Values of specific grinding force obtained theoretically from grinding force were considerably larger than the values from experiments of single point cutting. One of reasons for this may be that most of the traditional papers are based on the two-dimensional distribution of cutting points in grinding wheel, that is, they neglect the existence of cutting points which do not cut the work directly, hiding themselves behind preceding cutting points.
In this paper, the specific grinding force in ploughing
CP is introduced instead of the specific grinding force, and its values are obtained from values of the normal force measured in experiments, using the number of simultaneously cutting points and the grain cutting area which are analyzed theoretically on the three-dimensional distribution of cutting points.
In addition,
CP values are given also from experiments of single point cutting. These values are slightly larger than values obtained from grinding forces. This appears to be caused by an essential difference of single cutting in which cutting is made intermittently and grinding in which successively.
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