International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing

Korean Society for Precision Engineering (한국정밀공학회)
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In-process Truing of Metal-bonded Diamond Wheels for Electrolytic In-process Dressing (ELID) Grinding

  • Saleh, Tanveer (Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore) ;
  • Biswas, Indraneel (Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore) ;
  • Lim, Han-Seok (Mikrotools Pte Ltd.) ;
  • Rahman, Mustafizur (Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore)
  • Published : 2008.07.01
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Abstract

Electrolytic in-process dressing (ELID) grinding is a new technique for achieving a nanoscale surface finish on hard and brittle materials such as optical glass and ceramics. This process applies an electrochemical dressing on the metal-bonded diamond wheels to ensure constant protrusion of sharp cutting grits throughout the grinding cycle. In conventional ELID grinding, a constant source of pulsed DC power is supplied to the ELID cell, but a feedback mechanism is necessary to control the dressing power and obtain better performance. In this study, we propose a new closed-loop wheel dressing technique for grinding wheel truing that addresses the efficient correction of eccentric wheel rotation and the nonuniformity in the grinding wheel profile. The technique relies on an iterative control algorithm for the ELID power supply. An inductive sensor is used to measure the wheel profile based on the gap between the sensor head and wheel edge, and this is used as the feedback signal to control the pulse width of the power supply. We discuss the detailed mathematical design of the control algorithm and provide simulation results that were confirmed experimentally.

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