Wear of the blade diamond tools in truing vitreous bond grinding wheels: Part I. Wear measurement and results

The wear of stationary blade diamond tools used to generate a precise and intricate form on the vitreous bond grinding wheel is presented. Two types of blade tools made of rod and particle diamond were used. A method to measure the wear of the blade diamond tool in the μm-scale range using the size difference of two parts ground before and after truing was introduced. Two sets of experiments with four truing feeds and four tool traverse speeds across the grinding wheel were conducted on the rod and particle blade diamond tools, respectively. Experimental results showed the wear rate of blade diamond tools was improved at higher truing feeds and traverse speeds due to the brittle fracture of the abrasive and vitreous bond.     

ROTARY TRUING OF VITREOUS BOND DIAMOND GRINDING WHEELS USING METAL BOND DIAMOND DISKS

Experiments on rotary truing of vitreous bond diamond grinding wheels were conducted to investigate the effects of truing speed ratio, type of diamond in the metal bond truing disks (synthetic versus natural), and diamond grit size in the grinding wheel on the wear of truing disk and on the cylindrical grinding of zirconia. Similar to G-ratio, a new parameter called D-ratio is defined to quantify the wear rate of the diamond truing disks. Experimental results show that, under the same truing condition, the truing disk with blocky, low friability synthetic diamond has a higher D-ratio than the truing disk with natural diamond. Diamond wheels trued by the disk with synthetic diamond also generate lower grinding force and rougher surface finish. High truing disk surface speed, 1.8 times higher than the surface speed of the grinding wheel, was tested and did not show any improvement in D-ratio. This study indicates that μm-scale precision form truing of the vitreous bond diamond wheel is difficult due to excess wear of the metal bond diamond truing disk.     

ROTARY TRUING OF VITREOUS BOND DIAMOND GRINDING WHEELS USING METAL BOND DIAMOND DISKS

Abstract

Experiments on rotary truing of vitreous bond diamond grinding wheels were conducted to investigate the effects of truing speed ratio, type of diamond in the metal bond truing disks (synthetic versus natural), and diamond grit size in the grinding wheel on the wear of truing disk and on the cylindrical grinding of zirconia. Similar to G-ratio, a new parameter called D-ratio is defined to quantify the wear rate of the diamond truing disks. Experimental results show that, under the same truing condition, the truing disk with blocky, low friability synthetic diamond has a higher D-ratio than the truing disk with natural diamond. Diamond wheels trued by the disk with synthetic diamond also generate lower grinding force and rougher surface finish. High truing disk surface speed, 1.8 times higher than the surface speed of the grinding wheel, was tested and did not show any improvement in D-ratio. This study indicates that μm-scale precision form truing of the vitreous bond diamond wheel is difficult due to excess wear of the metal bond diamond truing disk.     

树脂基圆弧金刚石砂轮的在位精密成形修整技术

针对球面、非球面及自由曲面超精密磨削加工用树脂基圆弧形金刚石砂轮难以精密修整的问题,提出基于旋转绿碳化硅(GC)磨棒的在位精密成形修整技术。在分析GC磨棒和圆弧砂轮几何关系的基础上,确定修整过程中圆弧插补轨迹的补偿方法及GC磨棒运动轨迹的设计方案。采用KEYENCE激光测微仪采集砂轮圆弧特征点,表征圆弧砂轮的修整状况。研究不同粒度的GC磨棒、进给深度和圆弧插补速度对圆弧金刚石砂轮修整率和修整精度的影响规律。研究结果表明,该修整方法可根据加工曲率半径要求实现不同圆弧半径砂轮的精密在位修整,修整后可自动消除砂轮垂直方向的位置偏差;采用400#和800#的GC磨棒对D3和D7砂轮均有较高的修整率(0.7~6.7);与400#和1500#的GC磨棒相比,800#GC磨棒更适合粒度为D3和D7圆弧金刚石砂轮的精密修整;相比圆弧插补速度,进给深度对砂轮的圆弧半径尺寸误差和形状误差影响更大,进给深度越小,圆弧半径尺寸误差和形状误差越小;修整后两种砂轮的圆弧半径误差均可控制在5%以内,D3砂轮的形状误差可控制在3μm/4 mm以内,D7金刚石砂轮可控制在6μm/4 mm以内,修整后比修整前形状误差提高14倍左右。     

Investigation of internal ultrasonically assisted grinding of small holes: effect of ultrasonic vibration in truing and dressing of small CBN grinding wheel

