Course Description:

This class describes the grinding action, explains how chips are formed, and covers wheel maintenance and safety.

Course Prerequisites:

N/A

Course Learning Objectives:

• Describe the grinding process.
• Describe how grinding produces a chip.
• Describe the various actions that take place during grinding.
• Identify the chip-producing surfaces of grinding wheels.
• Explain the fracture process.
• Explain how swarf is produced.
• Describe variables that negatively affect grinding.
• Define dressing.
• Define truing.
• Explain how fluids improve grinding.
• Describe variables that impact grinding wheel selection.
• Identify common wheel specifications.
• Describe safety practices for grinding wheels.

Course Outline:

1. Objectives
2. What Is Grinding?
3. Chip Formation
4. Cutting Action
5. Grinding Wheels
6. Grain Fracture and Wheel Wear
7. Swarf
8. Negative Results of Grinding
9. Dressing
10. Truing
11. Grinding Fluids
12. Wheel Choice
13. Wheel Specifications
14. Wheel Maintenance and Safety
15. Summary