Analysis of grinding quantities through chip sizes

Grinding chips obtained under different conditions represent a wide variety of morphologies. Observation of chips using a scanning electron microscope leads to greater understanding of metal removal and the chip formation mechanism. An image processing method is employed to measure the size of grind...

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Published in:Journal of materials processing technology 1999-10, Vol.95 (1), p.1-7
Main Authors: Tso, Pei-Lum, Wu, Shih-Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
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Chip-volume
Grinding chips
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Summary:Grinding chips obtained under different conditions represent a wide variety of morphologies. Observation of chips using a scanning electron microscope leads to greater understanding of metal removal and the chip formation mechanism. An image processing method is employed to measure the size of grinding chips and an equivalent chip-volume parameter is proposed to define comparable chip sizes of various grinding conditions. Grinding quantities such as surface finish, grinding force, and specific energy are investigated herein, to relate to chip-volume. The results of this study confirm that this chip-volume parameter is a useful index in accurately predicting and evaluating the grinding quantities of particular grinding operations.
ISSN:0924-0136
DOI:10.1016/S0924-0136(99)00297-6