Grinders and Grinding Machines Specifications

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Type

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	Angle Grinder		Angle grinders are abrasive power tools consisting of a spindle at a right angle to the body of the tool. Abrasive discs, grinding wheels, cutoff wheels, mounted points or wheels, cones, buffs, and non-woven discs are mounted on the spindle. Angle grinders are used in manual tasks such as the finishing, deburring, patterning, grinding, cutting, and polishing of tools, molds, prototypes, and other parts.
	Die Grinder / Rotary Tool		Die grinders and rotary tools are very compact, handheld abrasive power tools. Typically, die grinders include a spindle inline with the body of the tool. Die grinders are used for detailed manual tasks such as the finishing, deburring, patterning, grinding, cutting, or polishing of tools, molds, prototypes, or other intricate parts. Points or wheels, cones, and miniature buffs or non-wovens are commonly mounted on the spindles of die grinders.
	Grinder - Abrasive Belt		Belt grinders and sanders consist of a driven contact wheel and a tensioning idler wheel or pulley. Abrasive belts are mounted on both the contact wheel and the idler wheel. Workpieces are ground or sanded against the abrasive belt. Contact wheels vary according to the degree of aggressiveness or finishing required. Smooth, soft, rubber-faced contact wheels are the least aggressive. Serrated, hard, rubber-faced wheels are more aggressive. Smooth metal or steel-faced wheels are the most aggressive.
	Grinder - Grinding Wheel		Devices are designed to use bonded abrasives such as grinding wheels, honing stones, and cut-off wheels. Typically these devices have greater rigidity or stiffness than equipment that is designed for flexible coated abrasives. Protective shielding and enclosures are also important device features.
	Belt Grinder - Platen / Edge		Edge sanders and platen grinders consist of a driven contact wheel, a tensioning wheel or pulley, and an intermediate platen behind an abrasive belt. Abrasive belts are mounted on both the contact wheel and the tensioning idler. Workpieces are ground or sanded against the abrasive belt, which is backed by the platen. Platen types vary by operation and are constructed of smooth, low-friction materials that reduce heating and limit thermally-induced belt damage. Flat platens are used to remove irregularities from workpieces and to provide a smooth, flat surface. Edge sanders or sidestroke sanders are usually stationary and feature a long, flat platen behind a horizontal belt-sanding surface.
	Backstand		Backstand or benchstand grinders and polishers are machines that are well-suited for the offhand grinding or finishing of gates, risers, welds and flash on castings, forgings, or other small, fabricated components.
	Cam / Crankshaft		Devices are specially designed for crankshaft grinding or finishing.
	Centerless		Centerless machines are used to grind or finish rolls, rollers, shafts, connecting rods, valve stems, or other precision cylindrical or radially symmetric shapes that have a uniform cross-section not profiled along the length. With centerless grinding machine tools, cylindrical workpieces are placed between a grinding wheel and regulating wheels. The regulating wheels cause the workpiece to rotate, producing a precision cylindrical part. Parts are seated on a work rest instead of a center in order to provide faster and easier workpiece insertion and removal. Centerless grinding machines are primarily used in high production applications and include throughfeed and plunge grinding. Plunge grinding centerless machines are used to grind or finish spherical outer diameters, tapers, or other precision, radially symmetric or cylindrical shapes where profile varies along the length.
	Creep Feed		Creep feed or plunge grinding machines remove large amounts of material in one or two passes (large cut) using very slow table speeds. By contrast, conventional surface grinders require numerous lighter passes to remove the same amount of metal or material. Plunge grinding is also used to describe a type of cylindrical or centerless grinding where the infeed of the grinding wheel is limited to radial movements without any cross slide movement.
	Cylindrical / External (OD)		Cylindrical or outer diameter (OD) devices grind or finish between the centers or between a chuck and center in a lathe-like machine. Shafts, threaded shafts, large rolls, cams, valve stems, or similarly-profiled, radially symmetric components are ground or finished using cylindrical or OD grinding.
	Disc Grinder		Disc sanders are abrasive-disc grinders or grinding-wheel face grinders. Vertical shaft grinder or sander is another term used to describe disc grinders or sanders.
	Hobbing / Gear		Devices are designed for hobbing or gear grinding.
	Inner Diameter (ID) / Internal		Devices are designed to accept smaller diameter wheels, abrasive products, or deburring tools for grinding or finishing the surface on the inner diameter (ID) or internal recesses of a part.
	Jig Grinder		Jig grinders are used to grind complex shapes and holes to a precise dimensional tolerance while meeting specific surface-finish requirements.
	Metallographic Prep		Equipment designed for mechanical test specimen, microscopy sections or metallographic sample preparation applications. Preparation operations may include cutting or grinding to size, section thinning, rough finishing, removal of strained or damage layers, edge deburring and/or polishing for microscopy or compositional analysis.
	Polisher-Grinder		Grinder with integral polishing capability. Polishing generates bright, smooth or fine surface finishes.  Polishing machines may use loose abrasives, lapping compounds or fixed fine grit abrasives products such as abrasive films or discs.
	Precision Grinder		Precision grinders are designed for applications that require high levels of accuracy and repeatability.
	Profile / Form		Profile, form, gear, and other processes shape the grinding wheel with dressing to create a specific profile. Dressing an inverse profile of the desired component surface onto the grinding wheel eliminates a complex sequence of steps. By using specialized accessories, form grinding is also possible with coated abrasives and nonwoven products.
	Rotary Surface (e.g., Blanchard)		Rotary surface or blanchard-style grinders produce surfaces that are precision ground to specific size and surface finish criteria. The face of a standard or segmented wheel is presented to the parts in a vertical or horizontal orientation.
	Superabrasive Grinder		Devices are designed to use superabrasives or diamond or cubic boron nitride (CBN) abrasives. Very rigid or high-stiffness machines make better use of superabrasives in precision grinding applications.
	Surface Grinder		Surface grinding machines are used to grind flat and square surfaces. Typically, the workpiece is mounted on a table underneath the grinding wheel or belt. The table sweeps back and forth in a reciprocating motion with each pass. The table is indexed upwards to provide the desired depth of cut after each pass.
	Thread Grinder		Devices are designed for thread grinding.
	Tool Grinder / Sharpener		Tool grinders and sharpening machines are specialized for tool, die, punch, cutter, blade and drill point sharpening, grinding, honing, finishing, resharpening, refinishing, or regrinding.
	Universal (ID/OD)		Universal (ID/OD) machines have the capability to grind or finish internal and external surfaces on inner and outer diameters of a part.
	Specialty / Other		Other unlisted, specialty or proprietary types of devices such as scarifiers, power files, scrapers, extrusion or flow honing, thermal deburring or stripping, and wafer thinning or backgrinding equipment.
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	Mounting:
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	Bench		Bench or pedestal units are smaller machines commonly used in shop applications for sharpening, offhand finishing, and deburring.
	Floor / Stationary (Machine Tool)		Devices are floor-mounted and designed to be used in one location. They are not portable.
	Handheld / None		Devices are light enough to be held manually and applied to the work surface during grinding, finishing, polishing, or sanding.
	Portable (Field / Plant)		Devices are mobile or portable and can be carried or wheeled to a field or plant worksite. They are not necessarily handheld.
	Robotic Arm / Robot Mounted		Devices include a robotic arm.
	Tool Post / Machine Mounted		Devices are mounted on a tool post.
	Other		Other unlisted mounting types.
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Specifications

