Study on surface roughness model and surface forming mechanism of ceramics in quick point grinding

The quick-point grinding experiment of fluorophlogopite was conducted by using a MK9025A profile grinder which considered the simple single factor, such as the grinding wheel and table feed speed, grinding depth, inclining angle and deflection angle. The experimental results indicated that the surface roughness was mainly influenced on inclining angle and deflecting angle. Moreover, the modified model of the quick-point grinding process was proposed in the paper, which based on Malkin kinematics model, Snoeys empirical model and grinding thickness empirical model. The inclining angle and deflecting angle was introduced in the modified model. Comparison of the predicted results of these models and experimental ones indicated that the modified model was in well agreement with the experimental data. Further, standard deviation of these models and experiment was studied in the paper, it is found that the modified model was the more ideal. In order to study the effect of various technology factors on the sensitivity of surface roughness, "Relative extremum error" concept was first proposed in the paper. It was found that simple single factor in the modified model were relatively sensitive to surface roughness than other models. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.