This paper presents a review of researches on CBN (cubic boron nitride) grinding wheels with the purpose of identifying the state of art in abrasive machining and serving as the basis for future researches and laboratory tests. The scientific studies investigated here report on interesting results involving grinding, published by Brazilian and foreign authors. The methods and the results are presented and discussed. In addition, a grinding setup is presented which provides more reliable experimental results about the surface integrity of fragile materials. This setup was obtained for grinding tests in several grinding conditions during the wheel service life, using alumina and vitrified and resin bond CBN grinding wheels. Results of cutting force, surface roughness and G ratio are also presented and discussed. They confirm the excellent machining capacity of the CBN wheel, with stable behavior in cutting force and roughness results during the tests. The G ratio values are in agreement with the results found by other researchers.
ResumoEste artigo apresenta um estudo da agressividade do rebolo (habilidade de corte). A retificação é um processo de usinagem preciso, o qual é amplamente usado na manufatura de componentes que requerem tolerâncias estreitas e superfícies bem acabadas. Na retificação, a ferramenta abrasiva é o rebolo, que é basicamente composto por núcleo, ligante e grãos abrasivos. As ferramentas testadas nessa pesquisa foram rebolos convencional (Al 2 O 3 ) e superabrasivo (CBN). Entre os superabrasivos, três tipos específicos de ligantes foram testados: resinóide, vitrificado e resinóide de alto desempenho. Conseqüentemente, foi possível avaliar a habilidade de corte entre os diferentes tipos de rebolos testados. Assim, o rebolo convencional de óxido de alumínio apresentou a maior agressividade. Palavras-chave: rebolo convencional, ligantes, superabrasivos.
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This paper presents a study of the grinding wheel sharpness (cutting ability). Grinding is a precision machining process which is widely used in the manufacture of components requiring fine tolerances and smooth surfaces. In grinding, the abrasive tool is the grinding wheel, which is basically compounded by the core, the bond and the abrasive grains. The tools tested in this research
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