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Electrolytic In-Process Dressing (ELID-) grinding is a method for grinding hard and difficult to machine materials, such as ceramics in mirror surface quality. This is possible due to the chip absorbing ability of the generated oxide layer during electrolysis and the self-controlled sharpening process that results from a combination of preprocess dressing and in-process dressing of conductive grinding wheels whilst grinding.
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Machining optical surfaces requires high surfaces qualities, as well as dimensional and form accuracy. Those can only be achieved by abrasive processes such as grinding, lapping, and polishing. For machining hard and brittle materials such as ceramics, the state-of-the-art superabrasive like diamond is used. In general, the last finishing of parts with high demands regarding surface quality and accuracy is done by lapping and polishing. But nowadays, grinding is replacing...
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Aurich, J.C. (2017). Electrolytic In-Process Dressing. In: The International Academy for Produ, Laperrière, L., Reinhart, G. (eds) CIRP Encyclopedia of Production Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35950-7_16782-1
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