Using natural rocks as alternative cutting tool material poses a possibility to meet actual environmental, economic and geopolitical challenges. The present state of knowledge, however, is not sufficient to allow a ...

During the manufacturing of ceramic components, grinding is an important manufacturing step. It influences the workpiece quality and the operational reliability. Thermomechanical loads during grinding can influence the ...

Continuous generating grinding processes have largely replaced discontinuous profile grinding processes in gear manufacturing due to their higher productivity. On order to transfer the advantage of the productivity benefits ...

This study presents an investigation of the usability and suitability of natural rocks as cutting tool materials. Therefore, indexable inserts are manufactured from eight different rocks and two mono minerals in this study ...