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About Cylindrical Grinding

A CNC cylindrical grinder is a type of grinding machine used to erode material from the outside of a part. It is often considered to be bringing finished parts to completion with a tight tolerance and a superior surface finish. The ground part is rotated at center point from a workhead (either between centers with the addition of a tailstock or mounted with a chuck) and cut with a rotating abrasive wheel. The wheel will shape the part with either a straight plunge or traverse grind across the part. The grinding wheel can approach the part from a fixed 90 degree position or with a movable B axis from a certain angle. Grinding with an angle allows generating the required faces, tapers and diameters simultaneously. This can done either manually or with an automatic rotating B-axis. Multiple wheels can be added to the B-Axis for flexibility. With these additional options it allows the grinder the capability to finish components in one operation. Other components to a CNC grinding machine could be it’s control, coolants and oils, wheel dressing, position probes, guaging, filtration, C-Axis (out of round grinding), threading and frequency converters.