ASA is your source for truing and redressing wheels up to 20in diameter with 1 week turn around! Are you having problems with wheel run-out, form not within specification or want to change the wheel form?
What exactly is the difference between “Truing” and “Dressing” a wheel?
Truing
To produce the highest-quality work, wheels must be trued after being mounted on a spindle. After mounting, there will always be some eccentricity. This will affect the final workpiece in several ways. Some benefits of this process are:
- Establishes concentricity
- Introduces form or shape into a wheel
Dressing
Next comes dressing; this process always comes second. While superabrasive wheels are mostly self-sharpening, the material used can occasionally cause the wheel to dull. Dressing sharpens by removing this material and helps to expose the fresh edges of the wheel.
- Operation that produces crystal exposure or chip clearance.
- Return wheel to original dimensions
Truing and Dressing requires a two-step technique:
Step 1
- Truing (Profiling)
- Wheel concentric to the spindle axis
- Shape wheel profile to geometry
- Fracture dull abrasives
Step 2
- Dressing (Sharpening)
- Expose abrasive above bond
- Provide chip clearance
The typical materials used in dressing technique are Aluminum Oxide or Silicon Carbide Dressing Sticks.
Conditioning Requirements
Learn more about our ASA250 Dressing Machine. Contact ASA today at 330-673-7333 or visit our website: www.actionsuper.com.