Efficiency of the Diamond Grinding of Ceramic Balls

For the diamond grinding of ceramic silicon nitride balls, the advantages and shortcomings of performing the process when the balls are based on a plane and in a V-shaped groove under circular feed both with and without oscillation are considered. The reasonability of grinding the balls in a groove under circular feed without oscillation in certain processing regimes to preserve the flat shape of a diamond wheel or eliminate its concavity is shown. It is proposed to increase the efficiency of the diamond grinding of ceramic balls by passing to the process, in which the scheme of basing the balls is varied along with the features of their circular feed with the application of corresponding machining regimes.