Winterthur offers wheel-regrinding service

Winterthur is offering an expert wheel-regrinding service for all types and makes of grinding wheel alongside its range of process-orientated bonded abrasives for grinding applications.

The company said the first re-grind on Winterthur wheels is offered without charge.

Chris Harford, managing director of Winterthur UK, said: 'Wheels can be re-dressed four or even five times, increasing the life of an individual wheel and substantially decreasing consumable costs.

'In addition to the reduced cost of wheel-replacement, by redressing the wheel tolerances are preserved without affecting speed and feed rates, thus maintaining cycle times and minimising scrap.

Wheels are redressed to as-new specification, with a typical turnaround of two days.

In addition, wheels can be modified to suit a specific application or - if necessary - adapted to allow production to continue while a dedicated wheel is awaiting delivery.

The wheel-regrinding service is operated by Winterthur's engineers out of a dedicated area in its existing factory.

All types and makes of wheels can be reground; including EDM (metal bonded) and diamond/CBN (resin bonded) wheel dressing, up to a diameter of 500mm.

Any profile can be dressed because EDM electrodes are produced on site, including flat and harris and pencil-edge wheels.

Prior to dispatch back to the customer, wheels are inspected in the company's own dedicated inspection facility.

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