METHODOLOGY OF DEFINITION OF OPTIMAL DIAMOND WHEEL CHARACTERISTICS AT STAGES OF PRODUCTION AND OPERATION

The problem of increase of effectiveness of manufacturing and application of diamond-abrasive tool is still a challenging research subject. Development of computer facilities opens up possibilities for development of three-dimensional (3D) methodology of integrated study of the interconnected processes of manufacturing and exploitation of diamond-abrasive tool and improvement of the single-point tool reliability at the stage of tool sharpening. Creation of the methodology of 3D simulation of processes of diamond-abrasive tool sintering and processes of machining allows to increase essentially validity of the obtained results, to reduce volume of experimental researches for definition of optimum grinding conditions and to develop new technologies, tools and equipment. The developed methodology gives the opportunity to create expert system for assignment of rational characteristics of diamond wheels and grinding modes. The proposed 3D methodology to research processes of diamond-abrasive machining covers all basic stages of life cycle of the tool, including processes of manufacturing and exploitation. Subsystem of computer-generated determination of conditions of manufacturing of defect-free diamond wheels and grinding of superhard materials on the base of 3D simulation of deflected mode of elements of the "SHM crystal grain – metal phase – grain – bond" system at process of diamond wheel sintering and grinding is developed.