This project, prepared for the Saint-Gobain Abrasives group, will determine the effects of work material properties on grinding performance. Working with previous data, the team designed the parameters for a surface grinding test that employed two different grinding wheels as well as three different steel types (304 Stainless, 4340, D-3 Tool Steel). The data from this surface grinding test showed that hardness, elasticity and ultimate tensile strength have unexpected effects on grinding performance.

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Creator

• Prange, Justin T.
• Hall, Benjamin Lawrence
• Pawlowski, Edward Prokop
• Kling, Jonathan A.

Contributors

• Zea, Nicole

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042407-204228

Advisor

• Rong, Yiming

Year

• 2007

Sponsor

• Saint-Gobain

Date created

• 2007-04-24

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Mechanical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright