CENTERLESS GRINDING SERVICES

Outside Diameter (OD) Grinding has been considered one of the extremely used machining strategies to manufacture crankshafts and camshafts in the automotive industry, needles and pins in the medical industry, and also axles and hydraulics in the aerospace industry.

The OD grinding is often acquired by manufacturing companies that want to achieve a smooth finish surface and shape of the outside diameter of their parts and components as well as securing its geometric true center, allowing it to perfectly rotate around the central axis. 

Within the course of ascending demands and requirements for industrial developments, outside diameter grinding has a division of techniques that differ depending on how the workpiece is being mounted and based on the feed direction. 

Forte Precision Metals internalizes the whole grinding principles in all our grinding operations to ensure we obtain high quality in all our product outputs.

We aim to perfect this type of service so that when you key in “OD grinding services near me”, Forte Precision Metals will come on top.

As part of perfecting our OD grinding services, we do all these step-by-step processes to perfectly complete the operation:

• Peripheral-transverse OD Grinding
• Centerless peripheral-transverse OD Grinding
• Peripheral-longitudinal OD Grinding
• Centerless peripheral-longitudinal OD Grinding

This operation is primarily for ensuring centerless tolerances of the outer surface of a workpiece. The wheel and the workpiece rotate in a similar direction. When the two external surfaces contact each other, they actually move in opposite directions that can create a smoother precision centerless grinding operation.

Furthermore, Forte Precision Metals is capable of achieving the following through our outside grinding operations:

• Materials – steel, stainless steel, aluminum, brass, copper, bronze, nickel, titanium
• Tolerance (+/-) – .0002 in .0051 mm
• Roundness – .000050 in .0127 mm
• Part Outside Diameter – Up to 762 mm Up to 30 in
• Part Length (OD) – Up to 3886 mm Up to 153 in
• Industry Focus – Medical, marine, military, aerospace, automotive/track/transportation
• Intended Application – Mold grinding, machinery, tooling/fixtures

Internal Diameter (ID) Grinding is another type of cylindrical grinding which is usually acquired by manufacturers if parts and components need to have a precise surface finish and accurate tolerances for their inside diameters. 

Internal Diameter (ID) Grinding is known to be the most difficult grinding process but the best choice for manufacturers considering the results it provides. 

This type of grinding process is the most availed service, especially for those manufacturers that require efficiency in bringing out high precision to their materials with varying diameters and fine surface textures.

ID Grinding is considered as one of the best grinding techniques that brings out perfect functional surfaces in parts and components that are necessary to build a non-positive connection with the shaft or axle.

This method is also similar to the outside diameter grinding process, as it is also done through variants of techniques that are based on the grinding direction:

• Peripheral-transverse ID Grinding
• Peripheral-longitudinal ID Grinding

In the behavior between the grinding wheel and the workpiece, both techniques relatively exhibit identical properties to OD Grinding between the centers. Internal grinding is primarily used for refining bores with high-precision fit in machining both hard and super hard materials of varying diameters through a single pass.

Accordingly, this type of grinding process is commonly acquired by manufacturers to produce tubes, bushings, precision pipes, optical lenses, and other related parts or components that require precise internal diameters. 

Forte Precision Metals sees the necessity in performing grinding operations like ID grinding considering how essential it is in producing precise and with the multiple advantages it brings to tools for a lot of applications.

As such, Forte Precision Metals can provide the following features on your parts and components when doing Internal Diameter Grinding based on customer specifications:

• Materials – steel, stainless steel, aluminum, brass, copper, bronze, nickel, titanium
• Tolerance (+/-) – .0002 in .0051 mm
• Roundness – .000050 in .0127 mm
• Part Outside Diameter – Up to 762 mm Up to 30 in
• Part Length (OD) – Up to 3886 mm Up to 153 in
• Industry Focus – Medical, marine, military, aerospace, automotive/track/transportation
• Intended Application – Mold grinding, machinery, tooling/fixtures

Whether it be centerless grinding or any of the cylindrical grinding processes, rest assured, Forte Precision Metals can excellently provide it for you. 

We are a well-rounded metal supplier, not just only capable of providing high-quality supply for all your round bar stock needs, but one that can also efficiently provide the appropriate precision grinding services apt for the specific application/s.

With us, you won’t have to key in “excellent centerless grinding service near me” or “reliable OD grinding services near me” as Forte Precision Metals can provide all those services for you. 

For all your queries and requests for the grinding services we offer, give us a call or submit a request quote for the service you need, may it be centerless or precision grinding you want to avail of. Hurry and ring us up today!