The oil mist cooling was applied to plunge-cut grinding tests. The result obtained were as follows :
1) Hardened high speed steel pieces were finished to mirror-like surfaces by spraying only 10 cc/min of soybean oil. Emulsion, kerosene were less effective. And water was not effective, though the workpiece remained cool.
2) Grinding burn could be measured quantitatively by a reflexion method-the decreasing gradient of the rate of reflexion due to etching time.
3) The grit-work contact temperature in grinding was calculated from the moving heat source theory of Jaeger, under the assumption that about 84% of the total grinding heat went into the workpiece. Though burnt surfaces by dry grinding showed. the temperatures. beyond 1000°C, the temperatures from the data of mirror-like surfaces by the oil mist grinding were almost 500°C.
4) A mathematical formula relating between the wheel-work contact temperature and the grit-work contact temperature was presented. The latter can be calculated from the former which is easily measurable.
5) According to the wear test, mirror-like surfaces were much more resistible than burnt surfaces.
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