Abstract: A non-glazing dressing wheel (10) suitable for dressing a grinding wheel surface to be used for maintaining a certain tolerance to assure reliability and quality control of ground parts during the grinding operation. The dressing wheel includes at least a first dressing wheel component (12) including at least one interrupted cutting outer surface, wherein the interrupted cutting surface is embodied in a cutting wheel (10) with a plurality of tips (12) extending outwardly from the outer surface. The plurality of tips (12) contact the grinding wheel during the grinding operation, thereby alleviating glazing and heat expansion of the grinding wheel while being dressed. Other preferred embodiments include sandwiching the interrupted cutting surface between two flat grinding surfaces, preferably being made of diamond or Borazon.

Abstract: Various grinding machine components are made of superhard materials, including certain machine grade ceramics, including such materials as carbides, nitrides, borides, oxides, oxynitrides, or any other ceramic component. The component may either be a solid piece of ceramic or wear resistant material, or may have an insert or a piece of the wear resistant material adhered to a metallic substrate base for use within the machine. Graded materials may also be used with a gradient from a 100% concentration of ceramic at one surface, and gradually changing into a 100% metal at the other surface, would be advantageous. These superhard materials overcome some of the previously experienced problems as they will hold closer tolerances and resist wear better than other materials.

Abstract: A computer (100) located within an electrical console (102) and a rotationnaly operating machine generally denoted by the number by the numeral (10). As must be noted, the rotating machine of the present example and figures can be used for any rotational operation, such as cut-off operations, lathe work, OD grinding, ID grinding, turning, plunge grinding, form or infeed grinding. The various materials of possible workpieces may include any steel, including stainless steel, tungsten, ceramics, elastomers, plastics and many other materials.