Methodology of evaluation of abrasive tool wear with the use of laser scanning microscopy.

Grinding is one of the basic precise material removal methods. Abrasive and shape wear, as well as smearing of the tools' active surface handicap the processing results. The loss of cutting capacity in abrasive tools or alteration of their shape influences the surface quality and precision of the workpiece dimensions and its shape. Evaluation of the abrasive tool surface is the basic criterion of forecasting the tools' durability and the process results. The applied method of laser SCANNING 36:53-63, 2014. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]