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Precision Grinding

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After studying this chapter, students will be able to: H Explain how precision grinders operate. H Identify the various-types of precision grinding machines. H Select, dress, and true grinding wheels. H Safely operate a surface grinder using various work-holding devices. H Solve common surface grinding problems. H List safety rules related to precision grinding.

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
Text: pages 353382 Test Your Knowledge Questions, page 381 Workbook: pages 107112 Instructors Resource: pages 253268 Guide for Lesson Planning Research and Development Ideas Reproducible Masters: 19-1 Planer-Type Surface Grinders 19-2 Rotary-Type Surface Grinders 19-3 Grinding Wheel Marking System 19-4 Grinding Wheel Shapes 19-5 Mounting Grinding Wheels 19-6 Creep Grinding 19-7 Traverse Grinding 19-8 Plunge Grinding 19-9 Centerless Grinding 19-10 Test Your Knowledge Questions Color Transparencies (Binder/CD only)

Part ITypes of Surface Grinders

Set up a surface grinder to demonstrate its operation. Be sure all of the class can observe and hear the demonstration. They should also be wearing approved eye protection. Have the students/trainees read and study pages 353356, paying particular attention to the illustrations. Review the assignment using Reproducible Masters 19-1 and 19-2 as overhead transparencies and/or handouts. Discuss the following: The principles of precision grinding and why it is done. Types of surface grinders. How surface grinders operate.

Part IIWork-Holding Devices

A selection of work-holding devices should be available for demonstration purposes and for the class to examine. Have class read and study pages 356358. Review the assignment and discuss the following: Types of work-holding devices used for surface grinding.
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GUIDE FOR LESSON PLANNING

Due to the amount of material covered, it would be advisable to divide this chapter into several segments. Although it has been divided into seven parts here, each classroom situation will dictate what division would work best.

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The advantages and disadvantages of each type. How they operate. Why a demagnetizer is used.

Creep grinding. Use Reproducible Master 19-6. Grinding problems and how to correct them. Grinding safety.

Part IIIGrinding Wheels and Cutting Fluids

Prepare a surface grinder for the class to examine. A selection of grinding wheels should be available for examination and to demonstrate how to check a grinding wheel for soundness. Have the class read and study pages 358363. Review the assignment using Reproducible Masters 19-3, 19-4, and 19-5 as overhead transparencies and/or handouts. Discuss the following: The various types and shapes of grinding wheels. How to determine whether a grinding wheel requires dressing. The grinding wheel marking system. The need for so many grinding wheel shapes. How to mount grinding wheels. Types of cutting fluids. Why cutting fluids are required for most grinding operations. How cutting fluids are applied.

Part VTool and Cutter Grinders

Prepare a tool and cutter grinder to demonstrate sharpening milling cutters. Have the class read and study pages 368373, paying particular attention to the illustrations. Review the assignment and discuss the following: Use of the tool and cutter grinder. Selecting the proper wheel for the sharpening operation. Using and adjusting tooth rest. Sequence for grinding plain milling cutters. Sequence for grinding cutters with helical teeth. How to grind end mills. How to grind form cutters. Sharpening taps and reamers.

Part VICylindrical and Internal Grinding

Prepare a cylindrical grinder to demonstrate its operation. Have the class read and study pages 373376, paying particular attention to the illustrations. Review the assignment and discuss the following: The principle of cylindrical grinding. The difference between traverse and plunge grinding. Use Reproducible Masters 19-7 and 19-8. Holding and driving the work. Machine operation. Internal grinding operations.

Part IVGrinding Applications

Prepare a surface grinder to demonstrate how to prepare the machine for operation, dress the grinding wheel, and check the machine for safe operation. Have the class read and study pages 364368. Review the assignment and discuss and demonstrate the following: Preparing a surface grinder for operation. The procedure for dressing a grinding wheel. Why a magnetic chuck is ground-in. Why a piece of oiled paper is placed between the work and the magnetic chuck. The sequence for starting a surface grinder. How to use a paper strip to position the grinding wheel. Grinding edges square and parallel with face sides. Proper way to clean the surface grinder.

Part VIIOther Grinding Operations

Have the class read and study pages 377381, paying particular attention to the illustrations. Review the assignment and discuss the following: The principle of centerless grinding. Use Reproducible Master 19-9. The types and variations of centerless grinding. The principle of form grinding.

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The principle of abrasive belt machining. The principle of electrolytic grinding. Computer (CNC) grinders. Emphasize grinding safety and the necessity of having grinder burns properly treated. Grinder burns are caused when the machinists fingers or hand comes in contact with a rotating grinding wheel. A review of the demonstrations will provide an opportunity to answer questions students/trainees may still have.

