Oak Ridge National Laboratory 

Machining Equipment

Five different types of numerically controlled grinders are available to our guest researchers for their research projects at the Machining and Inspection Research User Center. The grinders were selected for their similarity to those used in manufacturing facilities throughout the United States.

Instrumentation has been added to permit real-time measurement of key grinding process parameters including grinding forces, spindle horsepower, spindle vibration, acoustic emission coolant temperature. Data may be collected, displayed, stored and analyzed using specialized Labview programs and other analysis software.

K.O. Lee Instrumented Creep Feed Surface Grinder The Weldon Instrumented Cylindrical Grinder Nicco Instrumented Creep Feed Surface Grinder
Sabre Vertical 3-Axis Grinder Benchman 4000 Tabletop Machining Center Compact Grindability Test System

The proLIGHT 3000 Turning Center

(Click on an image above for more information.)

Check out our new Grinding Information pages for grinding calculators.





Metals and Ceramics Division

The URL of this page is http://www.html.ornl.gov/mituc/machine.htm.
Last modified on December 04, 2003 .

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