Abstract

Comprehensive experiments have been conducted to investigate the monitoring technique for grinding process automation with acoustic emission (AE) signal. The AE signal generated during the grinding process is analyzed to determine its sensitivity to process. The detection of contact between the grinding wheel and workpiece and in-process prediction of grinding burn have been discussed in sequence. The results have been obtained as follows: (1) AE contact detector can save the non-machine time remarkably, thus high efficiency is available. (2) An effective intelligent sensing system has been developed and grinding burn can predicted. As mentioned above, AE technique has found wide applications in the grinding process automation.

Volume Subject Area:
Grinding and Abrasive Technologies
Keywords:
grinding, process automation, acoustic emission
Topics:
Acoustic emissions, Grinding
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