Temperature measurement in high efficiency deep grinding

Temperature measurements are employed for research into the mechanics of grinding and for process monitoring. Temperature measurement in grinding presents a number of challenges particularly in High-Efficiency Deep Grinding (HEDG). High work-speeds require fast response and deep cuts require measurement over a large temperature field. High-speed fluid delivery creates problems for all types of temperature measurement. Electrical noise may require zero-shift filtering. Several techniques of temperature measurement are described. The merits and problems using thermocouple techniques are discussed in detail. In particular, the effect of junction size and shape are discussed. It is shown that the shape and size of the junction have a strong effect both on the reliability of the signal and on the accuracy of the signal. Other problems discussed include improvement of signal to noise ratio, measurements under wet grinding conditions and a technique for measuring contact surface temperatures when taking deep cuts in creep grinding and high-efficiency deep grinding.     

Temperatures in deep grinding of finite workpieces

This paper investigates the diverse thermal effects generated in high efficiency deep grinding (HEDG). Using a new thermal model of circular arc contact with transient analysis, the transient behaviour of the maximum contact temperature has been analysed for various grinding conditions. It is found that steady state conditions can be achieved for the conditions of sufficient workpiece length and high workspeeds. The effect is important for the understanding of the deep grinding process and for the prediction of satisfactory grinding conditions. HEDG conditions also have very apparent effects on the depth of heat penetration to the workpiece. The parameters investigated include mean contact angle, Peclet number and the heat source distribution. Experimental results are presented for specific energy, energy partition and mean temperature for high efficiency deep grinding.     

Investigation of the heat partitioning in high efficiency deep grinding

The grinding heat partitioning in the high efficiency deep grinding (HEDG) process has been investigated. The ratios of heat partition to the different heat sinks, i.e. workpiece, chips, fluid and grits, have been calculated, based on both theoretical analysis and experimental data. The heat partitioning ratio to the grinding chips increases with the material removal rate and takes most of the grinding heat away from the grinding zone under HEDG conditions where very high material removal rates apply. The heat partition to workpiece decreases when increasing the material removal rate. Cooling fluid is especially important for the conditions of creep feed grinding when using low feed rates, with over 90% of heat convected away by the grinding fluid. Under HEDG conditions, only 5–10% of the grinding heat is taken away by the grinding fluid. Very high material removal rates can be achieved with good surface integrity, when using an optimised selection of process parameters.     

CBN高效深磨砂轮主轴的建模分析与实验研究

基于对CBN端面砂轮的研究,提出一种高效率深度端面磨削的砂轮主轴系统.主轴单元的静态特征和影响因素分析了理论计算和建模仿真分析,并验证主轴结构和参数的合理性.基于模态分析理论,砂轮主轴系统的模态测试是由锤击方法,并得到了前6阶模态参数和分析结果.结果表明:该磨削主轴系统满足了高效深磨技术要求.最后,研磨应用开发测试平台应用了磨削主轴单元和一些实验来完成高效深磨的研究.对Cr12Mo1V1工件在砂轮转速为80 ～ 100 m/s时进行了端面磨削实验,其结果为:切削深度0.175～0.5 mm,表面粗糙度0.8～3.2 μm以及圆柱度5-10 μm.     

Investigation on cooling efficiency of grinding fluids in deep grinding

The cooling efficiency of grinding fluids in deep grinding, at different material removal rates and grinding speeds, has been investigated. Two ‘inverse’ methods have been proposed to determine the level of convective heat transfer coefficients of grinding fluids, by matching the theoretical and experimental grinding fluid burn-out thresholds or matching the theoretical and measured grinding temperatures. Instead of using a constant chip melting temperature to estimate the energy partition to the grinding chips, the chip temperature and chip energy were calculated using the newly developed approach considering the variation of chip size, deformation and heat transfer at the abrasive/work interface. The variation of grinding heat taken away by the process fluids and grinding chips under different process parameters has been calculated, which shows the importance of cooling effects by the grinding fluids and the transition of thermal characteristics of deep grinding from cooling dominant to ‘dry’ grinding regime, where a large percentage of grinding heat is taken away by the grinding chips.     

Modelling of specific energy requirement during high-efficiency deep grinding

Grinding is a multi-point cutting operation. The specific energy or the energy expended for unit material removal in grinding is very high, typically one or two orders higher than the machining specific energy. Such high specific energy required in grinding can be attributed to the irregular and random geometry of the abrasive grits, which induce a lot of rubbing and ploughing actions along with the chip formation by shearing process. Also the effective angle in grinding is highly negative which is again responsible for such high-specific energy requirement in grinding. In grinding, a number of notable phenomena occur during the chip formation process, which actually consumes a significant percentage of energy. Such main energy consumers in grinding are:

• Chip formation due to shearing

• Primary rubbing

• Secondary rubbing

• Ploughing

• Wear flat rubbing

• Friction between the loaded chip and workpiece

• Friction between bond and workpiece, etc.

