Abstract: A space-saving centerless grinding machine having high operability is obtained by devising the configuration of component units around the basic configuration of the machine. A dressing means for performing a dressing process for a grinding wheel and a regulating wheel comprises a single dressing unit. The dressing unit is located at a lower position between the grinding wheel and the regulating wheel, and thus eliminates the need for right and left dresser spaces for grinding wheels that have most seriously affected the breadthwise dimension of a conventional centerless grinding machine, leading to space saving and a considerable reduction in the breadthwise dimension of the centerless grinding machine.

Abstract: A space-saving centerless grinding machine having high operability is obtained by devising the configuration of component units around the basic configuration of the machine. A dressing means for performing a dressing process for a grinding wheel and a regulating wheel comprises a single dressing unit. The dressing unit is located at a lower position between the grinding wheel and the regulating wheel, and thus eliminates the need for right and left dresser spaces for grinding wheels that have most seriously affected the breadthwise dimension of a conventional centerless grinding machine, leading to space saving and a considerable reduction in the breadthwise dimension of the centerless grinding machine.

Abstract: A double side grinding apparatus for thin disklike work comprises a pair of rotatable grinding wheels having opposed circular grinding faces provided by respective end faces and so arranged as to be movable relative to each other axially thereof, and work rotating means for rotating the thin disklike work about its own axis while supporting the work in a grinding position between the grinding faces so that opposite surfaces of the work to be worked on face the respective grinding faces of the pair of the wheels, with an outer periphery of the work intersecting an outer periphery of each grinding face and with the center of the work positioned inwardly of the grinding faces.

Abstract: A surface flaw detecting apparatus of workpiece fast in flaw detecting speed, significantly shortened in the line cycle time, and simple and inexpensive in structure. By means of a control device, while a work rotating device is rotating a work about its axial line, a cleaning device remove soiling from the surface of the work, and its surface is illuminated by a lighting device, and its reflected light is detected by a line sensor camera, and presence or absence of flaw on the work surface is judged by a judging device from the result of detection. This series of measuring operation is done while the work makes a full revolution about its axial line, and hence as compared with other optical measurement, the measuring time may be shortened remarkably.