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US 2015/0174731 A1Published application
Systems and methods for dressing grinding wheels
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorsJohn P. Rizzo, Gordon M. Reed
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Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for dressing and trueing grinding wheels. A laser may be directed substantially tangential to a grinding surface of a grinding wheel. The laser may be a continuous wave laser and may ablate material from the grinding surface. The laser may move relative to the grinding wheel in order to ablate shaped surface profiles into the grinding surface.
Claims20
A method of dressing a grinding wheel comprising:
- directing a laser substantially tangential to a grinding surface of the grinding wheel;
- rotating the grinding wheel;
- and
- forming a surface profile in the grinding surface with the laser.
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A grinding method comprising:
- laser ablating a first surface profile in a grinding wheel;
- grinding a first workpiece with the grinding wheel;
- laser ablating a second surface profile in the grinding wheel;
- and
- grinding a second workpiece with the grinding wheel.
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A dressing system comprising:
- a laser configured to be directed substantially tangential to a grinding surface of a grinding wheel;
- and
- a steering mechanism configured to steer the laser.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.