Determination of optimum exchanged grinding wheel diameter when external grinding stainless steels

This paper introduces a study on optimum determination of exchanged grinding wheel diameter when external grinding of stainless steel. In this study, the influences of grinding process parameters including the initial grinding wheel diameter, the total dressing depth, the radial grinding wheel wear per dress and the wheel life on the exchanged grinding wheel diameter were investigated. Also, the effect of cost parameters including the grinding wheel cost and the machine tool hourly rate were investigated. To estimate the influence of these parameters on the optimum exchanged grinding wheel diameter, a simulation experiment was designed and it was performed by a computer program. Based on the results of the experiment, a formula for calculation of the optimum exchanged diameter was introduced