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amount of silica dust that becomes airborne when milling or grinding silica containing materials because it controls the exposure at its source. The silica standard specifies the use of walk-behind milling machines and floor grinders that are equipped with an integrated water delivery system that continuously delivers water to the cutting surface.

Fused silica is an important material for producing optical components in high-power laser applications [].The optical components are machined by grinding, lapping, and polishing technologies [].The micro-cracks appear in the sub-surface of the component after the grinding process due to the hard-brittle property of fused silica [].Polishing …

The ultra-precision grinding of fused silica in cross grinding modes has been carried out. Ultra-precision grinding is a very unique process requiring fine …

For this reason, finer grit sized wheels are required to grind hard materials and soft materials are best ground with medium to coarse grit size wheels. For most efficient operation, the grade must be adjusted to suit the hardness of the material. As a general guide, the harder the material, the softer the grade of wheel required.

Ductile grinding is an ideal method for producing a mirror finished surface on hard and brittle materials to significantly decrease polishing time. However, the fused silica is still difficult to ductile grind because of its high brittleness. A creep feed taper grinding method was applied to investigate the relationship between maximum grit ...

Exposure to silica dust was studied in the grinding of castings in a steel foundry that used conventional personal sampling methods and new real-time sampling techniques developed for the identification of high-exposure tasks and tools. Approximately one-third of the personal samples exceeded the National Institute for Occupational Safety and ...

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The results show that the real-time monitoring of silica ceramic composites grinding surface roughness could be accurately predicted by the chi-square model. The correlation coefficient between ...

The surface errors and subsurface damage (SSD) formed during optical fused silica grinding processes have been investigated using the flexible grinding wheel (FGW). Surface errors, including low spatial frequency (LSF) errors, middle spatial frequency (MSF) errors, and high spatial frequency (HSF) errors, and SSD depths are measured. …

Concrete Grinding: OSHA-Compliant Dust Control Methods. Concrete Floor Grinding is covered in Table 1 of the regulation. According to the standard, you do not need to measure workers' exposure to silica or provide respiratory control if any of following criteria is met: 1) Use a machine equipped with an integrated water delivery system that ...

Using walk-behind milling machines and floor grinders on concrete or other silica-containing materials can generate respirable crystalline silica dust. When inhaled, the …

Ductile and Brittle Mode Grinding of Fused Silica. There is a demand for high-efficiency and high surface integrity grinding of fused silica. Ductile grinding is an …

Abstract. The subsurface damage (SSD) introduced during bound abrasive grinding of fused silica glass was measured using a wet etch technique. Various process parameters and grinding configurations were studied. The relation between the SSD depth, the process parameters and forces applied by the grinding wheel on the sample was …

Grinding. Article PDF Available. Optimization of grinding processes on fused silica components using in-process vibrometry and dynamometer measurements. …

Silica, also known as Silicon dioxide, is an oxide of silicon with the chemical formula SiO 2, most commonly found in nature as quartz and in various living organisms. In many parts of the world, silica is the major …

Sixty-four fused silica samples with the diameter of 50 mm and 10 mm thick were ground on an ultra-precision grinding machine (Magerle, Switzerland).These samples were polished on both sides in advance before grinding in order to preclude possible sub-/surface damage induced by other factors.

Overall, the arithmetic mean concentrations of respirable crystalline silica dust and RSP in personal air samples during: (i) five sessions of uncontrolled conventional grinding were respectively 61.7 and 611 mg/m(3) (ii) seven sessions of wet grinding were 0.896 and 11.9 mg/m(3) and (iii) six sessions of LEV grinding were 0.155 and 1.99 mg/m(3).

Surface grinding is an effective method in the manufacturing process of silica glass. Study of grinding mechanism of optical glass in the ductile regime has …

The tried and proven method of edge grinding fused silica using the EcoTech GM-8 had served DFS well. However, to better serve the increasing demand from its customers for large-format synthetic fused silica edge grinding, DFS invested in an EcoTech GM-12 cylindrical grinder to create finished diameters of fused silica parts up to 457 mm, and ...

Silica grinding that is performed in connection with sand, gravel or clay digging shall be separately classified as 4000(1), Sand or Gravel Digging, or 4000(2), Clay Digging, if 25% or less of the excavated material is crushed or ground. If more than 25% of the excavated material is crushed or ground, all crushing or grinding activities shall ...

