Research on elliptical groove grinding for plunging constant velocity joint with basin grinding wheel

The theoretical error of elliptical groove in outer race of plunging constant velocity joint ground by finger grinding wheel is about 0.004 mm. In order to decrease the error, a new grinding method with basin grinding wheel is proposed. When we optimize the design parameters, the basin grinding wheel will avoid the problems that the feasibility and grinding accuracy are restricted by the interference of the head in the grinding process by means of finger grinding wheel, and can be used to ensure the machining precision and the sectional shape of the raceway to the greatest extent. Aiming at the grinding process with basin grinding wheel, the paper establishes the mathematical model, optimizes the parameters by using simplex algorithm, studies the processing principle in detail, and analyzes the machining errors. The simulation results indicate that the theoretical error for elliptical groove ground by basin grinding wheel will be reduced to 0.631 μm.     

Simulation of elliptical patterns based on grinding with wheel dressed by elliptical tool

Dressing is a sharpening operation aimed to produce a specific groove shape on the active surface of the wheel. The preparation of grinding tools in special way is the most important enabling factor in the grinding process. It greatly influences the subsequent geometry of the workpiece. As the groove shape of the wheel surface determines the shape of the surface patterns, therefore, it is essential to produce desired groove on the wheel cutting surface before grinding. Therefore, an elliptical groove surface pattern model is proposed based on grinding with dressed wheel. An elliptical tip tool is used for the dressing process to make grooves on the wheel instead of sharp tip tool or rounded tip tool in the previous work. The dressing tool passes helically over the surface of the grinding wheel for making grooves. After that, the grooved wheel passes over the flat surface to generate elliptical patterns. The results showed the three-dimensional geometry of the surface patterns with elliptical groove which are uniformly distributed on the workpiece. An experiment is carried out for the verification of the simulation results and it is revealed that the simulation results agreed well with the experiment.     

用单纯形法优化盆状砂轮的几何参数

指状砂轮磨削双偏置式球笼等速万向节的钟形壳椭圆沟道的理论误差大约在0.004 mm左右,为减少理论误差,提出了一种用来磨削等速万向节椭圆沟道的盆状砂轮.避免了指状砂轮头部的干涉,其参数优化的有效性和精确性得到了提高,能最大限度地保证加工截面的形状和精度.建立了盆状砂轮加工的数学模型,采用单纯形法对盆状砂轮的参数进行了优化,对其加工原理进行了详细的理论研究,并对加工误差进行了分析.仿真结果表明,用盆状砂轮磨削的椭圆沟道的理论误差可以减少到0.631mm.     

磨削硬齿面大内齿圈的椭球形蜗杆砂轮研究

为解决球形蜗杆砂轮磨削大模数内齿圈时使用上的局限性,基于椭球形蜗杆螺旋面理论,提出了椭球形蜗杆砂轮。通过对椭球面螺旋线形成过程的分析,推导出椭球形砂轮螺旋升角和其他参数的计算式。阐述了椭球形砂轮理论上存在法向周节误差和法向齿形误差,给出了通过调整数控机床运动参数来实现法向等值齿距的有效方法。分析了椭球形砂轮法剖面圆度误差产生的机理,探讨了控制法剖面圆度误差的方法。     

A novel method for grooving and re-grooving aluminum oxide grinding wheels

In this paper, a new grinding wheel grooving system is proposed that is able to both groove as well as re-groove a grinding wheel using a single-point diamond dressing tool. The re-grooving capability of the new system is achieved by synchronizing the grinding wheel angular position with the dressing tool translational position. This position synchronization enables the diamond dressing tip to repeatedly engage the grinding wheel at the same angular position around the wheel and then proceed to trace the existing groove pattern along the wheel surface to, for example, refresh a worn groove geometry. Furthermore, the proposed system can be mounted on either a non-CNC or a CNC conventional grinding machine and can groove and re-groove the grinding wheel without the need to remove it from the grinding wheel spindle. The novel wheel grooving system was experimentally validated by creating helically shaped circumferential grooves on the grinding wheel surface. The resulting maximum differences in groove width and depth were found to be 0.015 and 0.013 mm, respectively, for ten consecutively cut grooves. These small discrepancies are believed to be primarily due to the brittle fracture mechanism of the abrasive grits. Furthermore, the new wheel grooving system was shown to be able to create a wide range of different groove patterns on the wheel surface. A wear study was then carried out to compare the performance of both grooved and non-grooved grinding wheels. For the conditions used in this research, the results of this wear study showed that a grooved wheel not only exhibits less wear than a non-grooved wheel but also can remove approximately twice as much workpiece material before failure occurs.     

