Performance evaluation of custom manufactured WC-12wt%Co abrasive grinding wheel
Date
2016
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Faculty of Engineering, Department of Industrial Engineering, Stellenbosch University
Abstract
Grinding is a material removal process making use of geometrically nondefined tool edges, or
abrasive particles, which is bonded together in the form of a grinding wheel to cut, or machine, a
material into shape. The materials used as the abrasive is most commonly aluminium oxide or
silicon carbide. These abrasives are normally bonded with a vitrified or resinoid bonding to form
the grinding wheel. Grinding wheel applications typically range from wood and soft metal grinding
to hard carbide steel and ceramic grinding. There is thus a gap in the variety of available grinding
wheels for a multipurpose grinding wheel. This paper will explore the application of tungsten
carbide (WC-12wt%Co) as an alternative abrasive material for a grinding wheel and will be bonded
with inexpensive resin. Tungsten carbide falls in the cemented carbide family of hard materials,
having a high hardness-to-toughness ratio. This is advantageous for the machining of titanium
alloys and is the workpiece material. The paper will describe the process of custom manufacturing
of the WC-12wt%Co grinding wheels for experimental purposes.
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CITATION: Enever, A. A., Oosthuizen, G. A. & Sacks, N. 2016. Performance evaluation of custom manufactured WC-12wt%Co abrasive grinding wheel. In Competitive Manufacturing, International Conference on Competitive Manufacturing (COMA '16), 27-29 January 2016, Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
The original publication is available at http://conferences.sun.ac.za/index.php/doie/coma16
The original publication is available at http://conferences.sun.ac.za/index.php/doie/coma16
Keywords
Grinding wheels, Tungsten carbide, Titanium alloys
Citation
Enever, A. A., Oosthuizen, G. A. & Sacks, N. 2016. Performance evaluation of custom manufactured WC-12wt%Co abrasive grinding wheel. In Competitive Manufacturing, International Conference on Competitive Manufacturing (COMA '16), 27-29 January 2016, Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch University, South Africa