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Principles of Modern Grinding Technology

The book is aimed at practitioners, engineers, researchers, students and teachers. The approach is direct, concise and authoritative. Progressing through each major element of the… Read more

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Description

The book is aimed at practitioners, engineers, researchers, students and teachers. The approach is direct, concise and authoritative. Progressing through each major element of the grinding system and then on to machine developments and process control, the reader becomes aware of all aspects of operation and design. Trends are described demonstrating key features. Coverage includes abrasives and super-abrasives, wheel design, dressing technology, machine accuracy and productivity, grinding machine design, high-speed grinding technology, cost optimization, ultra-precision grinding, process control developments, vibration control, coolants and fluid delivery.

Key features

  • Trends in high precision and high speed grinding are explored
  • Principles underlying improvements in machines and processes are explained
  • Numerically worked examples give scale to essential process parameters
  • Recent research findings and original contributions to knowledge are included
  • A number of ultra-precision grinding machine developments are included

Readership

Industrial practitioners, engineers, researchers, students and teachers of manufacturing technology in general and grinding in particular, technicians

Table of contents

1. Introduction2. Basic material removal3. Grinding wheel developments4. Grinding wheel dressing5. Wheel contact effects6. High-speed grinding7. Avoiding thermal damage8. Application of fluids9. Cost reduction10. Grinding machine developments11. Process control12. Vibration problem solving13. Centreless grinding14. Material removal by grains15. Real contact16. Specific energy17. Mechanics of abrasion18. Temperatures in grinding

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About the author

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W. Brian Rowe

W. Brian Rowe is Consulting Director and Emeritus Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK. He is also former Director of the Advanced Manufacturing Technology and Tribology Research Laboratory. Professor Rowe is a widely respected researcher in the fields of tribology and grinding. He has authored many books on grinding and grinding machine technology, also on bearing analysis and design.
Affiliations and expertise
Consulting Director and Emeritus Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK

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