Abstract
Diamond pellet grinding (DPG) is one effective processing method, and is used for grinding of optical glass lens etc. Now, various studies have been done, however, useful knowledges obtained are almost the experimental examinations. This study aims to examine the grinding characteristics of DPG both theoretically and experimentally, and to clarify the various factors on the grinding characteristics. Moreover, this study aims to find the optimum conditions in DPG from the viewpoint of the pellets layout. This paper discusses, as the first stage, the examination results on the grinding characteristics of DPG using the image processing technique.