Surface Grinding

Surface grinding is an abrasive machining process in which abrasive particles, bonded into a grinding wheel, remove small amounts of material from a workpiece.  The grinding wheel may be shaped to form a variety of workpiece geometries.

Process Characteristics

Produces very high surface accuracy and smooth surfaces
Removes very small chips from metallic or nonmetallic materials
Produces a flat or formed surface
Uses abrasive grains in the form of a bonded wheel
Is primarily a finishing process

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Information provided is from Manufacturing Processes Reference Guide by Robert H. Todd, Dell K. Allen, and Leo Alting.--1st ed. Published by Industrial Press Inc., 1994.