Performance of Taylor-Made Production of Flap Disc for Special Section Profiles

In industry, flap discs with various features are used for grinding. However, almost all are designed for surface grinding with the standard sections. The grinding processes of special cross-section profiles with standard flap discs are difficult due to the fact that each flap discs have different physical dimensions. During the grinding process, flap discs cannot reach to sharp cross-sections. The broken radius during grinding frequently occurs. In this study, two different special sections of the profile were designed and manufactured. Also, two tailor-made grinding flap disc designs suitable for two different profiles were drawn and produced. The purpose of this study is to obtain high quality production during the grinding with special cross-section profiles to overcome difficulties in grinding operations using the special sections of flap discs. Three types of flap discs (R5, 90o and standard) were used. The roughness values of samples ground were tested using a precision roughness tester. The results were compared