Since metals are elastic-plastic body, some amount of elastic deformation around the plasti-cally deforming region is unavoidable in any mechanical process of metal transformation like plastic forming processes, cutting, grinding, lapping, etc. This local elastic deformation in workpiece togather with that in tool causes the geometrical discrepancy between the tool and the finished surface.
In this paper, theoretical and experimental studies on the local elastic deformation in grinding reveal that the elastic deflection at the grain-work contact
1. increases when (a) the hardness of work material is high, (b) the moduli of elasticity of work and tool materials are low, (c) the tip of grain is dull, and (d) the width of groove made by the grain is wide,
2. gives the appearance as if the individual grains on a grinding wheel are supported by non-linear springs,
3. decreases the actual depth of cut, (more than 1 μm of size error is attributed to this deflection in usual grinding of hardened HSS.) and
4. makes the ground surface of hard material smoother than that expected from wheel surface geometry.
Compared with this deflection, the deflection of grain due to the vitrified bond elasticity which was suggested by R.S. Hahn is negligible.
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