In internal grinding of small holes, it is hard to realize high accuracy truing and dressing for the grinding wheel when a conventional truing/dressing method using single diamond dresser or rotary cup wheel is employed. Because of the cantilever support condition of the spindle shaft the stiffness of shaft is reduced. Thus the truing force leads the shaft to a significant deformation during truing/dressing. In this study, for improving the truing and dressing accuracy, a new truing/dressing method was proposed, in which the grinding wheel is ultrasonically vibrated along its axis during truing/dressing with a GC rotary cup wheel. A series of experiments were carried out to investigate the effects of the wheel ultrasonication on the truing force reduction, the truing accuracy improvement and the wheel surface condition. In addition, the grinding force and work surface roughness experimentally obtained by using the wheels trued with or without ultrasonication were compared. The experimental results indicated that applying ultrasonic vibration to the wheel decreases the normal and tangential grinding forces by more than 20% and 24%, respectively, and the surface roughness by as much as 18%.     

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.     

Wear mechanism of metal bond diamond wheels trued by wire electrical discharge machining

The stereographic scanning electron microscopy (SEM) imaging was used to investigate the wear mechanism in wire electrical discharge machining (EDM) truing of metal bond diamond wheels for ceramic grinding. A piece of the grinding wheel was removed after truing and grinding to enable the examination of wheel surface and measurement of diamond protrusion heights using a SEM and stereographic imaging software. The stereographic SEM imaging method was calibrated by comparing with the profilometer measurement results. On the wheel surface after wire EDM truing and before grinding, some diamond grain protruding heights were measured in the 32 μm level. Comparing to the 54 μm average size of the diamond grain, this indicated that over half of the diamond was exposed. During the wire EDM process, electrical sparks occur between the metal bond and EDM wire, which leaves the diamond protruded in the gap between the wire electrode and wheel. These protruding diamond grains with weak bond to the wheel were fractured under a light grinding condition. After heavy grinding, the diamond protrusion heights were estimated in the 5–15 μm range above the wear flat. A cavity created by grinding debris erosion wear of the wheel bond could be identified around the diamond grain.     

Some remarks on the chemical wear of diamond and cubic BN during turning and grinding

Previous experiments using simple grinding wheels consisting of a single layer of cubic boron nitride (CBN) or diamond grits on an electroplated rod have shown that the production of wear flats on the grits leads to an increasing grinding force which eventually results in the destruction of the nib. In one of the present experiments, similar worn areas are observed on the grits in a conventional type grinding wheel. The wear of the flats appears to be similar in type to that observed on the flanks of turning tools fabricated from single crystals of diamond and CBN. Experiments with such turning tools show wide variations in the rates of wear between diamond and CBN and between different difficult metal workpieces. These and previous results imply that the flats are formed by an attritious wear process conditioned by the chemical constitution of the tool, workpiece and environment. Further consideration of these various points should lead to the enhanced performance of diamond and CBN grinding wheels.     

旋转超声磨削加工中刀具结合剂类型与加工性能的关系

实验分析了硬脆材料旋转超声磨削过程中刀具结合剂类型对加工性能的影响以便提高加工精度和加工表面的完整性.首先,采用能谱分析研究了铁基、陶瓷基和青铜基3种超声振动刀具中结合剂与金刚石颗粒的把持形式,并根据相同加工工艺条件下刀具磨损形式确定了把持力大小.然后,结合超声振动刀具特性,通过旋转超声磨削加工实验研究刀具结合剂类型与切削力、刀具磨损量、加工表面完整性的关系,并对实验结果进行了分析.实验结果表明:相对于陶瓷基和青铜基结合剂超声振动刀具,铁基结合剂超声振动刀具把持力最大,Z轴切削力平均值最小(为46.8 N);加工18 000 mm3材料后,刀具轴向磨损量最小(为0.1 mm);而陶瓷基结合剂超声振动刀具加工表面质量最好,表面粗糙度最大值为21.79 μm.结果证实铁基超声振动刀具适用于粗加工,陶瓷基超声振动刀具则适用于精加工.     