The present paper tries to analytically predict the specific energy consumed during high-efficiency deep grinding (HEDG) of bearing steel by monolayer cBN wheel. During the HEDG process, energy is spent mostly for shearing, rubbing and ploughing processes. The other energy consumers have insignificant role in such high-speed grinding process. So, models which take into account the processes of shearing, primary rubbing, secondary rubbing and ploughing process can reasonably be used to predict the energy requirement in such HEDG process. The total specific energy value obtained from the model has been validated with those experimentally observed values. A good trend matching of the modelled and experimental values have been observed and the root mean square error values have been found to vary between 7% and 11%.     

Experimental simulation of the efficiency of high speed grinding wheel cleaning

The grinding of certain materials such as ductile material which are hard to grind implies particular conditions of work. Maintaining the cutting ability of the wheel is necessary and wheel cleaning is one of these conditions. In this paper, the parameters which are influential in maintaining a clean wheel are identified. A cleaning criterion is proposed to estimate the efficiency of the cleaning process. Using an experimental setup, the significant of the influence of the nozzle position, the flow rate and pressure, the boundary layer of air around the rotating wheel and the particle rate contained in the fluid are assessed. It is observed too that the fluid temperature has no significant effect. Lastly, the best method to clean a wheel when high speed grinding is discussed.     

High Efficiency Deep Grinding of a Low Alloy Steel with Plated CBN Wheels

High efficiency deep grinding (HEDG) of a low alloy steel (51CrV4) has been carried out on an Edgetek 5-axis CNC grinding machine, using electroplated CBN wheels. The initial tests were conducted in a surface grinding mode over a wide range of grinding conditions, to evaluate the levels of specific grinding energy, workpiece surface integrity and wheel wear. The burn threshold conditions for the ground workpiece surface have been proposed in terms of a critical heat flux which is shown to vary with material removal rate. Cylindrical grinding in HEDG mode has also been carried out based on the knowledge obtained from the surface grinding. It has shown that the HEDG technology can be transferred successfully to the field of cylindrical grinding to achieve very high specific material removal rates in excess of 400mm³/mm.s. The successful application of HEDG to cylindrical components depends on the appropriate selection of grinding parameters and also the grinding fluid supply strategy. Thermal modelling of the HEDG process combined with surface integrity studies, has shown that under cylindrical grinding conditions a significant reduction in grinding fluid supply is possible even when operating within the HEDG regime.     

Thermal modeling and optimization of interrupted grinding

Finishing parts such as blade tips of assembled engine rotors is an interrupted grinding process. Thermal issues such as burn often become more prominent for interrupted grinding because of the low thermal capacity during the entry and the exit of each interruption. This paper presents models to calculate the transient and steady state temperatures for interrupted grinding. The developed models are then used to investigate the influence of grinding process parameters and cooling on the transient temperature rise. The model results can be used to develop new grinding cycles with variable work speed to increase material removal rate while maintaining temperature below burn limit.     

Virtual high performance grinding with CBN wheels

The development of future products requires designing, manufacturing, and testing components in a virtual environment before hardware parts are actually made. This paper presents a generalized process simulation and multi-constraint optimization strategy for five-axis grinding with cubic boron nitride (CBN) wheels to increase material removal rates while avoiding process problems such as damage to the machined surfaces and premature wheel failure. The wheel-workpiece engagement conditions under five-axis grinding are extracted from a CAM system by geometrically processing the NC program, the wheel geometry and the part geometry. The interpreted geometric contact data are used in combination with empirical grinding models to predict physical process parameters such as forces, power, heat flux, and temperature. These parameters are then used as the decision variables in a multi-constraint optimization to optimize process parameters such as workspeed to reduce cycle time.     

高效深磨中温度的理论分析

本文提出了高效深磨的热模型。该热模型中，工件与砂轮的接触用圆弧面表述。发现接触角和Peclet数对磨削区温度有很强的影响。发现材料去除率高而且无磨削烧伤。新热模型对接触区温度很准确的预测。还发现高效深磨中比磨削能很低。而磨屑带走了大部分热。同时，在磨削液被阻碍进入磨削区后，工件的温度急剧上升。     

Cycle optimization in cam-lobe grinding for high productivity

Cycle optimization in cam-lobe grinding is presented for improving productivity. It includes novel modeling of the instantaneous geometry, kinematics and temperature for any workpiece form. A technical assessment of three process-control strategies – (1) constant specific material removal rate, (2) constant power, and (3) constant temperature – is made. The constant-temperature process provides the shortest cycle time without thermal damage. A detailed analysis of this process considers the role of machine limitations, including maximum speed, acceleration, and jerk, as well as the cam-lobe geometrical effects. The optimization results are validated by grinding tests in an actual production line.     

Burn threshold prediction for High Efficiency Deep Grinding

Burn threshold diagrams are useful for the prediction of thermally induced grinding damage and were originally developed to describe the conventional shallow cut grinding regime. With the development of new high stock removal grinding processes such as High Efficiency Deep Grinding (HEDG), the prevention of thermal damage to the workpiece is of particular concern. The principle of HEDG is based around the change in thermal characteristics of the grinding process at high Peclet numbers, whereby less heat is partitioned to the workpiece. Conventional burn threshold diagrams are valid for Peclet numbers below 50, well below the values expected in HEDG. This study presents a modified approach to the construction of burn threshold diagrams which takes account of the change in thermal partitioning with Peclet number. The approach has been validated through grinding trials over a range of specific material removal rates.     

