Dressing With Diamond Dressing Tools

BASIC GUIDELINES

To achieve a superior surface finish and high metal removal rates, it is of utmost importance to work with SMALL amounts of infeed a_d (0.002 mm to 0.003 mm; 0.00008" to 0,0012").

In order to increase the wheel's surface roughness, increase the crossfeed velosity v_d rather than increasing the depth of dressing infeed a_d.

Higher crossfeed velocity = higher wheel surface roughness and vice versa.

Notes:

-Always apply grinding fluid when dressing. Diamonds are very heat sensitive!

- Never traverse grinding wheel without further incrementing the dressing depth.

Terminology:

a_d = Depth of infeed of dressing tool (mm or inch)

b_d = Effective width dressing tool (mm or inch)

n_s = Grinding wheel RPM

s_d = Crossfeed rate of diamond dressing tool per grinding wheel revolution (mm/min or inch/min)

u_d = Overlap ratio (No.)

v_d = Crossfeed velocity of dressing tool (mm/min or inch/min)