Experimental study of surface roughness on abrasive belt grinding

This article applies the abrasive belt grinding technology on the conventional lathe. According to the principle and characteristic of abrasive belt grinding, a device is designed using abrasive belt grinding technique. The affects on work piece surface roughness brought by performance of abrasive belt, work piece rotate speed, grinding depth and feed, hardness of contact wheel and so on are studied in experiments. The results indicate that using the abrasive belt grinding installment on the lathe to carry on the cylindrical precision grinding, can reduce the surface roughness of work pieces effectively and increase the machining precision. An effective way to reform the ordinary lathe as a grinding machine is provided.