双点高速压力机台板借磨问题的解决

为保证双点压力机滑块运行时的垂直度,容易造成滑块底平面与工作台板上平面的平行度超差,常采用磨工作台板的办法解决.本文建立台板借磨的理论模型,找出影响平行度的零件形位公差及螺纹间隙并进行控制,可以避免磨工作台板,从而增加了工作台板的通用性.     

Experimental analysis of wheel/workpiece dynamic interactions in grinding

The aim of this work is to study the wheel/workpiece dynamic interactions in high-speed grinding using vitrified CBN wheel and DTG (difficult to grind) work materials. This problem is typical in the grinding of engine valve heads. The influence of tangential force per abrasive grain was investigated as an important control variable for the determination of G ratio. Experiments were carried out to observe the influence of vibrations in the wheel wear. The measurements of acoustic emission (AE) and vibration signals helped in identifying the correlation between the dynamic interactions (produced by forced random excitation) and the wheel wear. The wheel regenerative chatter phenomenon was observed by using the wheel mapping technique.     

Experimental study on grinding force and grinding temperature of Aermet 100 steel in surface grinding

This paper investigates grinding force and grinding temperature of ultra-high strength steel Aermet 100 in conventional surface grinding using a single alumina wheel, a white alumina wheel and a cubic boron nitride wheel. First, mathematical models of grinding force and grinding temperature for three wheels were established. Then, the role of chip formation force and friction force in grinding force was investigated and thermal distribution in contact zone between workpiece and wheel was analyzed based on the mathematical model. The experimental result indicated that the minimum grinding force and the maximum grinding force ratio under the same grinding parameters can be achieved when using a CBN wheel and a single alumina wheel, respectively. When the phenomenon of large grinding force and high grinding temperature appeared, the workpiece material would adhere locally to the single alumina wheel. Grinding temperature was in a high state under the effect of two main aspects: poor thermal properties of grinding wheel and low coolant efficiency. The predicted value of grinding force and grinding temperature were compared with those experimentally obtained and the results show a reasonable agreement.     

高效磨削用热管砂轮基体应力应变分布的有限元分析

鉴于高效磨削用热管砂轮对其基体强度提出了越来越高的要求,通过ANSYS仿真软件对其进行有限元数值模拟,分别探讨了两种不同基体材料的热管砂轮在空转条件下以及磨削力和离心力共同作用下的应力应变分布,得到了热管砂轮在不同转速下的应力分布图以及径向位移的分布情况,并完成砂轮基体的强度校核。仿真结果为热管砂轮结构的改进提供了有益的参考,对热管砂轮的结构优化具有理论指导意义。     

Electrochemical oxidation analysis for dressing bronze-bonded diamond grinding wheels

Electrochemical dressing of fine-grained metal-bonded diamond grinding wheels enables to grind hard and brittle materials in the ductile mode. Optical surfaces can be manufactured by grinding, which reduces the need for subsequent, time-consuming polishing work. When using metal-bonded grinding wheels, the emerging oxides regulate the electrochemical dissolution. Bronze-bonded grinding wheels are more suitable for grinding cemented carbides and ceramics than iron-bonded grinding wheels, as it is easier to modify their chemical composition to suit a specific grinding task. They can also be sintered at lower temperatures, which reduces the risk of thermal damage to the diamond. In this paper, the dissolution and the oxidation of different bronze alloys are characterized for the electrochemical dressing process. The relevant evaluation criteria are the oxide layer thickness, the electrical behavior and the different emerging bronze alloy oxides. This work is funded by the German Research Association DFG within the Transregional Collaborative Research Center SFB/TR4 “Process Chains for the Replication of Complex Optical Elements”.     

Predictive modeling of surface roughness in grinding

The surface roughness is a variable often used to describe the quality of ground surfaces as well as to evaluate the competitiveness of the overall grinding system. This paper presents the prediction of the arithmetic mean surface roughness based on a probabilistic undeformed chip thickness model. The model expresses the ground finish as a function of the wheel microstructure, the process kinematic conditions, and the material properties. The analysis includes a geometrical analysis of the grooves left on the surface by ideal conic grains. The material properties and the wheel microstructure are considered in the surface roughness prediction through the chip thickness model. A simple expression that relates the surface roughness with the chip thickness was found, which was verified using experimental data from cylindrical grinding.     

Ultra-precision grinding

Ultra-precision grinding is primarily used to generate high quality and functional parts usually made from hard and difficult to machine materials. The objective of ultra-precision grinding is to generate parts with high surface finish, high form accuracy and surface integrity for the electronic and optical industries as well as for astronomical applications. This keynote paper introduces general aspects of ultra-precision grinding techniques and point out the essential features of ultra-precision grinding. In particular, the keynote paper reviews the state-of-the-art regarding applied grinding tools, ultra-precision machine tools and grinding processes. Finally, selected examples of advanced ultra-precision grinding processes are presented.