New Development of Supersonic Surface Grinding Machine Tool with a Linear-Motor-Driven Table System

Abstract:

Ultra-high speed grinding (UHSG) is a significant and promising machining technology in grinding hard-to-cut materials. To find out the aerodynamics of the grinding wheel body when the airflow field has subsonic, transonic, and supersonic speed characteristics and clarify the corresponding influence on the grinding mechanism, the study is conducted to develop a supersonic grinding machine tool that is capable of being operated at extreme wheel speed up to 450 m/s and meanwhile accompanying with high grinding capability. In accordance with the main design objectives, a high performance grinding motorized spindle with maximum rotational speed 36000r/min and maximum power 28kW is developed. The linear motor feed driven system is also exploited to satisfy the requirement of maximum reciprocating speed up to 2m/s. Following plenty of specific design and performance analysis works, a prototype of supersonic grinding machine tool is finally developed. In the end, this paper also puts forward a number of further studies and prospective for the research activities on basis of the developed grinder.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 1136)
• Pages: 667-672
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1136.667
• Online since: January 2016
• Authors: Lu Yang, Yu Can Fu*, Jiu Hua Xu, Yong Tao Liu
• Keywords: Aerodynamics, Linear Motor Feed, Motorized Spindle, Performance Analysis, Ultra-High Speed Grinding

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