Blanchard Grinding

During the grinding process, the thickness tolerance is addressed to a specific dimension as defined in the Job Traveler. Material is removed evenly from the surface using abrasive discs to create a flat, even plane. DIX employs two primary forms of grinding: double disc and blanchard..Blanchard grinders remove material from one surface at a time, while double disc grinders simultaneously work opposing sides. Typically, parts too large for double disc grinders are Blanchard ground. Often referred to as rotary disc grinding, Blanchard grinding is used when a substantial amount of material has to be removed. Blanchard grinding also proves to be a more cost-effective solution.

DIX Metals uses blanchard grinding machines for standard surface grinding of large and small plates, washers and rings, and more. The main feature of our blanchard grinding operations is heavy stock removal rates for all magnetic materials. Non-ferrous parts are handled at slightly lower production rates due to the holding requirements.

Blanchard grinding is best suited for single-sided material removal and grinding applications too large for double-disc grinding. When a substantial amount of material has to be removed, blanchard grinding proves to be the more cost-effective solution. Dimensional tolerances to ±.001", parallelism to .001", and flatness to .001" are achievable with blanchard grinding.

DIX Metals blanchard grinding advantage:

• Dimensional tolerances can be held to +/-.001”
• Flatness and parallelism guaranteed to .001”
• Work piece capacity up to 60 inches square