Development of 3R diamond wheel by thermoplastic resin bond

Hiroshi Matsuura, Yasuhiro Kunieda, Nobuhito Yoshihara, Jiwang Yan, Tsunemoto Kuriyagawa

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Abstract

A completely new diamond wheel, named the 3R wheel, has been developed. The 3R wheel has three unprecedented functions, reconfiguration, restoration and recyclability, and is molded from a mixture of special thermoplastic resin filler and diamond powder. The concept of the 3R wheel is to control the quantity and the position of abrasive material by actively using heat. In this study, tungsten carbide (WC) was ground using a thermoplastic resin bonded diamond wheels (radius 1.4 mm) with three different concentrations of 1500 grain size abrasive. As a result, a grinding ratio of over 200 and 18 nmRa roughness was achieved without dressing. In addition, a large quantity of abrasives was confirmed on the wheel surface by observation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)459-464
Number of pages6
JournalKey Engineering Materials
Volume329
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2007 Jan 1
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Nano-precision machining
  • Recyclable wheel
  • Restorable wheel and re-configurable wheel
  • Super abrasive
  • Thermoplastic resin
  • Thermosetting resin

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Materials Science(all)
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering

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