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Internal and external cylindrical traverse grinding

  • Internal and external cylindrical traverse grinding

In external cylindrical traverse grinding, the grinding wheel starts outside the workpiece and feeds into engagement with a defined depth of cut. It then moves back and forth along the workpiece axis. After each stroke, the infeed is increased until the final dimension is reached. The return stroke takes place without contact. In this way, the cylindrical shape is gradually produced.

The principle of internal cylindrical traverse grinding is identical—only inside a bore. The grinding wheel works its way through the workpiece with a lateral feed and is fed deeper after each pass. Due to the lower stiffness inside the bore, the process is more sensitive to forces and deviations.