Simulation of Workpiece Kinematics in Centreless Throughfeed Grinding

This paper deals with the simulation of the workpiece kinematics in centreless throughfeed grinding. The objective of this research was to develop a simulation tool that can be used to create an interactive virtual environment, to place the grinding gap elements in the defined set-up and to visualise process kinematics. The simulation is founded on an analytical 3D model, which includes a parametrical description of all grinding gap elements and their kinematics. The simulation software was programmed in C#. Its platform consists of Windows OS, .NET framework and OpenGL graphics library.