圆弧金刚石砂轮的修形及修锐技术研究

针对圆弧金刚石砂轮加工非轴对称非球面的平行磨削法中砂轮的修形精度要求较高，通常使用的水平圆弧杯状砂轮修整器很难保证加工精度的问题，提出带倾角圆弧修整器的设计方法。通过对修整器接触弧长的计算，修形延后率设计和修形补偿方法的研究及实验表明：新型圆弧修整器可满足高精度非轴对称非球面加工的要求。     

Investigation on the bonding strength patterns of ultrasonic vibration tools and influence on working performance during rotary ultrasonic grinding

During rotary ultrasonic grinding process, working performance of ultrasonic vibration tools varies according to the bonding patterns between diamond grit and bond. In order to understand the influence of ultrasonic vibration tools on working performance, bonding patterns and bonding strength of ceramic-bonded, iron-bonded, and bronze-bonded tools were investigated. Influence of bonding strength on cutting force, tool wear, surface quality, and edge breakout were studied, coupled with the characteristics of ultrasonic vibration tools. The results show that cutting force in Z axis and tool wear reduce with the increase of bonding strength while the surface quality and edge breakout become worse.     

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。     

电镀金刚石砂轮高效精密修整及熔融石英磨削试验研究

大尺寸光学玻璃元件主要采用细磨粒金刚石砂轮进行精密/超精密磨削加工,但存在砂轮修整频繁、工件表面面形精度难以保证、加工效率低等缺点。采用大磨粒金刚石砂轮进行加工则具有磨削比大、工件面形精度高等优点,然而高效精密的修整是其实现精密磨削的关键技术。采用Cr12钢对电镀金刚石砂轮(磨粒粒径151 μm)进行粗修整,借助修整区域聚集的热量加快金刚石的磨损,可使砂轮的回转误差快速降至10 μm以内。结合在线电解修锐技术,采用杯形金刚石修整滚轮对粗修整后的电镀砂轮进行精修整,砂轮的回转误差可达6 μm以内,轴向梯度误差由6 μm降至2.5 μm。通过对修整前后的金刚石砂轮表面磨损形貌成像及其拉曼光谱曲线分析了修整的机理。对应于不同的砂轮修整阶段进行熔融石英光学玻璃磨削试验,结果表明,砂轮回转误差较大时,工件材料表面以脆性断裂去除为主;随着砂轮回转误差和轴向梯度误差的减小,工件表面材料以塑性去除为主,磨削表面粗糙度为Ra19.6 nm,亚表层损伤深度低至2 μm。可见,经过精密修整的大磨粒电镀金刚石砂轮可以实现对光学玻璃的精密磨削。     

Effect of parameters on grinding forces and energy while grinding Al (A356)/SiC composites

Abstract

Grinding processes require a high energy input per unit volume of material removed, which is converted to heat at the grinding zone, resulting in increased force and wear. In the present study, the influence of grinding parameters like work speed and depth of cut on grinding forces and energy was studied. An attempt has been made to study the forces and energy involved while grinding aluminium alloy (A356)/silicon carbide (SiC) composite material with different grinding wheels. Experiments were carried out on a surface grinding machine. Three different types of wheels like SiC, cubic boron nitride (CBN) and diamond wheels were used. The grinding forces increased with increase in depth of cut and work speed. SiC exhibited high grinding force compared to the CBN wheel. In the case of the diamond wheel, it was even less. The specific grinding energy was highest for the diamond wheel followed by CBN and SiC wheels. The specific grinding energy decreased with increase in depth of cut and work speed.     

光纤石英玻璃基板微V槽阵列的精密磨削

针对脆性石英玻璃的微加工,利用自主研发的金刚石砂轮微尖端修整工艺,研发了光纤阵列石英玻璃微V槽磨削技术。分析了60°的微V槽形状偏差对光纤耦合损耗的影响,然后,研究了砂轮微尖端的误差补偿修整工艺。最后,实验分析了微V槽的磨削精度。理论分析显示:微V槽角度、间距和宽度的偏差分别控制在±0.42°、±1.04μm和±1.2μm以内时,耦合损耗小于0.5dB。实验结果表明:开发的数控磨削工艺可加工高精度的60°微V槽阵列;采用数控轨迹和角度补偿修整后,砂轮微尖端半径可平均达到10.46μm,角度精度为(60±0.22)°;对石英玻璃进行微磨削后,微V槽的角度偏差达到0.4°,尖端半径为10.5μm,宽度偏差为0.3μm,间距偏差为0.5μm,可保证光纤阵列的精密对接。     

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.     

