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Tool and cutter (T. & C.) grinding is traditionally performed by a highly-skilled craftsman on a manually-operated machine. A continuing decline in the number of suitable-trained personnel, coupled with recent evidence that more consistent results are obtained using an automatic machine, indicates the requirement for a C.N.C. T. & C. grinder.

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© 1983 Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology

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Acarnley, L., Powell, D.A., Trmal, G.J., Tyler, M.J. (1983). Design Criteria for CNC Tool and Cutter Grinding. In: Davies, B.J. (eds) Proceedings of the Twenty-third International Machine Tool Design and Research Conference. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-06546-2_28

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