Specific Material Removal Rate Calculator
for Surface Grinding - English Units

Oak Ridge National Laboratory





Metals and Ceramics Division


This calculator can be used to determine the required depth of grind, total grinding time, and volume of material removed for a given table speed and Q' (specific material removal rate). It is assumed that this is a surface grinding operation with no crossfeed. Input the values for the following variables (shown in red) and click the "Calculate" button:


Contact Width (in.) =

Table Speed (in./min.) =
Workpiece Length (in.) =
Q' (Specific Material Removal Rate (in^3/min./in.) =

The values will be calculated for the remaining variables:

Total Volume of Material Removed (in3) =
Total Grinding Time (seconds) =
Depth of Grind (in) = 



The URL of this page is http://www.html.ornl.gov/mituc/qdfcalce.htm.
Last modified on December 08, 2003 .

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