Centerless Grinding
Plouse uses centerless grinding to produce high-precision
products. The process of grinding removes material from the
workpiece by a powered abrasive wheel, stone, belt, paste,
sheet, compound, slurry or other agent. By grinding a metal
part, we are able to remove burrs, deep cuts or saw marks.
It also prepares the part for polishing. The most common
forms of grinding are
surface grinding (produces flat and/or squared surfaces)
and
cylindrical grinding (used to grind internal and
external parts).
Centerless grinding is similar to centered grinding
except that there is no spindle. This allows high
through-put since parts can be quickly inserted and removed
from the process.
Benefits of Centerless Grinding
- Ability to grind parts with geometries that
do not allow them to be OD ground.
- Abiltiy to remove three, five and other odd
numbered lobing on the shaft of a part.
- Maintaining size beyond what is typically capable of an OD grinder due to
the low overall pressures spaced out along the workpiece.
Types of Centerless Grinding
- Throughfeed grinding - the workpiece is fed into the
machine along the work blade.
- Plunge grinding - the workpiece is placed between the
wheels on a work blade and the grinding wheel is plunged into the workpiece.
Centerless Grinding
- 1 ea Dedtru Model C .090” to 4” dia. x 6” lg.
Other Types of Grinding
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Centerless Grinding