Use a wheel grinding machine to produce a superior finish or make very light cuts for your products. Wheel grinding machines aid in generating a surface finish with high accuracy and productivity which would be impossible to achieve using handheld grinders.

You can select a cylindrical grinding machine, bench grinding machine or surface grinding machine depending on the end use of the wheel grinding machine.

Some important parameters you must consider before purchasing a wheel grinding machine are:

1. The shape and size of the products
2. Material of the products
3. Tolerance and surface finish grade requirement
4. Material removal rate of the wheel grinding machine

Action Steps
The best contacts and resources to help you get it done

Buy a wheel grinding machine from reputable wheel grinding machine manufacturers

Once you know your grinding requirements, evaluate products available on the market. Some important specifications of wheel grinding machines are maximum grinding wheel size, maximum rotational speed of the spindle and power consumption. You can purchase manually operated wheel grinding machines or computer numerical control (CNC) machines.

I recommend: Koyo Machinery, a reputable wheel grinding machine manufacturer, offers grinding machines for the medical, aerospace, automotive and ceramics industries. Glebar Company, another wheel grinding machine supplier, offers both CNC and manual wheel grinding machines. DCM designs and manufactures industrial surface grinding machines. You can also buy wheel grinding machines at Cincinnati Machines, a reputable manufacturer of industrial machinery.

Buy new or used machines from wheel grinding machine distributors or retailers

Compare different wheel grinding machines based on their features and prices at distributors or retailers' websites. You can buy used equipment for a cost effective solution for your grinding requirements.

I recommend: Continental Machinery Exchange provides a variety of machine tools including wheel grinding machines. Sterling Machinery Exchange provides both new and used industrial machining centers, including wheel grinding machines. Advanced Machinery Companies is another retailer that offers both used and new wheel grinding machines.

Buy grinder wheels for your wheel grinding machines

Surface finish and material removal rate of the wheel grinding operation depends on the grinder wheel. Therefore, buy an appropriate grinder wheel for your wheel grinding machine.

I recommend: Eagle International Carbide, a reputable manufacturer of carbide tools, provides grinder wheels with different grit sizes. Pacer is another grinding wheel manufacturer that supplies roll grinding wheels and centerless grinding wheels. You can buy diamond grinding wheels at Georgia Grinding Wheel Company, a distributor of grinding wheels and abrasives for woodworking and metalworking industries.

Tips & Tactics

Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide

• •  Ensure proper maintenance of grinding wheels to achieve required surface finish and dimensional tolerance.
• •  The grinding job produces heat and fine particles of the media. Therefore, follow proper safety measures while operating a wheel grinding machine.