1 Introduction 9 2 Grinding wheels: composition and properties 18 3 Grinding geometry and kinematics 45 4 Wheel truing, dressing, and topography 79 5 Grinding mechanisms 107 6 Grinding temperatures and thermal damage 143 7 Surface texture and tolerance 173 8 Grinding wheel wear 197 9 Grinding deflections: grinding cycles, inaccura- cies, and vibrations 22…
This second edition incorporates relevant new findings and developments since the first edition was published nearly two decades ago. More detail is presented regarding new grain materials, creep-feed grinding with conventional abrasive wheels, superabrasive (diamond and CBN) materials and wheels, and metal-bonded superabrasive electroplated wheels. A more comprehensive treatment is ow included…