Grinding Tungsten Carbide Used for Manufacturing Gun Drills

This paper presents a study of grinding cemented carbide DK460UF (91 % WC and 9 % Co), a material used to produce cutting tools with solid cutting edges. The aim is to establish the manufacturing conditions that lead to high surface quality. A model of the main factors that influence the grinding process is presented first. Following that, grinding wheel wear and surface roughness are analysed. Grinding wheel wear is studied in experimental conditions under which small diameter gun drills were sharpened with two diamond grinding wheels of different grain sizes. Finally, the wear curve can be made. The "G ratio" is used to characterise the performance of the grinding process. Next, the exper…

A PARAMETERS’ SYNTHESIS OF GRINDING PROCESS MODELING FOR CARBIDE DRILLS DEEP HOLES AND SMALL DIAMETER