ABSTRACT

Electrolytic in-process dressing (ELID) single-side lap grinding,1-8 a machining process that employs constant pressure and uses a metal-bonded abrasive wheel with ELID, produces better results in both surface roughness and ˜atness than other grinding systems. Highly useful for grinding materials for which mirror surface ‘nish cannot be obtained by constant feed grinding, this technique can also apply grain metal-bonded wheels ‘ner than the #1000 wheel. It also has the important advantage of being able to be utilized immediately by mounting onto an existing lapping machine.