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Precision Grinding
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Complete the following questions after carefully reading the coruesponding textbook chapten

l. What might a grinding wheel be compared to?

2. Precision grinding is one of the f'ew machining operations that can produce a smooth, accurate surface,
regardless of the material's _.

3. On a manually-operated surface grinder, the handwheel controls the left-and-right movement of the
table.
- A. traverse -
B. cross-feed
C. down-feed
D. vertical

4. On a manually-operated surface grinder, the controls the in-and-out motion of the table.
A. traverse
- B. cross-feed -handwheel
. C. down-feed
D. All of the above.

5. On a manually-operated surface grinder, the handwheel controls up-and-down adjustment of the

grinding wheel.
- A. traverse -
B. cross-feed
C. down-feed
D. horizontal

6. The conrol console of a surface grinder allows the operator to do all of the following tasks except
A. control dwell
- B. start and stop table travel
C. adjust table speed
D. mount the grinding wheel

7. Much of the work done on a surface grinder is held in position by a(n) _.

8. Grinding wheels should be checked each time they are used. What is an easy way of doing this?

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9. What will occur i1 the grinding whecl is unbalanced'l

10. Name three methods that can be used to apply cutting fluids.

11. Describe creep grinding.

12. What can cause irregular table movement or no tablc movement on hydraulic machines'/

13. Irregular scratches on a ground surface are fiequently caused by

A. dirty coolant
- B. an out-of-round grinding wheel -
C. a glazed wheel
D. a loaded wheel

14. What problem will occur if the grinding wheel is out of round?

15. How can work surface waviness be corrected?

16. Wheel glazing or loading often indicates that the wrong _is being used.

17. Burning or work surface checking can be the result of any ofthe following issues except
A. wheel grain that is too fine
- B. insufflcient coolant reaching the work
C. a wheel that is out of round
D. a wheel that is too hard

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18. Work that is not parallel is frequently caused by a(n)

A. nicked or dirty chuck
- B. wheel that is too coarse
C. chuck that has been ground in
D. insufficient amount of coolant

19. List at least four safety precautions that should be observed when doing precision grinding.

20. _ the wheel into the cutter is a common mistake when grinding cutters because the lack of sparks creates the
illusion that the cut being made is too light.

21. When sharpening cutters, what can cause more material to be removed fiom some tccth than others'l

22. Grinding cutters with helical teeth requires that a(n) _ motion be used to keep the tooth corectly located
against the grinding wheel.

23.End mills are sharpened with the end mill mounted in a(n)

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24. Form tooth cutters must be ground _to preserve tooth shape.

25. Describe cylindrical grinding.

26. _ Table movement in the cylindrical grinding process should be adjusted so the wheel will overrun the work
end by about width of the wheel face.
A. one-eighth
B. one+hird -the
C. one-half
D. one-fourth

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27. _ Which of the following statements about the internal grinding process is false?
A. The work is mounted between centers and rotates in contact with the grinding wheel.
B. A revolving wheel moves in and out of the hole while mounted in a chuck.
C. It is used to produce a fine surface flnish.
D. It is used to ensure accuracy on inside diameters.

28. Describe centerless grinding.

29. List the four variations of centerless grinding.

30. In form grinding, the _is shaped to produce the required contour on the work.

3l . List two advantages of abrasive belt machining.

i/.. The on an abrasive belt grinder are usually made of cloth or rubber.
A. belts
- -
B. platens
C. contact wheels
D. cathodes

JJ. _ Electrolytic grinding is used for all of the following applications except
A. machining heat-sensitive work
B. rapid removal of stock from alloy steel parts
C. sharpening carbide tools
D. machining nonconductive workpieces

34. Which of the following functions is not ptogrammed into a CNC grinder's computer?
A. Vertical feed motion
- B. Packaging requirements
C. Spindle start and stop
D. Linear feed rates and positioning

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