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CNC Round grinding

Commonly used method for grinding where the workpiece is held in a chuck and then rotated against a spinning wheel that moves laterally and axially to achieve the desired shape and surface.

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Illustration of CNC Round grinding

The process

The method is a variant of the circular grinding with the addition that the processing takes place in a CNC controlled machine and provides for more complex shapes of the workpiece. The workpiece is placed in a chuck or fixture that can be rotated to the preferred arrangement against the spinning grinding wheel. The grinding wheel removes material from the workpiece by abrasion until it reaches the desired shape and surface.

The tool applied to the material can simultaneously move horizontally and vertically, so the depth of processing can be varied and different forms of the workpiece can be achieved.