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Why superabrasives?

The physical characteristics of diamond and CBN allow you to increase your productivity by taking larger depths of cut (increased throughput) with less metallurgical work-piece damage (increased quality). When compared to conventional abrasives they also give longer wheel life, lowering your overall costs.

Why ABX™ brand of precision plated products?

In the past, oil coolants have been exclusively recommended for CBN machining. However, many companies are now evaluating the use of water-based coolants because of rising health and environmental concerns associated with straight oil coolants. To address these issues, we developed the ABX™ brand of precision plated products to improve plated grinding wheel performance in water-based coolants. This ABX™ brand group of product specifications has been statistically proven over years of testing through design-of-experiment methods to significantly extend wheel life. This testing also showed the superior performance of ABX™ brand bonds when used with oil coolants.

Why plated?

Precision plated form wheels have several advantages over standard bonded wheels. The typical benefits of plated form wheels include:

• The ability to manufacture tight-tolerance complex forms.
• Lower initial cost, compared to vitrified and metal bonded superabrasive wheels.
• Freer cutting, resulting in higher material removal rates, less power required, and reduced thermal damage to the workpiece.
• The ability to hold form or profile from first to last cut.
• Reduction or elimination of time associated with dressing, set-ups and wheel changes.
• Safe, high-speed operation due to a steel core.
• The ability to strip and replate the core.

Our process capabilities

• CNC machinery able to produce precision blanks from 1/32" to 52" in diameter.
• CAD/CAM equipment providing full design and CNC based programming capability.
• The ability to plate wheels up to 60" in diameter with a broad selection of diamond & CBN abrasives and customized plating bonds.
• QC inspection equipment including laser micrometer, coordinate measuring machine (CMM), form scan geometry gauge, optical comparators and a broad array of digital gauging equipment.
• Statistical process control (SPC) to maintain consistent, high quality standards.

Process qualification

Our high speed superabrasive machining equipment and skilled operators are available on a contractual basis to assist in defining process parameters for your critical applications. This equipment allows us to investigate new grinding applications at material removal rates comparable to milling and turning.

Conversion programs

ATI field engineers will review your application and implement a program to convert to machining with ABX™ brand products. Examples of successfully converted applications include:

• From Aluminum Oxide/Silicon Carbide to plated CBN/Diamond.
• From oil coolants to water based coolants.
• From bonded wheels to plated wheels.

For assistance, call our toll free number: (800) 964-8324 or fax to: (740) 548-7617.

Applications

The ABX™ brand precision plated products are recommended for grinding the following materials in creep feed or high speed grinding applications:

• Nickel based superalloys
• Engineered ceramics
• Cobalt based superalloys
• Ferrous alloys