Fractal Analysis of Grain Cutting Edge Wear in Superabrasive Grinding
This paper deals with a fractal analysis of the wear behavior of the grain cutting edges in superabrasive grinding. Fundamental overcut fly grinding experiments for producing individual straight grooves using a grinding tool with multiple grits are carried out to clarify the wear characteristics of the grain cutting edges in the grinding process and then the change in three-dimensional profile of the cutting edge measured with a multiprobe SEM is evaluated on the basis of fractal analysis. The main results are summarized as follows: (1) Fractal dimension for the contour line of the fine cutting edge formed by micro fracture shows a higher value than that of cutting edge formed by attritious wear or large fracture. (2) Fractal dimension for cBN grain cutting edge mainly formed by micro fracture tends to take a higher value than that for diamond grain cutting edge mainly formed by attritious wear. (3) The complex change in shape of the cutting edge with the progress of grinding process can be quantitatively evaluated by means of fractal analysis.
Study on creep feed grinding with CBN wheels. Characteristics of wheel wear.
This paper presents the experimental investigation on the wear characteristics of CBN wheels in creep feed grinding. The obtained results are as follows : (1) As the wheel depth of cut decreases at a constant stock removal rate, the grinding force per a grain cutting edge fts increases almost power functionally and the mechanism of wheel wear changes rapidly from the attrition type to the micro-fracture type when the fts value exceeds a critical value fts (c). (2) The volumetric wheel wear rate takes a minimum value at the critical condition.
Researches on Structural Factor Involvement in Oral Tribology
This study is focused on two ceramic materials, D.SING (Ivoclar) and VM13 (emphasis the VITA TN), frequently used in restorative dentistry practice and it comes to complete a full set of results obtained by the authors over several years of research on oral tribology with main influence on oral health. In this way there are involved more specific structural aspects of dental restorative ceramic materials quality as is shown in [1].