The grinding performance is influenced and determined by the disc dressing conditions due to effects of dressing process on the wheel surface topography. In this way, prediction of the grinding specific energy helps to optimize the disc dressing conditions to increase grinding performance. The objective of this study is the design of adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) for estimation of specific energy in grinding process using the data generated based on experimental observations when the wheel is dressed using a rotary diamond disc dresser. The input parameters of model are dressing speed ratio, dressing depth, and dresser cross-feed rate, and output parameter is grinding specific energy. In the experiment procedure, the grinding conditions are constant and only the dressing conditions are varied. The comparison of the predicted values and the experimental data indicates that the ANFIS model have an acceptable performance to estimation of grinding specific energy.
IntroductionGrinding is a complex machining process with a large number of parameters that influence each other. The ground surface and grinding specific energy are affected by the wheel surface. The wheel should be dressed before the machined surface deteriorates beyond a quality limit of surface integrity.In order to achieve the best wheel surface, dressing parameters must be optimally set. Therefore, a systematic dressing method which can evaluate the grinding performance is necessary. There have been a number of attempts to develop and apply mathematical models of material removal in grinding. These models use a simple energy method [1,2] or slip-line field method [3,4] to predict cutting forces. Both can predict grinding forces approximately within 20% from wheel topography and workpiece properties. These models indicate two key parameters to be measured on the wheel: (i) the number of active grits per unit area and (ii) their attack angle as a function of grit depth of cut. Badger and Torrance [5] predicted the number of active grits per unit area and their statistical average slope. These are predicted from the dressing conditions and wheel properties and then compared with the measured topography. The predicted topography is then used to calculate forces and workpiece roughness.In more recent works, Teicher et al.[6] compared the grindability of Ti-6Al-4V regarding cubic boron nitride (CBN) and diamond brazed type monolayer grinding wheels under the influence of different environments. In grinding this alloy, cryogenic cooling did not help visibly for both