	Rotary Speed		This is the rotary speed of the grinding wheels, buffing pads, abrasive discs, polishing naps, abrasive products, or other rotary tools that can be mounted on and driven by the machine.
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	Surface / Linear Speed		This is the linear or surface speed of the abrasive belts, grinding wheels, abrasive products, or other tools that can be mounted on and driven by the machine.
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	Power		This is the mechanical power provided by the driver or power source.
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	Current		This is the device's rated current.
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	Driver Technology
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	Electric Motor / Vibrator		Devices are driven by an electric motor.
	Combustion Engine		Devices are driven by a combustion engine.
	Air / Pneumatic		Devices are air powered or pneumatically driven.
	Other		Other unlisted driver technology.
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	Motor Voltage and Phase
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	115 / 120 V 60 Hz		115/120 V is a standard residential and commercial voltage for 60 Hz power in North America.
	208 - 230 / 240 V 60 Hz		208-230/240 V 60 Hz power is used in North America.
	460 / 480 V 60 Hz		460/480 V 60 Hz power is used in North America.
	50 Hz / International Power		International voltage levels, such as those commonly used in Asia and Europe, include 50 Hz power.
	Single-Phase		Single-phase power has one sinusoidal or other alternating voltage pattern. Standard commercial and residential power is usually single-phase.
	Three-Phase		Three-phase power contains three simultaneous sinusoidal or other alternating voltage patterns, typically 120° out of phase with each other. Higher power efficiency and smoothness of operation is possible with three-phase operation. Three-phase power is most often used in industrial or high power motors.
	Other		Other unlisted motor voltages and phases.
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Industry / Product Applications

