The New Era of Centerless Grinding
As the world continues its meteoric rise into new levels of technology, companies must work increasingly hard to keep up in their industry. Although there is much media coverage about the advancements of computer technology, the advances in physical manufacturing are happening just as fast.
Centerless grinding, a centuries old manufacturing technology, is not untouched by the benefits of the postmodern era tech boom. It now allows you to grind your goods continually, reduce the likelihood of errors, abrasively grind brittle materials, and grind goods en masse with an automated system. As giving items and components a smooth, uniform shape is often critical to their functionality.
The quality of a centerless grinding effort can vary, depending upon the quality of the grinding equipment and the skill of the grinding team. You also have to choose the right type of centerless grinding process to suit your needs. To help you with this, we will describe the two major types of centerless grinding and what they are best used for.
Throughfeed centerless grinder
As the name suggests, the throughfeed grinding process involves feeding the entire item through the centerless grinding machine from one side to the other. This is the most highly efficient type of grinding process, as it requires no secondary mechanism to remove the piece from the grinding machine.
A thoroughfeed centerless grinder is most often used for smaller objects, but the process can be adjusted to fit the girth of a piece of any size. Due to the fact that thoroughfeed grinding is a uniform process, it can only be executed with items that are cylindrical in shape.
If you are in need of rapid, high quality working of your pieces, and they are of a shape that is compatible with the process, then you should use a thoroughfeed grinding system to get the job done.
Plunge centerless grinder
With a plunge centerless grinder, the operator sets the piece between the grinding wheels and rotates it accordingly in order to achieve a smooth, uniform result. Although it is less efficient than a through feed centerless grinder, a plunge centerless grinder has the added benefit of greater versatility, as you are able to have pieces of varying shapes ground.
A plunge centerless grinder is used for non cylindrical pieces that need shaping on multiple sides. Although it cannot produce results as quickly as a throughfeed centerless grinder, it can still achieve rapid results.
If you are in need of high quality working of your pieces, and they are not of a cylindrical shape, then a plunge centerless grinder can get the job done at a reasonably fast pace.
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