Wear of diamond grinding wheel in ultrasonic vibration-assisted grinding of silicon carbide

It is recognized that grinding efficiency and ground surface quality are determined by grinding wheel performance. Additionally, the investigation on wear behavior is essential for evaluating the grinding wheel performance. There is a lack of research on the tool wear behavior during ultrasonic vibration-assisted grinding (UAG), whose grain motion trajectory differs from that in conventional grinding (CG). In the present work, CG and UAG tests of silicon carbide (SiC) were conducted in order to investigate the effects of ultrasonic vibration on the tool wear through tracking observation of grains. Meanwhile, the grinding forces and ground surface roughness correlated to the tool wear stages were studied. The results demonstrated that the main wear types during UAG were micro-fracture and macro-fracture which caused the wheel sharpening, while during CG, the main wear type was attritious wear that made the wheel blunt. As a result, UAG obtained lower and more stable grinding forces while slightly rougher ground surface in comparison with CG.     

F-Theta自由曲面透镜的精密与镜面磨削

针对光学玻璃的F-Theta自由曲面透镜加工困难等问题,提出将金刚石砂轮的椭圆环面代替圆环面,进行F-Theta自由曲面磨削加工,研究形状误差的补偿磨削方法和光学玻璃的镜面磨削工艺。根据F-Theta透镜的自由曲面建立砂轮与工件相切的刀具轨迹法向算法。采用#46粗金刚石砂轮修整成椭圆环面,提出自由曲面磨削的法向误差补偿加工模式。最后,采用#3000超细金刚石砂轮的椭圆环面进行轴向磨削试验。试验结果表明:传统的垂直误差补偿磨削可减小面形误差45.9%及其PV值11.6%;而新提出的法向误差补偿磨削可减小面形误差47.9%及其PV值41.5%。此外,超细砂轮磨削可使得自由曲面的粗糙度达到28 nm,其镜面磨削工艺有别于较粗砂轮磨削工艺。因此,椭圆环面砂轮的法向补偿磨削是提高自由曲面加工精度的有效方法,而且,无需研磨抛光就可以实现光学玻璃的自由曲面镜面磨削。     

Surface grinding of carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) with an internal coolant supplied through grinding wheel

Carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) is widely used in the aerospace industry due to its high specific strength and elastic modulus. When cutting CFRP with tools such as an endmill, problems such as severe tool wear, delamination, and burrs in the CFRP can arise. Grinding, on the other hand, is supposed to improve the quality of the machined surface and tool life, according to its machining property. However, the amount of heat generated during grinding is still a considerable problem in that it is significantly higher than the temperature with conventional cutting. In order to achieve the high performance machining of CFRP, this study aims to show the effect of supplying an internal coolant through the grinding wheel on the surface of the CFRP. Face grinding of CFRP using a cup-type grinding wheel was conducted. Vitrified aluminum oxide grinding wheel was used. Three different coolant supply systems were tested: dry grinding, coolant supply using an external nozzle, and coolant supplied internally through the grinding wheel. The results showed that matrix resin loading on grinding wheel was significantly reduced by the internal coolant supply. Hence, the grains of the grinding wheel were able to cut the fibers sharply, without delamination or burr formation on the ground surface, and surface roughness was reduced compared to the machined surface with endmill. The internal coolant supplied through the grinding wheel showed greater cooling ability, and markedly reduced grinding temperature, keeping it lower than the glass-transition temperature of the matrix epoxy resin of CFRP. Because the coolant was supplied to the grinding point directly through pores in the grinding wheel, chips were eliminated from the pores, and coolant supply was sufficient to cool the ground surface.     

