Method and apparatus for grinding
US6123606A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 14, 1998 |
| Grant date | Sep 26, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 14, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB24D5/00
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The material removal rate of a creep-feed grinding operation may be increased significantly by use of a type of porous grinding wheel in combination with jet of coolant liquid at high pressure directed at the periphery of the wheel in advance of the cutting point. The apparatus for performing the method may comprise a multi-axis machining centre adapted to enable the coolant nozzle(s) to be retracted to provide working clearance for automatic tool changer operation and to re-position the aiming point of the nozzle(s) over an angular range relative to a cutting point.
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