Research Progresses of Mechanical Dressing for Arc Diamond Grinding Wheels
The arc diamond grinding wheels had unique arc profile and commonly used for preci-sion and ultra-precision grinding of optical components made from difficult-to-cut materials such as ce-ramics,optical glass,and cemented carbide.However,during the grinding process of optical ele-ments,the interaction between the grinding wheel and the workpiece surface caused the abrasive grains on the grinding wheel to be squeezed and damaged.Then,this led to issues such as grinding wheel blockage,wear,reduction in size and shape accuracy,ultimately affecting the surface rough-ness,shape accuracy,and damage thickness of the optical elements after grinding.To address these problems,dressing the arc-shaped diamond grinding wheel was an effective solution.Among the vari-ous dressing methods,mechanical dressing remained the primary approach in production due to the high dressing efficiency and ease of implementation.This paper provided a comprehensive review of the mechanical dressing methods for arc diamond grinding wheels.The truing mechanism and charac-teristics of different methods were explored,the evaluation method for truing effectiveness was ana-lyzed,and a future outlook for the mechanical truing of arc diamond grinding wheels was presented.