By Herwart Opitz (Author)

Separation research faces the task of examining the processes that run during the cutting and capturing their laws. While this largely succeeds in the processing procedure with defined tool geometry, such a procedure for geometrically undefined cutting has so far only been possible with restrictions. In addition to the cutting process working with geometrically defined cutting edges, the procedures in which cutting undefined geometry - this is particularly important for the grinding methods - have become increasingly important. The latter, mainly used in fine processing, offer an economic possibility in the modern mass production to meet the requirements for shape and measure accuracy today. For the economic use of these tools, it is of decisive importance, the effect of the tool properties, i.e. H. To know the influence of the grinding wheel to be able to know the behavior during the machining and the result. The labeling that is common today only allows a limited extent to be set up for the work result, since important parameters, such as the hardness and the structure, are assessed by the manufacturer without standardized test devices. However, it must be taken into account that the large number of influencing factors and the variation options make it difficult to identify the tool. The labeling so far is also the reason why a derivation of general dependencies from different examinations or publications is generally hardly possible. On the other hand, as a result of the multitude of influencing sizes, it is also hardly possible to determine the influence of all sizes as part of a single research work.