Grinding

Grinding 15 Jul 2015

High-Volume Grinding System Enables Lights-Out Operation

Designed for high-volume precision grinding, Glebar’s GT-610 CNC automatic centerless in-feed/through-feed grinding system features full CNC dressing capability.

Grinding 13 Jul 2015

Vertical Grinder Handles Polygonal Workpieces

Shigiya has upgraded its GPV-10-20 vertical CNC grinder to include the same polygon grinding capability used in the company’s larger GPES series with an updated direct-drive motor.

Grinding 13 Jul 2015

New Hybrid Unites Additive Manufacturing and Grinding

A machine performing surface and profile grinding, along with milling and laser metal deposition, is believed to be the world’s first hybrid grinder.

Basics 26 Jun 2015

Internal Grind Machines: Maintaining Components’ Alignment

This article outlines the importance of this alignment, explains how to recognize the symptoms of misalignment and describes what corrective steps to take. The author, Bill Bednarski, is an applications engineer at Saint-Gobain Abrasives in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Grinding 23 Jun 2015

Cylindrical Grinders Deliver High Positioning Accuracy

E-tech Machinery offers its series of CNC conversational cylindrical grinders designed for small- to medium-size workpieces in the mold, automotive, aerospace and electronics industries.

Grinding 22 Jun 2015

Surface Grinder with Overhead Dresser Performs Rough, Fine Grinding

As part of its Wizard series of surface grinders, Kent International USA offers the WMA1 programmable downfeed grinder with automatic compensate overhead dresser.

Grinding 19 Jun 2015

Aligned for Precision

To precisely condition the form, shape and finish of an inside diameter of a workpiece, no machine tool outperforms an ID grinder if (and only if) key components of this grinder are properly aligned. This article outlines the importance of this alignment, explains how to recognize the symptoms of misalignment and describes what corrective steps to take.