TOPOGRAPHIC ADAPTABILITY IN THE DIAMOND GRINDING ZONE OF SUPERHARD MATERIALS

A comprehensive theoretical and experimental analysis of technological topographic adaptability is carried out, based on an idealized description of the topographic parameters of the working surface of the grinding wheel, their changes during its wear and experimental laser scanning of the working surface of the grinding wheel and the processed superhard material (SHM). It has been established that the protrusion height of diamond grains affects the intensity of destruction (removal) of stock through a change in the number of working grains and the actual contact area of the SHM with the working part of the grinding wheel surface. In a controlled grinding process, it is possible to stabilize the working height of the grains in any of the 3 stages of their wear intensity, equating this intensity with the intensity of removal of the intergranular bond. A method has been developed for determining the actual contact area of the working surface of the grinding wheel and changing its technological adaptability. It has been established that in the process of topographic adaptability, the actual contact area can change by several orders of magnitude, respectively, the specific pressure at the contact of diamond grains with the SHM will change, and, consequently, the nature and intensity of their mutual destruction.