Infeed Rate Calculator for Plunge Grinding

Oak Ridge National Laboratory





Metals and Ceramics Division


This calculator can be used to determine the required infeed rate, total grinding time, and volume of material removed for a given Q' (specific material removal rate). It is assumed that this is a straight O.D. plunge grinding operation on a cylindrical grinder. Input the values for the following variables (shown in red) and click the "Calculate" button:


Wheel Width (mm) =

Infeed Distance (mm) =
Workpiece Starting Diameter (mm) =
Q' (Specific Material Removal Rate (mm3/min/mm) =

The values will be calculated for the remaining variables:

Workpiece Ending Diameter (mm) =
Total Volume of Material Removed (mm3) =
Total Grinding Time (minutes) =
Infeed Rate (mm/min) = 


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Last modified on December 08, 2003 .

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