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Technical Terms
Review the terms introduced in the chapter. New terms can be assigned as a quiz, homework, or extra credit. The following list is also given at the beginning of the chapter. centerless grinding creep grinding diamond dressing tool form grinding internal grinding magnetic chuck planer-type surface grinders plunge grinding tooth rest universal tool and cutter grinder

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dangerous to use. Design a storage rack so the good wheels can be stored safely. Inspect the coolant system on the grinders in the shop or lab. Clean and make necessary repairs. Prepare a list of recommendations that will improve precision grinding operations in the shop. Contact grinding wheel manufacturers and request photos that show how grinding wheels are manufactured. Design a bulletin board display around the material. Demonstrate how to sharpen a milling cutter. Demonstrate the correct way to true and dress a grinding wheel. Research the various types of coolants and the material on which they are used. Make a poster on your findings and mount it near the grinding machines. Prepare a poster that lists the problems encountered with precision grinding and how they can be corrected. Mount the poster near the grinding machines. Prepare a handbook on how to safely operate precision grinding machines. Duplicate it for each member in the class.

Review Questions
Assign Test Your Knowledge questions. Copy and distribute Reproducible Master 19-10 or have students use the questions on page 381 and write their answers on a separate sheet of paper.

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE ANSWERS, Page 381

1. flat 2. Planer type and rotary type. 3. Any three of the following: magnetic chuck, universal vise, indexing head with centers, clamps, precision vise, double-faced masking tape. 4. Abrasive type, grain size, structure, grade, and bond. 5. a. Wear away as the abrasive particles become dull. 6. metallic ring 7. Loaded and glazed. 8. Cutting fluids lessen wear on the grinding wheel, help maintain accurate dimensions, affect the quality of the surface finish, and remove heat generated during the grinding operation. 9. Water-soluble chemical fluids and watersoluble-oil fluids. Polymers are also used. 10. diamond

Workbook Assignment
Assign Chapter 19 of the Machining Fundamentals Workbook.

Research and Development

Discuss the following topics in class or have students complete projects on their own. 1. Secure samples of work produced by precision grinding. Compare them with a surface roughness comparison standard and determine the degree of roughness of each sample. 2. Prepare a specimen board with surfaces finished by the various precision grinding techniques. Use illustrations to indicate the type of machine used to produce each surface. 3. Check all of the grinding wheels in the shop or lab. Discard the ones that would be

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11. glazed, loaded 12. redressing, grinding wheel 13. dirty coolant; Clean coolant system and replace coolant. 14. Conventional grinding removes the material a small amount at a time. Creep grinding does it in a single pass. 15. universal tool, cutter grinder 16. Traverse grinding and plunge grinding. 17. centerless 18. Evaluate individually. Refer to Figure 19-23. 19. abrasive belt machining 20. Electrolytic, electrochemical; Evaluate descriptions individually. Refer to Section 19.14.2.

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1. many-tooth milling cutter as each of the abrasive particles is a separate cutting edge 2. smooth, accurate 3. c. downfeed 4. a. traverse 5. b. cross-feed 6. d. All of the above. 7. magnetic chuck 8. coolant 9. Tap it lightly with a metal rod. A solid wheel will give off a clear metallic ring. 10. Unbalanced wheels will cause irregularities on the finished ground surface. 11. Student answers will vary but may include the following: by flooding the grinding area; using a mist system; manually applying with a pressure-type oil pump can. 12. It can cause surface waviness. 13. Evaluate individually. Refer to Section 19.5.2. 14. Any of the following: clogged hydraulic lines; insufficient hydraulic fluid; hydraulic pump not functioning properly; inadequate table lubrication; cold hydraulic system; air in the system. 15. The wheel being out-of-round. It can be corrected by truing the wheel.

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d. All of the above. a. nicked or dirty chuck Evaluate individually. Refer to Section 19.7. Crowding a. dirty coolant Any or all of the following: grinding wheel may be too soft and wearing down too rapidly; tooth rest may not be mounted solidly; the arbor may not be running true on the centers. workhead twisting radially Work is mounted between centers or in a chuck and rotates while in contact with the grinding wheel. b. one-third d. All of the above. The work is rotated against the grinding wheel. It does not have to be supported between centers. The piece is positioned on a work support blade and fed automatically between a regulating or feed wheel and a grinding wheel. The regulating wheel causes the piece to rotate and the grinding wheel does the cutting. Feed through the wheels is obtained by setting the regulating wheel at a slight angle. Through feed, infeed, end feed, and internal centerless grinding. shaped, contour Any two of the following: removes material at a high rate; run cool and require light contact pressure; versatility; belts may be used dry or with a coolant; reduce possibility of metal distortion caused by heat; soft contact wheels and flexible belt conform to irregular shapes. e. Both a and c. d. All of the above. d. All of the above. e. None of the above.

