Fabrication of Micro Carbide Tools by Ultrasonic Vibration Grinding

doi:10.1016/S0007-8506(07)62941-2

CIRP Annals

Volume 49, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 257-260

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This paper deals with the fabrication of micro cylindrical tools and micro flat drills of ultra-fine grain cemented carbides by grinding with ultrasonic vibration. The concept of this grinding is to reduce the grinding forces such that they will not cause any breakage to the micro tools. The grinding operations are performed using the end face of an offset grinding wheel. In grinding with ultrasonic vibration, better results in aspect ratio and tools of smaller diameter than conventional grinding are obtained. Due to the lower tensile strength of carbides, grinding under compressive force has made it possible to grind to a diameter of 11 μm with a length of 160 μm.

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Fabrication of Micro Carbide Tools by Ultrasonic Vibration Grinding

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