Regular use of properly selected dressing sticks will help you achieve maximum performance from your grinding wheel.
Applications:
Abrasive grain: Aluminium Oxide, Silicon Carbide
Shape: Square and round
Selecting the appropriate dressing stick for each application depends on the wheel size, type, speed, specification and grit size, as well as the workpiece material.
Tips
Resin and Vitrified Bond, Diamond and CBN wheels
Choose a dressing stick one or two grit sizes finer than the abrasive in the wheel- in a soft grade (H or I)
Metal Bond, Diamond and CBN wheels
Choose a stick the same grit or one grit size coarser than the abrasive in teh wheel - in a medium grade (K-M)
Aluminium Oxide (White)
For dressing and cleaning CBN wheels; these sticks also work well for diamond wheel.
Silicon Carbide (Black)
Coarse grit (16-46) and hard-grade (R and harder) sticks are used for dressing conventional vitrified wheels. Finer grit and softer grades are used for dressing diamond wheels.
