Have you found used surface grinder for sale? One of the common grinding processes in the industry is the surface grinding. It is mostly used in heavy industries. They are used in the finishing process from smoothening and refining the metal and non-metal workpiece. The surface grinder is mostly used in the automotive industry. The main part of the surface grinding machine is the table and abrasive wheel. The workpiece is fixed on the chuck. Depending on the composition of the workpiece you can use magnetic, mechanical and vacuum chucks for holding the workpiece.

If you are planning to buy a used surface grinder, you should know the basic functioning of the grinder. Surface grinders are divided into three basic types. They are single disc and double disc grinder, vertical grinder, and horizontal grinder. Based on the applications you must select the surface grinder type. These surface grinders are differentiated based on the contact of the workpiece and grinding wheel. In this blog let us discuss different types of surface grinding machines used in the industries and the main difference between each surface grinding machine.

Horizontal spindle grinder:

A horizontal spindle surface grinder is also called as a peripheral grinder. It is used for high precision work jobs. Some of the common operations in which horizontal spindle surface grinder is used are recessed surface, slot surface, angled surface, and tapered surface. The surface grinder’s flat edge of the wheel comes in contact with the workpiece. The flat portion of the surface grinder wheel is called a periphery. Some of the components grinded using horizontal spindle surface grinders are bearing races, connecting rods, pistons, and pins. Horizontal spindle grinders are available in different sizes so based on the size of the workpiece you must select the size of the horizontal spindle grinder. There are two types of horizontal spindle grinder. They are horizontal spindle with reciprocating table and horizontal spindle with a rotary table.

Vertical spindle grinder:

Vertical spindle surface grinder is also known as a wheel face grinder. It is mostly used for the fast removal of material. The grinding wheel’s face makes contact with the workpiece placed on the table of the surface grinder. Some of the components ground using vertical spindle surface grinders are stops, spacers, inner plates, inner rings, gears, rotors, wafers, and stators. Based on the movement vertical spindle grinder is divided into two types. They are vertical spindle grinder with reciprocating table and vertical spindle grinder with rotary table.

Single- disc and double-disc surface grinder:

This surface grinding machine is the combination of a horizontal spindle grinder and a vertical spindle grinder. The contact surface is more when compared with the other two types. Disc grinders can grind both the surface of the workpiece at the same time. Some components ground using disc grinders are washers, gears, spacers, plates, and rotors.

Cylindrical grinding:

The outside surface of the cylinder is ground in this process. The surface of the cylinder can be contoured, tapered or straight. This operation is similar to the turning operation in the lathe machine. When you need high accuracy for hard metal then you can use cylindrical grinding instead of lathe machine.