Monitoring and Optimization of Internal Grinding Process

Summary The grinding process is influenced by many factors such as grinding wheel characteristics, dressing conditions and, course, grinding conditions. Therefore, it is difficult to perform the grinding operation in an optimum state. In this study, in-process monitoring methods using power and acoustics emission sensors are proposed to detect malfunctions in the internal grinding process. In addition, a new internal grinding cycle featuring rapid indeed is proposed to minimize the grinding cycle time.