Re: CNC Surface Grinder

The CNC grinder is just a regular grinder that has a CNC profiling
device to dress the wheel, and it re-compensates after every dressing
cycle. Most CNC profilers use a motorized diamond or CBN blade like
a mini table saw.
Great for complex profile grinding of gear teeth and such but not
much sense in just retrofitting a grinder with CNC.
You could do it just to make an automatic out of a manual machine but
you would have to do an awful lot of grinding to make it worth the
trouble.
Joe V

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "vrsculptor
<vrsculptor@h...>" <vrsculptor@h...> wrote:

> Questions:
> 1. Does mist work OK with a surfaec grinder? In the olden days we
> used flood cooling.
> 2. Do CNC surface grinders exist or is cnc just used for automatic
> feed?
> 3. Are axis designations the same as a mill? X/Y table, Z head?
> 4. Is there anything built into G-code to compensate for wheel wear?
> 5. What CAM program would you use for horizontal milling / surface
> grinder? VM4 doesn't do it and I don't remember seeing it in
> MasterCam.
>
> Just curious. I was given a Butterfly (no kidding) surface grinder,
> manual feed, mag chuck, single phase, about 8X30. I don't think I
> will automate it but now that anything can be CNC'd with Gecko's

and

> Mach1 you at least have to consider the posibility.
>
> RogerS