Grinding Technical Information

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Disc Grinding
	Procedures for Mounting Disc Wheels (31KB) DISCMOUNT.HTM
	Disc Grinding Guide (225KB) Jowitt7.Html
	Disc Grinding Cost and Production rate Spreadsheet (32KB) DiscEval.xls
Spring Grinding
	Jowitt & Rodgers Spring Grinding Handbook (350 KB) JRSPRING.PDF
	CBN Super-abrasive Discs for Spring Grinding (45KB) SPRNGCBN.PDF
	Spring End Grinding Excel Spreadsheet Evaluation (38KB) SPRINGGRD.XLS
Blanchard Grinding
	Vertical Spindle Grinding Cost and Production Rate Calculator (More Information) VSCOST.HTM
	Procedures for Mounting T2 Cylinders Wheels for Glue Type Chuck (20KB) JRT2MT.HTM
	Procedures for Mounting Segments in Clamp Type Chuck (45KB) JSEGMTD.HTM
	Blanchard Adjustments for Hard & Soft acting wheels (3KB) BLANADJUST.HTM
	Blanchard Abrasive Trial Spreadsheet (19KB) VSTRIAL.XLS
	Blanchard table grinding procedure for resurfacing magnetic chuck (142KB) BLANTAB.PDF
Centerless Grinding
	Centerless Grinder Adjustments described by part conditions (44KB) CENTADJ.HTM
Grinding Wheels
	Aluminum Oxide grit size, expected finish and radius held (14KB) AlO2GritChart.pdf
	Super-Abrasive grit size, expected finish and radius held (67 KB) SuperAbrasiveChart.htm
	Grinding Wheel Surface Feet per Minute Calculator (2 KB) WHLSFM.HTM
	Grinding Wheel Weight Calculator (2 KB) WHLWGT.HTM
	How to troubleshoot "soft" acting grinding wheels (12 KB) SOFTWHL.PDF
	Safe grinding wheel handling and storage -ANSI B7.1 (21 KB) GindingWheelStorage.pdf
Dressing and Trueing Grinding Wheels
	Tips on Using Diamond Tools (6 web pages) DM1.HTM
Coolant & Filtration Systems
	Filtration System Cost Justification Spreadsheet (51KB) FILTER.XLS
	Coolant Mix Calculation Spreadsheet (15 KB) COOLNTMX.XLS
Technical Specifications and Utilities
	Rockwell Hardness Conversion chart (10 KB) RockwellHardnessConvert.pdf