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Tribological characteristics in high-speed grinding of alumina with brazed diamond wheels

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In this work, two brazed diamond wheels fabricated by brazing in vacuum were used to grind alumina at different grinding speeds. During the process, the horizontal and vertical grinding forces were measured by a force measurement device. The grinding forces, specific grinding energy, and friction in grinding of alumina at low and at high speeds were investigated. The results show that the friction coefficient decreases with the increase of the grinding speed and also relates to the grinding mode. A nearly proportional relationship between grinding power per unit width (P m ) and the rate of plowed surface area generated per unit time per unit width (S w ) reveals the effects of friction in grinding and most of the grinding energy is expended by friction. The surface energy per unit area generated by plowing friction (J s ) for high-speed grinding is found to be lower than for low-speed grinding.

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  1. Department of Mechanical and Automatic Engineering, Xiamen City University, 361008, Xiamen, China

    Jianyi Chen

  2. Engineering Research Center for Brittle Materials Machining, Ministry of Education, Huaqiao University, 361021, Xiamen, China

    Xipeng Xu

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Chen, J., Xu, X. Tribological characteristics in high-speed grinding of alumina with brazed diamond wheels. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 71, 1579–1585 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-013-5583-8

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