Form-truing error compensation of diamond grinding wheel in CNC envelope grinding of free-form surface

In computer numerical control (CNC) grinding of free-form surface, an ideal arc profile of trued diamond grinding wheel is generally employed to plan 3D tool paths, whereas its form-truing errors greatly influence the ground form accuracy. A form-truing error compensation approach is proposed by using an approached wheel arc profile to replace the previously designed ideal one. The objective is to directly compensate the trued wheel arc-profile errors. It may avoid the time consumption of traditional approach that compensates the measured coordinate point errors of workpiece to an iterative grinding operation. First, the 3D tool path surface was constructed to plan the 3D tool paths. Second, the CNC arc truing of grinding wheel was conducted to analyze the form-truing error distribution relative to the applied wheel arc profile. Then, the form-truing error compensation was carried out in CNC envelope grinding. Finally, the iterative closest point (ICP) algorithm was used to match the measured coordinate points of workpiece to ideal free-form surface. It is shown that the 3D tool path surface constructed is practicable to plan arbitrary 3D tool paths for the form-truing error compensation. The ICP matching may be used to investigate 3D ground form error distribution. It is confirmed that the form-truing error compensation can directly improve the 3D ground form accuracy. It may decrease the 3D ground form error by about 20% when the 2D form-truing error is reduced by about 58% using the same truing conditions for CNC grinding.     

Study on the grinding behavior of laser-structured grinding in silicon nitride ceramic

Silicon nitride ceramics are extremely difficult and time-consuming to be machined with conventional methods, such as turning and grinding. Laser-assisted machining has been a field of extensive research during the past decade, as it is a promising solution to enhance the machinability of many difficult-to-cut materials, including silicon nitride ceramics. To enhance the processing precision of silicon nitride ceramic grinding, in this work, a method of laser structuring the surface of silicon nitride is proposed. The laser process allows to precisely control the dimensions of the generated features. Therefore, different patterns with equal silicon nitride surface area are produced in order to study the influence of the pattern geometry on the grinding behavior of the silicon nitride. Grinding performance of the structured silicon nitride is tested. The influences of grinding parameters, such as wheel speed and feed rate, are analyzed for their effects on the grinding force, surface roughness. It is found that the procedure of laser-structured silicon nitride has a strong influence on the grinding results. The grooves obtained by laser-structured silicon nitride are favorable for the flow of coolant, and the cracks generated inside the grooves weak the material locally. The laser-structured silicon nitride generally allows for a reduction of grinding forces by up to 63%, and it can effectively reduce the wear of the tool.     

光学自由曲面反射镜模芯的镜面成型磨削

采用精密修锐修整的圆弧形粗金刚石砂轮在CNC精密磨床上进行了数控成型磨削加工,实现了高效镜面磨削。分析金刚石砂轮圆弧形轮廓的成型修整原理,建立了圆弧形修整的数控模式。通过建立曲面数控成型磨削的行走轨迹算法,实现了自由曲面的圆弧包络成型磨削加工。分析了磨削工艺参数和砂轮出刃形貌参数与超光滑表面形成的作用机制,进行了镜面磨削试验并检测表面微观形貌和粗糙度,分析实现镜面磨削的脆/塑性磨削转换机理。理论分析表明,降低砂轮行走速度,提高砂轮转速以及改善出刃形貌可以获得纳米级粗糙度的超光滑磨削表面。试验结果显示,先将砂轮修锐修整再控制砂轮行走速度小至15 mm/min时,表面粗糙度小于10 nm以下,且微观加工表面没有发生脆性破坏,形成镜面。加工高速钢自由曲面时,面形误差(PV值)可以达到10 μm以下,表面粗糙度R_a可以达到约16 nm。实验结果表明:利用数控技术和粗金刚石砂轮可以实现自由曲面模芯的高效镜面磨削加工,保证了高精度的光学自由曲面反射镜注塑模芯。     

