Grinding lab for
data-driven R&D
ULTRA HIGH PERFORMANCE GRINDING
FOR CUTTING TOOLs & more precision INDUSTRies
With the CDT Grinding Lab, our engineers solve grinding challenges by matching wheel design to your machine, material, and performance requirements.
For cutting tools and similar precision applications, we test in-house on the ANCA TX7 LINEAR and WALTER HELITRONIC, while our portable lab allows us to optimize on your own equipment.
Achieve faster cycle times, stronger edge retention, and excellent wheel life with EVO™ Hybrid Bond wheels that have been custom-formulated and tested for your process.
See the benefits ➡️
FASTER CYCLE TIMES
Increase productivity
without sacrificing
quality.
TURNKEY SOLUTIONS
Test wheel performance and
optimize parameters
together in our lab.
CUSTOMIZATION
Application-specific bond technology developed around your grinding process.
GRINDING LAB SUPPORT
Use in-house and portable diagnostics to test new tools, materials, and production goals.
NEW IN THE CDT GRINDING LAB
ANCA TX7 Linear
Universal Grinder
The addition of an ANCA TX7 Linear Universal Grinder expands CDT Grinding Lab capabilities for cutting tool wheel development, testing, and process optimization.
Our lab’s ANCA is fully instrumented for process monitoring and data collection, giving our team deeper insight into grinding performance.
✅ Custom wheel development
✅ Process testing and optimization
✅ Evaluation of cut, wear, quality, and cost
In this video, CDT Application Engineer Harrison Sheldon introduces the newest addition to the CDT Grinding Lab.
CUT | WEAR | QUALITY | COST
ADVANCED GRINDING DEVELOPMENT ACROSS INDUSTRIES
DATA-DRIVEN grinding optimization FOR cutting tool manufacturers
CDT EVO™ Hybrid Bond grinding wheels are engineered specifically for cutting tool applications using advanced bond technology. From solid tools to regrind, fluting and relief, each wheel can be customized around the requirements of your application.
MEDICAL | AUTOMOTIVE | AEROSPACE | POWER GENERATION | ELECTRONICS
The capabilities of the CDT Grinding Lab extend beyond cutting tools. We support complex, high-precision applications across a range of advanced manufacturing industries. Our team will develops and test custom diamond or cBN wheel specifications around your machine, material, geometry, and performance requirements.
What can we evaluate?
Our grinding lab capabilities in-house include the ANCA TX7 LINEAR, WALTER HELITRONIC, Supfina Spiro Fine Grinding Platform, and a HAAS VF-3SS we use for advanced ceramics testing. Meanwhile, our portable lab allows us to optimize on your own equipment, evaluating the variables that influence production.
Cutting performance
Wear characteristics
Part quality
Thermal stability
Process efficiency
Overall grinding cost
THE R&D Process
It starts with understanding
your application.We design, develop, and test solutions against your requirements.
Using our grinding lab, our team can test custom grinding wheels and process settings in a controlled environment.
We look at the part complexity, material, grinding requirements, and production goals to make a product recommendation.
We capture and analyze what's happening in the grinding zone.We use the data to refine performance.
The results help us evaluate wheel behavior, adjust process parameters, and make application-specific recommendations for the customer.
Specialized sensors help create a fully instrumented grinding platform for process monitoring and data collection.
frequently asked questions
put our lab to work for you
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A turnkey solution is more than supplying a grinding wheel. CDT can develop a custom wheel for your application and test it alongside the process parameters used to run it, helping identify settings that support better performance.
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Our team can evaluate many factors including wheel cut, wheel wear, part quality, cycle time, process efficiency, and cost-related factors.
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Yes. The CDT Grinding Lab provides a controlled environment to test wheel performance and process variables together, helping identify opportunities to improve part quality, reduce cycle times, and extend wheel life.
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No. The TX7 expands CDT's broader grinding development and testing capabilities. For cutting tool manufacturers, it provides a state-of-the-art platform for developing and testing EVO™ Hybrid Bond wheels, but it can also support other custom grinding wheel development.
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No. While the ANCA TX7 Linear and Walter Helitronic are particularly well suited for solid-tool and regrind applications, CDT can also use these and our other platforms to support complex, high-precision grinding applications in industries such as medical, automotive, aerospace, power generation, and electronics.
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Whether you are looking to order a new grinding wheel, improve an existing process, or test a new material or application, our engineers are here to help. When you need to improve part quality, reduce cycle times, extend wheel life, and lower grinding costs, you don’t want to wait. Get responsive support from CDT’s sales and grinding applications team.
