STUDER WireDress® LATEST GENERATION OF MACHINE INTEGRATED DRESSING TECHNOLOGY FOR METAL-BONDED GRINDING WHEELS FOR INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL GRINDING WHEELS Diamond and CBN grinding wheels with electro-conductive bond can be dressed, profiled, and sharpened using wire EDM in the grinding machine. A member of UNITED MACHINING SOLUTIONS

STUDER WireDress® COMPONENTS Grinding wheels with extremely hard abrasives such as diamond or CBN are used for grinding ceramics, carbide, and hardened steel. In previous grinding processes, such grinding wheels very often had a synthetic resin or ceramic bond. One way to increase precision and cost-effectiveness in these grinding applications is to use grinding wheels with a sintered metal bond. However, their use has been limited so far, as metal bonds can only be dressed to a very limited extent and have only average cutting performance. With the innovative STUDER WireDress® dressing technology,...

DRAHTVORRAT DRAHTFÜHRUNG STROMZUFÜHRUNG DRAHTSCHNEIDER BEHÄLTER FÜR DRAHTABFALL Principle diagram of wire electrical discharge dressing using STUDER WireDress® STUDER WireDress® Dressing unit The dressing process is based on the basic principles of wire electrical discharge machining. Wire erosion selectively removes the grinding wheel bond – the properties of the abrasive grain remain unaffected. Due to the nature of the process, a dielectric, i.e., a grinding oil (no water-based emulsions), is required. There is no mechanical contact between the wire as the dressing tool, the grain, or the...

APPLICATION EXAMPLES FOR VARIOUS WORKPIECES AND MATERIALS Carbide, cutting tools Ceramics, medical technology Hard steel, threads Miniature thread gauge ring Deep grooves, toolmaking Hard steel, ball screw nut Carbide, bearing sleeve EXAMPLE: SELECTED WHEEL PROFILES 30° plunge angle with shoulder Undercut or relieved wheel Profile for thread taps The STUDER WireDress® system is installed as a customer-specific option on the table interface. It also includes a wire cutter integrated Fine thread Peel grinding within the machine and an additional external electrical enclosure. Arrangement of the WireDress...