磨削等速万向节椭圆沟道的盆状砂轮研究

设计了一种用来磨削等速万向节椭圆沟道的盆状砂轮,因避免了砂轮头部的干涉,其参数优化的有效性和精确性得到了提高,能最大限度地保证加工截面的形状和精度;从模拟椭圆圆弧出发,根据待磨削的椭圆沟道方程进行设计,建立了盆状砂轮加工的数学模型,并对其加工原理进行了理论研究,对其加工误差进行了分析。仿真结果表明,用盆状砂轮磨削的椭圆沟道的理论误差可减小到0.7μm。     

Wheel speed equilibria in precision contour grinding

In grinding operations, wheel speed significantly affects surface finish and chip thickness. The grinding wheel speed represents an equilibrium condition based upon the energy input by the grinding motor and the energy removed by the grinding process. An analysis of these energy relationships allows prediction of wheel speed and shows how it changes during grinding because of changes in chip geometry. The analysis also reveals that some wheel speeds are energetically preferred. Wheel speed measurements and images of ground surfaces corroborate the analytical predictions. The presence of narrow ranges of preferred wheel speed has implications for selection of grinding conditions and adoption of wheel speed control.     

A novel technique for dressing metal-bonded diamond grinding wheel with abrasive waterjet and touch truing

The dressing of metal-bonded diamond grinding wheels is difficult despite their availabilities on hard and brittle materials. In this paper, a novel compound technology that combines abrasive waterjet (AWJ) and touch truing is proposed for dressing metal-bonded diamond grinding wheel precisely and efficiently. The dressing experiments of a coarse-grained and a fine-grained bronze-bonded diamond grinding wheel were carried out on a surface grinder with a developed AWJ system. The feasibility of this method was verified by analyzing the wheel runout, the truing forces, and the wheel surface topography. The variations of 3D surface roughness of wheel surface topography during the compound dressing process were quantitatively analyzed. The mechanism of AWJ and touch compound dressing is also discussed. Further, a reaction-bonded silicon carbide block was ground to validate the dressing quality. The experiment results indicate that the grinding wheels that were well dressed by the proposed technique leads to a smaller grinding force and a smaller surface roughness than that of undressed wheels.     

石英玻璃的热辅助高效塑性域干磨削

为了提高大口径石英玻璃光学元件的加工效率,提出了热辅助塑性域超精密磨削石英玻璃的新方法。分析了石英玻璃的热辅助塑性域磨削机理,通过理论推导得出磨削深度对磨削区表面最高温升的影响规律。采用陶瓷结合剂立方氮化硼(CBN)砂轮对石英玻璃进行干磨削,利用磨削热改善磨削区石英玻璃的力学性能,实现了石英玻璃的高效塑性域磨削。通过磨削实验研究了不同磨削深度对石英玻璃表面粗糙度(Ra)和亚表面损伤深度的影响。实验结果表明,随着磨削深度的增加,Ra和亚表面损伤深度反而降低。当磨削深度为5μm,大于粗磨表面的裂纹深度时,获得了Ra值为0.07μm的光滑无裂纹的塑性域磨削表面。通过扫描电镜观察研究了砂轮的磨损机理,结果显示陶瓷结合剂CBN砂轮塑性域干磨削石英玻璃时,砂轮以磨耗磨损为主,该结果为研究新型的陶瓷结合剂CBN砂轮提供了依据。     

A new model of grit cutting depth in wafer rotational grinding considering the effect of the grinding wheel,workpiece characteristics,and grinding parameters

Wafer rotational grinding is widely employed for back-thinning and flattening of semiconducting wafers during the manufacturing process of integrated circuits. Grit cutting depth is a comprehensive indicator that characterizes overall grinding conditions, such as the wheel structure, geometry, abrasive grit size, and grinding parameters. Furthermore, grit cutting depth directly affects wafer surface/subsurface quality, grinding force, and wheel performance. The existing grit cutting depth models for wafer rotational grinding cannot provide reasonable results due to the complex grinding process under extremely small grit cutting depth. In this paper, a new grit cutting depth model for wafer rotational grinding is proposed which considers machining parameters, wheel grit shape, wheel surface topography, effective grit number, and elastic deformation of the wheel grit and the workpiece during the grinding process. In addition, based on grit cutting depth and ground surface roughness relationship, a series of grinding experiments under various grit cutting depths are conducted to produce silicon wafers with various surface roughness values and compare the predictive accuracy of the proposed model and the existing models. The results indicate that predictions obtained by the proposed model are in better agreement with the experimental results, while accuracy is improved by 40%–60% compared to the previous models.     

