Centerless Grinding
Centerless grinding consists of removing material from a cylindrical workpieces with the use of two rotating wheels, one of which (or both) being a grinding wheel. While the wheels are in rotation, the workpieces are inserted on a work rest, between the wheels, which grind away material while the workpieces travel between the two wheels, exiting on the other side of the wheels.
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Centerless grinding is typically preferred over more conventional grinding methods for operations where many parts must be processed.
Some of the advantages of centerless grinding are:
- Grinding in very hard materials
- Ability to produce very smooth and precise surfaces, which in turn allows for higher mechanical quality and performance
- Ability to attain tolerances in the tenths of thousands of an inch (i.e. 0.0004″)
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