Electrical discharge truing of metal-bonded CBN wheels using single-point electrode

International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture

Volumn 48, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 362-370

  Sanchez, J A ^a   Pombo, I ^a   Cabanes, I ^a   Ortiz, R ^a   Lopez de Lacalle, L N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

CBN grinding; Electrical discharge truing (EDT); Form wheel; Single point electrode

Indexed keywords

BORON NITRIDE; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURFACE ANALYSIS;

CUBIC BORON NITRIDE (CBN); ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE TRUING (EDT); FORM WHEELS; SINGLE-POINT ELECTRODES;

GRINDING WHEELS;

EID: 37549006018     PISSN: 08906955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmachtools.2007.10.002     Document Type: Article

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