Energy Conversion in Cutting and Grinding

There are similarities and differences with regard to energy conversion in cutting and grinding. In both cases practically all of the energy ends up as heat. However, there are major differences in the dispersion of the heat in the two cases. There are two regimes of ginding depending on the undeformed chip size involved and each of these is associated with a different mode of chip formation. This paper discusses the conversion and transport of energy in cutting and grinding in fundamental terms.