In this study, a new grinding technique applying ultrasonic
vibration along the radius of the grinding wheel was proposed.
A compact ultrasonic unit composed of an ultrasonic
transducer, acoustic horn and their respective holders was
designed and constructed and then installed on a dynamometer
surface to measure the normal and tangential grinding forces.
During horizontal grinding, the workpiece was vibrated
ultrasonically at the resonant frequency in the vertical
direction. Performance of the unit, including the percent
reduction in the normal and tangential grinding force and also
improvement in the surface roughness and fracture strength
has been investigated. The results described below has been
confirmed the validity of the proposed new grinding
technique, and demonstrated that the designed and constructed
unit performed well. The results can be summarized as
follows:
analysis,” Journal of Material Processing Technology, pp. 55, 254-
260,1995.