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A bearing manufacturer contacted Meister Abrasives looking for help to improve their ID track grinding application. The customer was struggling with their current wheel performance after dressing and was looking to extend their wheel life. Meister engineers designed a wheel Continue Reading →
This case study demonstrates how a customer used Meister’s Dress Calculation Tool to optimize their dressing process and significantly improve grinding performance. The part was a hardened thin-walled steel sleeve. The customer was dissatisfied with the results he was obtaining Continue Reading →
New 3D Abrasives Technology Innovative abrasive wheel technology combines micro-abrasive grains with exceptionally porous wheel structures The highlight of Meister Abrasives’ IMTS 2016 was the introduction of a new 3D Abrasive Technology that makes it possible to secure the tiniest grains Continue Reading →
Grinding Out Better Fuel Injector Nozzles The need to achieve better fuel economy is driving the requirement of increasingly tighter tolerances for fuel injector bores. Meister set out to test the viability of the new 3D Abrasive Technology for improving Continue Reading →
Tradition and Innovation Meister has decades of experience in the manufacture and application of special high-precision tools for fuel injection components. Grinding the guidance bore and seat of the injection nozzle is one of the ultimate challenges in internal grinding. Continue Reading →
Curt Reed and Precision Grinding Solutions Revisited In January of 2011, we ran a Meister Toolbox interview with Curt Reed, President of Precision Grinding Solutions (Wallingford, CT), about how his company is using Meister superabrasive wheels to obtain a competitive Continue Reading →
What’s All the Chatter About? Those annoying zebra-like stripes that can mar the finish of an otherwise good looking part are called “chatter.” Chatter is usually caused by vibrations that may come from a number of sources. First, the chatter Continue Reading →
Metal Loading in The Wheel During bore grinding you want your wheel to stay nice and clean, but sometimes it becomes caked with metal flakes. This condition is caused by metal loading and when it occurs the loaded areas produce Continue Reading →
Surface Finish Too Rough I need to hold a certain surface finish and my parts are coming off too rough. I don’t have a finer grit wheel to try. What can I do? 1. Increase the wheel speed. This is Continue Reading →
Taper… Unlike the late night talk show hosts who read off “Top Ten Lists” starting at # 1O and working backwards until they reach the top, we are going to start with item #1 — taper. Variations of this problem Continue Reading →