ABSTRACT
Vibrations can cause serious problems in grinding processes leading to loss of machining accuracy and loss of productivity. Of the various types of vibration, chatter vibration is one of the most crucial ones because it reduces form accuracy as well as increasing surface roughness of the ground parts. Form accuracy and low surface roughness are two of the main targets to be attained by grinding. In addition, productivity is lost because material removal rate has to be reduced as a way of suppressing chatter. A great deal of research has been conducted aimed at achieving a clear understanding of the mechanism of chatter vibration and consequently at developing practical suppression methods.