Ultra-precision grinding of optical glasses using mono-layer nickel electroplated coarse-grained diamond wheels. Part 2: Investigation of profile and surface grinding

After finishing the precision conditioning of mono-layer nickel electroplated coarse-grained diamond wheels with 151 μm (D151), 91 μm (D91) and 46 μm (D46) grain size, resp., profile and surface grinding experiments were carried out on a five-axis ultra-precision grinding machine with BK7, SF6 optical glasses and Zerodur glass ceramic. A piezoelectric dynamometer was used to measure the grinding forces, while an atomic force microscopy (AFM), white-light interferometer (WLI)) and scanning electron microscope (SEM) were used to characterize the ground surface quality in terms of micro-topography and subsurface damage. Moreover, the wear mechanics of the coarse-grained diamond wheels were analyzed and the grinding ratio was determined as well, in aiming to evaluate the grinding performance with the conditioned coarse-grained diamond wheels. Finally, the grinding results were compared with that of the fine-grained diamond wheels with regard to the ground specimen surface quality, process forces and wheel wear as a function of stock removal. The experimental results show that the precision conditioned coarse-grained diamond wheels can be applied in ductile mode grinding of optical glasses with high material removal rates, low wheel wear rates and no dressing requirement yielding excellent surface finishes with surface roughness in the nanometer range and subsurface damage in the micrometer range, demonstrating the feasibility and applicability of the newly developed diamond grinding technique for optical glasses.     

基于修整力的树脂结合剂金刚石砂轮机械修整

研究了树脂结合剂金刚石砂轮修整过程中修整力与修整效果的关系,基于修整力的变化表征了砂轮的表面形貌及磨削性能。首先,对碳化硼、碳化硅、白刚玉3种砂轮修整工具进行实验,并采集了修整过程中修整力的变化;然后,利用白光干涉仪观测修整后砂轮的表面形貌;最后,对修整后砂轮进行磨削验证实验,得到不同修整工具修整后砂轮的磨削性能。基于上述实验,分析并验证了修整力的变化与砂轮表面形貌和砂轮磨削性能的关系。结果表明,法向力Fn能够表征砂轮的磨粒切削刃密度以及磨粒突出高度;修整比率β反映了砂轮的锋锐程度,当β稳定时,砂轮达到充分修整。因此修整力反映了砂轮表面形貌和磨削性能,根据修整力的变化可以把握砂轮的修整进程。     

SYSTEMS APPROACH FOR THE CERAMIC THRU-FEED CENTERLESS GRINDING

An approach for simulation and production implementation of thru-feed centerless grinding of transformation toughened zirconia using vitreous bond diamond grinding wheels is presented. A set of grinding tests was designed and conducted to identify the effects of abrasive product (diamond grit size), work-material, and operational factors (stock removal, thru-feed rate, number of thru-feed passes and truing and dressing methods) on grinding performance. Evaluation parameters of surface finish, grinding forces and C-ratio were utilized to determine machine tool features. Very fine surface finishes, in the order of 0.05 to 0.1 u.m R_a range, could be achieved using vitreous bond micro-grit diamond wheels, without additional part processing. Such a level of surface finish on ground ceramics has traditionally been generated only by using resinoid bonded diamond wheels. These test results were used to design and manufacture a full-size composite or sandwiched diamond grinding wheel. This grinding wheel has been successfully applied in high-volume ceramic production, which in turn has verified the proposed approach. Lastly, the surface finish data is interpreted based on SEM and AFM observations and materials properties.     

基于气中放电辅助修整金刚石砂轮的试验研究

提出了一种新型的基于气中放电辅助金刚石砂轮在线修整法,它把气中火花放电修整法和金刚石笔机械修整法有机结合在一起,能实现光学曲线磨床上金刚石砂轮的高效、高精度、低成本和不得使用任何冷却液的在线修整。采用自制的试验装置在MK9025数控光学曲线磨床上对1A1／T2 200×6×32×4 MBD6 120／140 M75型号的砂轮进行了在线修整试验,得出了一些影响金刚笔磨损率的主要因素:火花放电时热源的能量分布状况、金刚石笔修整时的修整深度、进给量以及电源电压。相同工况下机械修整法和气中放电辅助修整法中金刚石笔的磨损率对比试验结果表明:气中放电辅助修整和机械修整有着不同的材料去除机理,它比一般机械修整更有利于提高金刚石砂轮的修整效率和降低金刚石笔的磨损量。磨削YG8硬质合金工件的试验表明,采用气中放电辅助法修整的金刚石砂轮和新的金刚石砂轮有着相近的磨削能力。