Effects of Ultrasonic Assisted Grinding on CBN Grinding Wheels Performance

The effects of ultrasonic assisted grinding on vitrified CBN grinding wheels performance have been investigated. The ultrasonic vibration has been superimposed to the workpiece in feed and cross feed directions and the kinematics of the process in both directions have been discussed. The obtained results show that applying ultrasonic vibration to the grinding process can improve the quality of the workpiece surface, the efficiency of the process and decrease the grinding forces and specific energy considerably.