A new generation bond is the future of grinding processes

A new, user-friendly solution for ANDRE grinding wheels

ANDRE has developed a new ceramic binder with excellent operating properties.
Glass-crystal bonded grinding wheels ensure:
- higher efficiency of the grinding process,
- better surface quality,
- high self-sharpening ability
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Grinding wheels with this type of bond are especially recommended for machining difficult-to-machine materials in the automotive, machine and aviation industries.

Results speak all...

During comprehensive research work aimed at composing the physico-chemical formulation of an innovative bond, ANDRE ABRASIVE ARTICLES, with the participation of specialists from scientific centers, developed and then implemented the technology of a completely new generation of glass-crystalline binding agents. This bond has specific properties, including, of particular importance, higher mechanical strength compared to conventional ceramic bonds.

Comparative tests of CRYSTALBOND and conventional grinding wheels

Parameters of comparative tests

Machining process: circumferential axial grinding of cylindrical internal surfaces.
Workpiece: inner surfaces of bearing rings made of 100Cr6 steel (63±2 HRC), inner diameter: dw = 40 mm, width: bw = 18 mm.
Grinder: RUP 28P.
Abrasive tool: type 1 flat grinding wheels of 35×10×10 mm.
Grinding parameters: - wheel peripheral speed ns = 27300 rpm,
- workpiece peripheral speed nw =400 rpm,
- grinding depth ae total = 0.20 mm,
- table axial feed rate: vfa=20mm/s.
- PCS: cooling lubricant - 5% aqueous solution of Castrol Syntilo RHS oil injected into the grinding zone by means of a flooding method.

Roughness Ra of the machined surface

Efficiency of the grinding process