TY - JFULL AU - P Chockalingam and K Kok and R Vijayaram PY - 2012/9/ TI - Effect of Coolant on Cutting Forces and Surface Roughness in Grinding of CSM GFRP T2 - International Journal of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering SP - 1477 EP - 1483 VL - 6 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/15643 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 68, 2012 N2 - This paper presents a comparative study on dry and wet grinding through experimental investigation in the grinding of CSM glass fibre reinforced polymer laminates using a pink aluminium oxide wheel. Different sets of experiments were performed to study the effects of the independent grinding parameters such as grinding wheel speed, feed and depth of cut on dependent performance criteria such as cutting forces and surface finish. Experimental conditions were laid out using design of experiment central composite design. An effective coolant was sought in this study to minimise cutting forces and surface roughness for GFRP laminates grinding. Test results showed that the use of coolants reduces surface roughness, although not necessarily the cutting forces. These research findings provide useful economic machining solution in terms of optimized grinding conditions for grinding CSM GFRP. ER -