An experimental investigation of temperatures and energy partition in grinding of cemented carbide with a brazed diamond wheel

An experimental investigation is reported of the temperatures and energy partition in the grinding of cemented carbide with a vacuum brazed diamond wheel. During the experiments, the temperature distributions along the workpiece surface were measured using a sandwiched foil thermocouples and the energy partition to the workpiece estimated using a temperature matching method. The effects of the various grinding conditions, including wheel velocity, feed rate, and depth of cut, on the temperatures and the energy partition were investigated. The measured temperature responses were found to be in good relation with the analytical results of a moving heat source with a triangular distribution at the grinding zone. It was found that the grinding temperatures measured under different grinding conditions varied from 10A degrees C to 100A degrees C. The energy partition to the workpiece in dry grinding was found to be from 35% to 70%. Based on the energy partition values obtained from the experiments, the diamond tip temperature was calculated and found to be over the temperature necessary for the graphitization of diamond if the circular grain contact of radius is smaller than a critical value.