Fine grinding of silica was carried out in a jet mill, varying operational parameters such as feed rate, classifier rotational speed and grinding pressure. The size reduction of silica was intensive as the jet mill is energy intensive. Abrasive and destructive breakage mechanisms took place varying according to the operating conditions of the ...

Power grinder dust attachment. Steps: If no dust extraction is available for drilling or grinding, running a water hose onto the surface or holding a vacuum up to the tool will keep dust down. Use a drill dust attachment by …

Introduction. Sub-surface mechanical damage (SSD) consists of surface micro-cracks created during grinding and/or polishing of brittle materials surfaces, such as glass. These surface cracks, typically identified macroscopically as scratches and digs, are often hidden below an index-matched Bielby layer or have closed (i.e., healed); hence …

@article{osti_898584, title = {Sub-surface mechanical damage distributions during grinding of fused silica}, author = {Suratwala, T I and Wong, L L and Miller, P E and Feit, M D and Menapace, J A and Steele, R A and Davis, P A and Walmer, D}, abstractNote = {The distribution and characteristics of surface cracking (i.e. sub-surface damage or …

With a fine-grained diamond grinding wheel, the fused silica can be machined with 30–40 nm RMS surface roughness and SSD depth of less than 1 μm . Gao et al. investigated the surface/subsurface qualities of ground quartz glasses and found that the surface material was removed with a ductile regime when quartz glasses were …

The works of electrolytic inprocess dressing (ELID) grinding of fused silica [7], grinding optical surface using the less than 6 μm grain-size diamond grinding wheel [8], and crack-free grinding ...

Ductile grinding is an ideal method fo r producing a mirror finished surface on ha rd and brittle. materials to significantly decrease polishing time. However, the fused silica is still diffic ult ...

Silica was ground in an oscillating mill at various grinding period to study the mechanochemical effect in fine grinding process. The ground particles exhibited massive size reduction where the volume moment diameter of 5.56 μm was reached within 600 s. Aggregation of fine particles was very pronounced when it was ground for 600 s due to …

Submicron-sized silica particles with the quasi-sphericity were prepared via wet ultrafine grinding in a high energy-density stirred bead mill in the absence and presence of different salt solutions (i.e., water, potassium chloride (KCl), sodium chloride (NaCl), magnesium chloride (MgCl 2), calcium chloride (CaCl 2), barium chloride (BaCl …

Certain work operations release crystalline silica dust into the air. Workers operating powered hand tools, such as saws, grinders, and high-speed polishers, have some of the highest silica dust exposures in the countertop manufacturing, finishing and installation industries. These exposures come from dry cutting, grinding, edging, and ...

This paper presents a dry grinding process using a vitrified bond CBN grinding wheel with high temperature resistance to achieve crack-free ductile mode …

While grinding beads are a pool of beads within a given size range, grinding balls are spherical and precision ground to a specific diameter. OPS Diagnostics' grinding beads are either zirconium silicate or silica …

Learn how to visually inspect and speed check your grinding machines to ensure safe grinding wheel usage. Read more OSHA, Silica, and the Construction Industry. Products containing silica have been …

and reveal the grinding parameters on grinding forces and surface quality, contrast grinding tests of silica glass with and without ultrasonic assistance using micro-radial electroplated diamond wheel are conducted. The grinding forces are measured using a three-component dynamome-ter. The surface characteristics are detected using the

Generally, the material removal mechanism of fused silica in grinding process can be classified into two modes, brittle and ductile [3]. The whole fabricate process of fused silica lenses includes rough machining, semi-finishing grinding, ultra-precision grinding, lapping and polishing [4]. The ductile mode grinding is a desired process to ...

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@article{osti_942036, title = {Effect of rogue particles on the sub-surface damage of fused silica during grinding/polishing}, author = {Suratwala, T I and Steele, R and Feit, M D and Wong, L and Miller, P E and Menapace, J A and Davis, P J}, abstractNote = {The distribution and characteristics of surface cracks (i.e., sub-surface …

Abstract. High efficiency and high surface integrity grinding of fused silica lens used in the ultraviolet (UV) laser transmission equipments is highly demanded. It is necessary to decrease the undeformed chip thickness for producing better surface integrity. We conducted creep feed grinding (CFG) and conventional shallow cut grinding (SCG ...

Abstract. High efficiency and high surface integrity grinding of fused silica lens used in the ultraviolet (UV) laser transmission equipments is highly demanded. It is necessary to decrease the ...