Life Cycle and Sustainability of Abrasive Tools

• Main Author: Linke, Barbara (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Series: RWTHedition,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Industrial management > Environmental aspects.; Manufacturing industries.; Machines.; Tools.; Industrial engineering.; Sustainable development.; Manufacturing, Machines, Tools.; Operating Procedures, Materials Treatment.; Sustainable Development.; Sustainability Management.

This monograph focuses on abrasive tools for grinding, polishing, honing, and lapping operations. The book describes the life cycle of abrasive tools from raw material processing of abrasive grits and bonding, manufacturing of monolithic or multi-layered tools, tool use to tool end-of-life. Moreover...