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	Additive Manufacturing		The finishing machine is used in the additive manufacturing industry.
	Aerospace		Devices are designed or suitable for aerospace applications.
	Agricultural / Forestry		Devices are designed or suitable for agricultural or forestry applications such stump grinding.
	Automotive		Devices are designed or suitable for automotive applications such as part or weld joint, engine, transmission, brake rotor, flywheel grinding, and finishing.
	Bearing		Devices are designed or suitable for bearing applications such grinding balls, rollers, or cages.
	Biotech / Medical Devices		Devices are designed or suitable for biotechnology parts, implants, prosthetics, pharmaceutical components, dental fixtures, or medical device grinding or finishing.
	Brakes / Clutches		Devices are designed or suitable for brake and clutch applications such grinding brake shoes, clutch pads, or brake rotors.
	Building and Construction		Devices are designed or suitable for building and construction applications such as grinding, sanding or finishing of tile, pavement, stone, wood, or metal building materials or components.
	Castings		Devices are designed or suitable for metal removal or finishing of castings. Castings tend to have coarser structure often with hard inclusions or phase, which present grinding and finishing challenges.
	Cleaning / Surface Preparation		Devices are designed for cleaning or surface preparation applications.
	Deburring / Deflashing		Deburring equipment removes burrs, smoothes parting lines, rounds off sharp edges, and radiuses corners. Devices are designed for deflashing or removing parting lines from castings, forgings, and injection-molded components.
	Cutters / Blades		Devices are designed or suitable for cutters and blades grinding, sharpening, finishing, or regrinding applications.
	Drill Bits / Boring Tools		Devices are designed or suitable for drill bit and boring tool grinding, sharpening, finishing, or regrinding applications.
	Finishing		Honing, lapping, and superfinishing equipment such as wafer planarization and chemical-mechanical polishing (CMP) machines are specialized devices that provide very flat, smooth, or low roughness average (RA) surface finishes. Precision finishing provides much greater control over geometry or flatness compared to handheld buffers, offhand polishers or tumblers, and mass finishing machines.
	Flywheels		Devices are designed or suitable for flywheel grinding applications.
	Heads / Blocks		Devices are designed or suitable for head and block grinding or cylinder honing applications.
	Marine		Devices are designed or suitable for marine applications.
	MRO / Resurfacing		Devices are designed or suitable for cutting, grinding or finishing in repair operations (MRO), rebuild, remanufacturing such as grinding of repair welds, concrete refinishing, and engine overhauling.
	Ophthalmic / Optical		Devices are designed or suitable for cutting, grinding, or finishing applications in optical lens or component fabrication and for eyeglass or ophthalmic production.
	Rail		Devices are designed or suitable for rail or railroad applications such grinding rails or welded joints.
	Rolls		Devices are designed or suitable for cutting, grinding, or finishing metal or ceramic roll surfaces.
	Semiconductors / Electronics		Devices are designed for semiconductors or electronics processing such as back grinding, finishing, chemical-mechanical polishing (CMP), pad dressing, wafer planarization, substrate polishing, integrated circuit (IC) die cutting, wafer slicing, or other microelectronics applications.
	Tool and Die (e.g., Punches)		Devices are designed or suitable for grinding and finishing forming and punching tools, die, punches, and other toolroom applications.
	Wet Grinding / Finishing		Devices are waterproof and designed or suitable for grinding or finishing with a water or water-oil coolant mixture.
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Materials Abraded

