STUDER WireDress®
WireDress® allows completely new possibilities in grinding with metal bonded CBN and Diamond wheels: Not only does the electro erosive integrated dressing technology save massive downtime, it also enables sintered metal bonds to be dressed with the highest precision in the grinding machine at full wheel speed.
WireDress® Components
Grinding wheels with ultra-hard diamond or CBN cutting materials are used for grinding ceramics, tungsten carbide and hardened steel. In previous grinding processes such grinding wheels often had a resin or ceramic bond. One way of increasing precision and cost effectiveness in these grinding applications is to use grinding wheels with a sintered metal bond. However, their use has previously only been of limited value, as metal bonds can only be dressed to a very limited extent and only have an average cutting ability.
Features of WireDress®






Higher productivity
- At least +30% grinding performance
- Longer dressing intervals
- Maximized free-standing grits > max. cutting ability
- Dressing in the grinding machine > higher OEE
- Low dressing tool costs
High precision
- No wear on the dressing tool
- The dresser can be swivelled
- Metal bond can be dressed 20% faster
- Highest profile precision achievable in μm (40 mill") range
- -75% wheel wear with metal bond
- -70% workpiece deflection
- R internal 0.2mm (0.008") R external 0.05 (0.002") achievable on the workpiece
Simple operation
- Full distance between centers can be used
- Fully integrated into StuderWIN machine control
- Regular grinding oil can be used
- Touch dressing can be used
- Quick wire coil change without re-setting