0850/0850-T1 User Manual
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19.15.1 Explanation of input parameters
Dress Wheel Speed
Input range: 15 – 60 M/sec
Surface speed of the grinding wheel required for dressing
Speed Ratio
Input Range: -1.5 to 1.5
Ratio of the grinding wheel surface speed to the dressing tool surface speed
Positive (+) Speed Ratio – co-directional rotation of the wheel and dressing tool
Negative (-) Speed Ratio – contra-directional rotation of the wheel and dressing tool
No. of dress passes
Input range: 1 – 99
Number of passes that the dressing tool makes to the grinding wheel.
Dress FeedRate
Input range: 0.5 – 100 microns/rev
Linear traverse speed of the dressing tool per each revolution of the grinding wheel
Radial Increment
Input range: 1 – 100 microns
Radial amount of stock to be removed from the grinding wheel per dressing pass
Dwell time
Input Range: 0 – 99 seconds
Number of seconds that the diamond roll shall remain in contact with the grinding wheel at its
current incremental position before the next radial dress increment is applied. THIS ONLY APPLIES
WHEN A DIAMOND ROLL is used. If a diamond disc is used then this parameter is ignored.