Meister's new micro-precision CNC Dressing Tools are ideal for grinding applications with form tolerances down to 2µm.
Suited for truing and sharpening of grinding wheels used with automotive and aerospace bearing races, high-precision gear grinding, plunge grinding of fuel injection armatures and needles and other demanding applications
Because the CVD inserts are embedded into an already sharp and free-cutting diamond matrix, they can be smaller and more widely spaced than those in conventional handset diamond tools. The hybrid-bond diamond matrix does a large amount of the dressing, while the inserts provide structural support and reinforcement.
Meister Abrasives USA, Inc. has introduced a line of cDD Diamond Dressers that deliver certified tool radius tolerances for demanding micro-precision grinding applications. The radius form tolerance of these micro-precision diamond dressers can be certified accurate to within 2µm (+/- 0.001 mm) if the application requires.
Bruce Northrup, Vice President and General Manager of Meister Abrasives USA said, "To dress grinding wheels for high precision applications the user needs to have a precise, certified radius value to plug into his or her CNC dressing program. Meister's introduction of micro-precision certified cDD dressers is the result of a multi-year R&D project which culminated in a major investment in manufacturing, measurement and verification systems. These have enabled Meister Abrasives to achieve an order of magnitude improvement in the accuracy and precision for these dressers."
The cDD Diamond Dressers are designed for the CNC truing and sharpening of grinding wheels used in manufacturing automotive and aerospace bearing races, high-precision gear grinding, plunge grinding of fuel injection armatures and needles and other critical grinding applications that require form tolerances as tight as 2 µm.
"These cDD dressing tools rely on a unique structure in which high quality CVD diamond inserts are strategically embedded within Meister's hDD porous hybrid-bond matrix," said a company spokesperson. The advantages of the cDD technology for both dressing and grinding processes include:
- Truing (accurate and consistent profile generation on the grinding wheel)
- Sharpening (does not dull the grinding wheel)
- Low dressing forces
- The grinding wheel can cut better and achieve enhanced part quality
- Lower dress in-feed or higher skip dress is possible
- The Ddressing tool stays sharp (no conditioning required).
For more information contact:
Meister Abrasives USA, Inc.
201 Circuit Drive
North Kingstown, RI 02852
401-294-2530
sales@meister-sbrasives-usa.com
www.meister-abrasives-usa.com