Single-pass grinding - an effective manufacturing method for finishing

The paper presents the essence of the single-pass internal cylindrical grinding process. There is a descriptive presentation of the grinding wheels of zonally diversified structure and the attachment for precise forming the conical chamfer on the active surface of abrasive tools applied to this process. The experimental results enabled the effects of the structural diversification of grinding wheels on the process and results of the single-pass internal cylindrical grinding to be evaluated. The results of zonally diversified grinding were related to the effects of grinding using only the wheels made from grains of the same size. The mathematical models of changes in the grinding power and the roughness of the workpiece surface machined with the grinding wheels being tested were developed for the material removal rate fluctuating within Q(w)approximate to 9 divided by 24 mm(3)/s.