Method of abrading a workpiece
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1. A method of abrading a workpiece, the method comprising:
- providing a rotating bonded abrasive wheel attached to a stationary machine tool, the rotating bonded abrasive wheel having a diameter of at least 150 millimeters, wherein the bonded abrasive wheel comprises ceramic shaped abrasive particles retained in a binder, wherein the ceramic shaped abrasive particles comprise alpha alumina, and wherein the ceramic shaped abrasive particles comprise precisely-shaped truncated triangular pyramids; and
contacting the rotating bonded abrasive wheel with a metallic workpiece such that the workpiece is abraded with simultaneous formation of metallic swarf, wherein the metallic workpiece has a bulk temperature of less than 500°
C., and wherein at least 20 percent by weight of the metallic swarf is filamentary metallic swarf having a length of at least 3 millimeters.
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A method of abrading a workpiece includes: contacting a metallic workpiece, having a bulk temperature of less than 500 degrees Celsius, with a stationary rotating bonded abrasive wheel having a diameter of at least 150 millimeters, wherein the bonded abrasive wheel comprises ceramic shaped abrasive particles retained in a binder, and wherein metallic swarf is formed, and at least 20 percent by weight of the metallic swarf is filamentary metallic swarf having a length of at least 3 mm.
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1. A method of abrading a workpiece, the method comprising:
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providing a rotating bonded abrasive wheel attached to a stationary machine tool, the rotating bonded abrasive wheel having a diameter of at least 150 millimeters, wherein the bonded abrasive wheel comprises ceramic shaped abrasive particles retained in a binder, wherein the ceramic shaped abrasive particles comprise alpha alumina, and wherein the ceramic shaped abrasive particles comprise precisely-shaped truncated triangular pyramids; and contacting the rotating bonded abrasive wheel with a metallic workpiece such that the workpiece is abraded with simultaneous formation of metallic swarf, wherein the metallic workpiece has a bulk temperature of less than 500°
C., and wherein at least 20 percent by weight of the metallic swarf is filamentary metallic swarf having a length of at least 3 millimeters. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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