	Materials Abraded
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	Metals / Metalworking		Devices are designed for metal grinding or finishing applications.
	Wood / Woodworking		Devices are designed or suitable for woodworking applications.
	Ceramics / Glass		Devices are designed or suitable for ceramics and glass grinding or finishing.
	Coating / Paint		Devices are designed or suitable for paint and coating applications such finishing, polishing painted surfaces, or weld grinding for surface preparation prior to coating.
	Plastics / Composites		Devices are designed or suitable for cutting, grinding, or finishing plastics or composite materials.
	Specialty / Other		Other unlisted applications or unlisted, specialty, or proprietary products or materials.
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Spindle Orientation

	Spindle Orientation / Options
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	Horizontal		The machine has a horizontal spindle orientation.
	Vertical		The machine has a vertical spindle orientation.
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Automation

	Automation:
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	None / Manual		Devices require manual loading and then manual setup and operation. Users must change abrasive products and adjust machine parameters such as speed, applied load, and coolant/lubricant flow. The user interface may include push buttons, foot switches, pendants, a touchscreen, or a graphical user interface (GUI).
	Automatic / Indexing		Devices load parts automatically and can be operated without user intervention. Machines change or adjust abrasive product, workpiece, and other parameters such as speed, applied load, or coolant/lubricant flow rate in a pre-programmed manner. They also index the cut depth or position to achieve the required material removal, geometry, and/or surface finish.
	CNC		Devices include automated computer numerical control (CNC) machine tools. These can be as simple as point-to-point linear controls or can perform highly complex algorithms that involve multiple axes of control. CNC controllers use a programming language called G-code that is downloaded from the controller to operate the machine. M-code is a standard set of machine tool codes that are normally used to switch on the spindle, coolant, or auxiliary devices.
	PLC		Devices include a programmable logic controller (PLC) for programming and controlling a sequence of machine operations.
	Windows® / PC Control		Devices are controlled or programmed through a personal computer (PC) interface that uses an operating system such as Microsoft Windows®. Machines change or adjust grinding wheel or abrasive product, workpiece or other parameters such as speed, applied load, or coolant/lubricant flow rate in a pre-programmed manner. Both Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
	Other		Other unlisted, specialized, or proprietary automation and material handling technologies.
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Special Features

	Special Features
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	Coated Abrasives (Belts / Discs)		Devices are designed to use coated abrasives such as abrasive belts, discs, sheets, lapping film, flapwheels, flapdiscs, drum sleeves (spiral bands), or specialty abrasives. These devices often have a softer backup (pad or contact wheel) that is designed for flexible coated abrasive products.
	Cabinet / Enclosure		Devices include an enclosure or cabinet that shields the user and surrounding area from dust, sound, coolant or debris generated during the grinding, sanding, or finishing process.
	Chemically Accelerated / Isotropic		Machine is designed to utilize chemicals to accelerate the material removal or finishing process. Isotropic superfinishing and electrochemical grinding are examples of chemically accelerated processes.
	Cleaning / Spray Nozzles		Machine has integral spray nozzles for cleaning, cooling, or washing parts during or after processing.
	Conveyor / Continuous Feed		Parts are loaded or continuously fed. Often, a belt, roller, or specialty conveyor is used to load and present parts to the abrasive tool.
	Double Sided (Double Disc)		Devices grind or finish two sides of a workpiece simultaneously. Examples include double disc grinders and double-sided lapping machines.
	Dressing System		Devices have an integral or optional dressing system that allows the wheels or abrasive products to be reconditioned.
	Dust Collection / Filtration System		Devices have an integral or optional dust collection or coolant filtration system.
	Media Separator		Mass finisher with an integral media separator as commonly found on spiral or racetrack vibratory mass finishers.
	Loader Arm / Robot		Parts are loaded and presented to the abrasive tool with a loader or robotic arm.
	Multiple Heads / Spindles		Devices have multiple heads that can be used to carry abrasive products with a range of grit sizes. Multiple head machines often enable part dimensioning and finishing with just one pass.
	Orbital / Planetary		Devices use an orbital or planetary motion during finishing or grinding.
	Vacuum Loader		Parts are loaded and presented to the abrasive tool with a vacuum device. Vacuum devices are useful for handling small, thin, or delicate parts.
	Variable / Multi-speed		Motor speed can be adjusted continuously or set at discrete speeds within an operating range.
	Vibratory / Oscillatory		Devices use a vibratory or oscillatory motion during finishing.
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