At the moment, the experimental grinding energy is also greater than the critical grinding energy. Thus, the workpiece burning can be predicted or evaluated so as to avoid the working conditions of burning occurrence.