What are the different types of grinding wheels?

1. Straight wheels

A straight wheel is seen on the right. These wheels are by far the most prevalent and can be found on bench or pedestal grinders. They are only employed on the periphery, resulting in a slightly concave surface (hollow ground) on the part. Many tools, such as chisels, can benefit from this.

Straight wheels are typically used for cylindrical, centerless, and surface grinding. The diameter and width of the face of these wheels vary widely depending on the type of work for which they are utilized, as well as the size and power of the grinding machine. Click here for straight edge diamond wheel.

2. Straight cup

Straight cup wheels are used instead of cup wheels in tool and cutter grinders where having an extra radial grinding area is advantageous.

3. Dishwasher cup

A cup-style grinding wheel with a very shallow profile. Because of the thinness, it is possible to grind in slots and crevices. It is typically utilized in cutter and jig grinding.

4. Saucer wheel

Milling cutters and twist drills are ground using a particular grinding profile. It is most frequent in non-machining areas when saw filers maintain saw blades with saucer wheels.

5. Diamond wheel

Diamond wheels are grinding wheels that have industrial diamonds attached to the rim. They're used to grind extremely hard materials like carbide cutting tips, gemstones, and concrete. The slitting saw shown on the right is intended for slicing hard materials, such as gemstones.

6. Mounted points

Mounting points are mandrel-mounted grinding wheels. Diamond-mounted points are tiny diamond rasps used in jig grinders for hard material profiling. For deburring applications, resin and vitrified bonded mounted points with conventional grains are used, particularly in the foundry industry. Mounted points are small handles with a generic name that are used in electric mills, hanging mills, and hand drills. Rubber-mounted points, diamond-mounted points, emery cloth, and other common types of ceramic-mounted points are listed below.

Ceramic-mounted points:

They are formed of granular sand (often corundum, white jade, chrome corundum, or silicon carbide) that has a metal handle added to the center. The primary purposes of grinding are mold repair and measuring the diameter of the inner wall.

Rubber-mounted points:

The polishing of the mold is done using finer-grained sand in conjunction with a rubber-binding agent. Points attached with sandpaper: Sand cloth that is made up of several pieces and bonds to the metal handle. For the diameter of the inner wall of the polisher, the range of granularity is typically between 60 and 320.

Diamond-mounted points:

A grinding tool for non-metallic materials such as stone, porcelain, and the like, and more specifically a grinding tool that uses a diamond alloy as a grinding body and consists of a substrate and several grinding bodies, And the substrate is preferably made of a tough adhesive material, and the grinding body is preferably made of a diamond alloy material, and the substrate is preferably made of a diamond alloy material. The utility model is suitable for large-scale grinding because of its high grinding performance, ease of manufacture, low cost, and good grinding quality.

7. Cut-off wheels

Cut-off wheels, also known as parting wheels, are self-sharpening wheels that are thin in width and often reinforced with radial fibers. They are frequently used in the construction industry to cut reinforcement bars (rebar), protruding bolts, and other items that require quick removal or trimming. Most handymen are familiar with angle grinders and the discs they use.