A precision grinding method for screw rotors using CBN grinding wheel

Aiming at the high precision machining of screw rotors, a new grinding method for screw rotors using cubic boron nitride (CBN) grinding wheel is presented in this paper. Small electroplated CBN grinding wheel is firstly used to grind screw rotors. The mathematical model for the axial profiles of CBN grinding wheel is developed based on gear engagement theory. Taking the backlash of screw rotors and the coating thickness of CBN layer into consideration, the modification of the base body of the wheel shape is introduced into the design of the CBN grinding wheel. Wire cut electrical discharge machining low speed (WEDM-LS) was used to machine the base body of the CBN grinding wheel. The formed turning tools of the base body of CBN grinding wheel using WEDM-LS and the wheel shapes of CBN grinding wheel using the formed turning tool were performed. The CBN grinding wheels for the screw rotors were made to verify the validity and effectiveness of the presented method. The electroplated CBN grinding wheels were used to machine the screw rotors, and the machining experiments were performed. The data obtained in the experiments reach the fifth class of Chinese Standard GB10095-88.     

Evaluation of grinding wheel loading phenomena by using acoustic emission signals

In the industrial manufacturing field, machining is a major process. Machining operations involve grinding, drilling, milling, turning, pressing, molding, and so on. Among these operations, grinding is the most precise and complicated process. The surface condition of the grinding wheel plays an important role in grinding performance, and the identification of grinding wheel loading phenomena during the grinding process is critical. Accordingly, this present study describes a measurement method based on the acoustic emission (AE) technique to characterize the loading phenomena of a Si₂O₃ grinding wheel for the grinding mass production process. The proposed measurement method combines the process-integrated measurement of AE signals, offline digital image processing, and surface roughness measurement of the ground workpieces for the evaluation of grinding wheel loading phenomena. The experimental results show that the proposed measurement method provides a quantitative index from the AE signals to evaluate the grinding wheel loading phenomena online for the grinding mass production process, and this quantitative index is determined via some experiments in advance in the same grinding environment to help the monitoring and controlling of the grinding process.     

Experimental investigation on high-efficiency grinding of Inconel 718 with heat pipe grinding wheel

Grinding heat is a significant problem for grinding difficult-to-machine materials such as nickel-based superalloys, which restricts their applications. A majority of existing cooling methods ensure cooling by simply increasing the volume of coolant. However, lubricants often lose efficacy due to film boiling and have adverse health and environment effects. To dissipate grinding heat in the contact zone and guarantee workpiece surface quality, a novel cooling method that dissipates grinding heat assisted by forming rotating heat pipe inside the grinding wheel (HPGW) is proposed. Tests were performed to determine its heat transfer capacity in high-efficiency grinding of Inconel 718 alloy. The results show that grinding with HPGW leads to lower grinding temperatures and lower thermal damages to the workpiece when compared to grinding with non-HPGW. Better heat transfer capacity of HPGW is explained by heat transfer resistance analysis for both grinding wheels. The analysis proves that the value of HPGW is one order of magnitude lower than non-HPGW. Furthermore, in-depth studies of the ground surface showed no changes in microstructure or microhardness for the workpiece when using HPGW, whereas different degrees of burn were seen as indicated by different temper colors and corresponding changes in microstructure and microhardness.     

Wheel sharpness measurement for force prediction in grinding

The application of a new method of measuring the sharpness of a grinding wheel by profilometry is described. Used on wheels which have ground cylindrical steel workpieces of varying hardness, it allows theoretical charts of force against equivalent chip thickness to be predicted which agree well with the forces measured in the grinding tests. It merits further investigation as a means of controlling the grinding process.