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Planer-Type Surface Grinders

Spindle rotation

Feed

Table movement Spindle rotation Feed

Table movement Work Worktable

Spindle rotation Table movement

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Rotary-Type Surface Grinders

Grinding wheel rotation Grinding wheel rotation Work

Magnetic chuck

Table rotation Table rotation

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Grinding Wheel Marking System

1 Prefix Abrasive type Grade Structure Bond type Manufacturers record 2 Abrasive grain size 3 4 5

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Manufacturers symbol indicating exact kind of abrasive. (Use optional)

Manufacturers private marking to identify wheel. (Use optional)

Regular aluminum oxide Treated aluminum oxide Special Aluminum Oxide Dense Coarse Medium Fine 8 30 70 10 36 80 12 46 90 14 54 100 16 60 120 20 150 24 180 Very fine 220 240 280 320 400 500 600 Open 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Etc. (Use optional) Soft Medium Hard A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R ST UVW XY Z B BF E O R RF S V Resinoid Resinoid reinforced Shellac Oxychloride Rubber Rubber reinforced Silicate Vitrified

A TFA 3A 2A FA HA JA LA 13A 36A WA EA ZT YA C GC RC CA BA DA

White aluminum oxide Extruded aluminum oxide Zirconia 25% Special Silicon carbide Green silicon carbide Mixture silicon oxide Mixture of silicon carbide and aluminum C oxide O

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Grinding Wheel Shapes

Grinding face

Type 1 straight Grinding face Grinding face Type 20 relieved one side

Grinding face

Type 21 relieved two sides

Type 2 cylinder wheel

Grinding face Grinding face Type 5 recessed one side Grinding face

Type 22 relieved on one side recessed other side

Grinding Type 23 relieved and recessed same side face

Type 6 straight cup wheel Grinding face Type 24 relieved and recessed one side, recessed other side

Grinding face

Type 7 recessed two sides Grinding face Grinding face Type 25 relieved and recessed one side, relieved other side

Grinding face Type 11 flaring cup wheel Grinding face Grinding face

Type 26 relieved and recessed both sides

Type 12 dish wheel

Grinding face

Type 27 depressed center

Grinding face

Type 13 saucer

Type 28 depressed center (saucer)

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Mounting Grinding Wheels

Wheel blotter

No blotter

Flange recessed

Solid flange

Inner flange keyed to spindle

Inner flange sliding fit on spindle

Correctly mounted wheel

Wheel incorrectly and dangerously mounted

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Creep Grinding
Length of stroke

Depth of cut

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Traverse Grinding

Precision Grinding

Coolant supply

Grinding to a Shoulder

Work rotation

Work

Work travel

The rotating work moves past the rotating grinding wheel. Grinding to a Shoulder with Angular Wheel

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With plunge grinding, grinding wheel is fed into rotating work. Since work is no wider than grinding wheel, reciprocating motion is not needed.

Grinding to a Shoulder with Angular Wheel

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Centerless Grinding

Precision Grinding

Feed

Work

Grinding wheel Work rest blade Regulating wheel

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Precision Grinding
Name: ______________________________________________ Date: _______________ Score: ________ 1. Industry classifies surface grinding as the grinding of _____ surfaces. 1. ____________________________

2. Surface grinding operations fall into two categories. List them. ____________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Various work-holding devices are used to hold work for surface grinding. Name three of them. ____________________________________________________________________________________ 4. List five (5) factors that are distinguishing characteristics of a grinding wheel. _______________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 5. The ideal grinding wheel will: a. wear away as the abrasive particles become dull. b. wear away at a predetermined rate. c. wear away slowly to save money. d. All of the above. e. None of the above. 6. A solid grinding wheel will give off a _____ when struck lightly with a metal rod. 5. ____________________________

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7. List the two conditions that commonly prevent a grinding wheel from cutting efficiently. ____________________________________________________________________________________ 8. Why are cutting fluids or coolants necessary for grinding operations? ______________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 9. List the basic types of cutting fluids. ___________________________________________________ 10. A _____ wheel dressing tool is usually used to true and dress wheels for precision grinding. 11. Chatter and vibration marks are caused on the work when the grinding wheel is _____ or _____. 12. The problems in Question 11 can be corrected by _____ the _____. 10. ____________________________ 11. ____________________________ ____________________________ 12. ____________________________ ____________________________

13. Irregular scratches on the work are usually caused by a _____ system. How can this problem be corrected?___________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________

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Name: ______________________________________________ 14. What is the difference between conventional grinding and creep grinding?__________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 15. A _____ and _____ is a grinding machine designed to support cutters (usually milling cutters) while they are being sharpened. 15. ____________________________ ____________________________

16. List the two variations of cylindrical grinding.___________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 17. With _____ grinding, it is not necessary to support work between centers or mount work in a chuck while it is being rotated against the grinding wheel. 18. Make sketches of nine standard grinding wheel shapes. 17. ____________________________

19. The grinding technique that employs a belt on which abrasive particles are bonded for stock removal, finishing, and polishing operations is known as _____. 20. _____ or _____ grinding is actually an electrochemical machining process. Describe how it is done.

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20. ____________________________ ____________________________

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