which is suitable for study by using a tribology approach. The objective is to increase the workpiece wear rate (stock removal rate) while reducing the abrasive tool wear rate to a very low level to increase the tool life. The grindability of brittle materials is inversely proportional to the resistance to abrasive wear of the material to be ground. An increase of material removal rate is limited by the reduction in the life of the abrasive tool as well as by reduced quality of the machined surface.