The authors have presented a new method of electro-discharge mechanical dressing of ultra-hard abrasive tools with metal bonds in which brush electrodes were used. This kind of machining is denoted as EDMD (electro-discharge mechanical dressing) and combines features of electro-discharge machining with mechanical treatment so that thin layers of the bond are removed. Moreover, the brush electrode offers the additional possibility of introducing the advantageous (having the anchorage of the abrasive grains in mind) state of compressive stress and strain hardening of the outer layer of the bond.
GołąbczakA.Elektrochemiczne ostrzenie ściernic z zastosowaniem prądu przemiennego (Electrochemical wheel sharpening using alternate current), Zeszyty Naukowe Politechniki Łódzkiej. Nr 762, Łódź, 1996.
2.
TönschoffH. K.KarpuschewskiB.AndraeP.TürichA.Grinding performance of superhard abrasive wheel. Ann. CIRP, 1998, 47(2), 723–732.
3.
OczośK.PorzyckiJ.Szlifowanie (A grinding process), 1986 (WNT, Warszawa).
4.
KoziarskiA.Czynna powierzchnia ściernicy (An active wheel surface), 1996, (Wyd. P.Ł.).
5.
KoziarskiA.Metody obciągania ściernic ze ścierniw supertwardych (Methods for dressing of grinding wheels made of ultra-hard materials). In XVI Naukowa Szkoła Obróbki Ściernej on Podstawy i Technika Obróbki Ściernej, Koszalin, 1993, pp. 129–144.
6.
SchopfM.Dressing of metal-bonded grinding wheels by ECDM. Ind. Diamond Rev., 2002, 64(2), 82–85.
7.
SchöpfM.Truing and dressing of high precision grinding tools with unconventional machining. In Proceedings of 2-dn Euspen Information Conference, Turin, Italy, 2001, pp. 816–819.
8.
BachtiarovS. A.Rabotaspasobnost almaznych krugov posle kontaktno-erozionnoj prawvki. Stanki i Instrument, 1989, 18–20.
9.
NowickiB.SpadłoS.Smoothing the surface by brush electro-discharge mechanical machining - BEDMM. Central European Exchange Program for University Studies Project PL-1 CEEPUS, Project Report, 1998, pp. 129–137.
10.
NowickiB.PierzynowskiR.SpadłoS.The forming of surface roughness by anodic-mechanical machining with a discrete electrode. In CIM'99, Opatija, Croatia, 1999, pp. 33–40.
