ICTM Aachen – International Center for Turbomachinery ManufacturingOptimization of coolant supply strategy for grinding of CMCs
How to optimize the coolant supply strategy for grinding CMC regarding tool wear, workpiece quality, material removal rate and economical aspects?
Challenge and Motivation
- Grinding of CMCs is a cost intensive manufacturing process due to material brittleness and hardness. High tool wear and workpiece surface damage are challenging tasks.
- Coolant supply strategy has a major impact on ground surface quality, tool wear and the dressing process.
- However, the potentials of coolant supply strategies such as coolant loading or MQL for optimizing grinding of CMC has hardly been invested on.
Objective
- Identification of optimized coolant supply parameters for grinding of CMCs.