This paper presents a mathematical model of dressing of vitrified CBN grinding wheels by a diamond cup dresser. It predicts the dressing forces during rotary diamond cup dressing of vitrified CBN grinding wheels. This model is based on the fracture of abrasive grits, the fracture of the bond and the contact forces between dresser and grinding wheel. It considers the kinematical influences and in particular speed ratio and overlap factor during the dressing process. A Weibull distribution is used to predict the probability of bond fracture and also the collision number between the diamond grits of a rotating dresser and the CBN grits. This model is validated by experimental results. The theoretical modeling values agree reasonably well with the experimental results. On the basis of this model the effect of different cup dressing parameters on dressing forces is theoretically discussed with the aim of establishing appropriate dressing process configurations. Furthermore the presented model provides a basis for further prediction of wheel topography and the grinding process.
