Specific Material Removal Rate Calculator
for Surface Grinding - SI Units

Oak Ridge National Laboratory





Metals and Ceramics Division


This calculator can be used to determine the required table speed, total grinding time, and volume of material removed for a given downfeed 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 (mm) =

Depth of Grind (mm) =
Workpiece Length (mm) =
Q' (Specific Material Removal Rate (mm3/sec/mm) =

The values will be calculated for the remaining variables:

Total Volume of Material Removed (mm3) =
Total Grinding Time (seconds) =
Table Speed (mm/sec) = 



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Last modified on December 08, 2003 .

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