Effect of the grinding process on the surface quality of ultrafine cemented carbide with different Co content

By using a resin bonded diamond grinding wheel, the influence of grinding conditions on processing quality of the ultrafine cemented carbides with different Co content were investigated. Through grinding experiments, the effects of grinding wheel linear speed, feed speed and grinding depth on the surface morphology, roughness, and residual stress of cemented carbides were studied, and the relationship between grinding conditions and machining quality was established. Then, the evaluation and prediction of surface quality according to the grinding parameters can be realized by using ternary regression analysis. Finally, gray relational analysis was applied to optimize the multi-objective concerning surface quality to find the optimal grinding process parameters. The grinding test results show that with the increase of grinding linear speed as well as the decrease of feed speed and grinding depth, the maximum undeformed abrasive particle thickness decreases, which improves the surface plastic removal ratio and reduces the surface roughness. The multi-objective optimization of the grinding process can be achieved by using gray relational analysis, the resulting optimal process parameters achieve the lowest residual stress and surface roughness, which provides a theoretical basis for the prediction and control of the surface quality of cemented carbide in the grinding process.