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    Index

    A Abrasive ............................................................ 5 Air Cut ............................................................. 84 Air Cutting ....................................................... 84 Aluminum Hub/Base ....................................... 23 Angular ........................................................... 30 Aspect Ratio ................................................... 32

    B Being Caught .................................................. 82 Bevel Blade .................................................... 37 Blade-Wear Indentation .................................. 44 Blocky ............................................................. 31 Bond ................................................................. 6 Bond Tail ......................................................... 12

    C cBN ................................................................. 16 Chuck Table Inclination .................................. 62 Concentration ................................................. 21 Contamination ................................................ 20 Continuous Layout ......................................... 65 Corrosion ........................................................ 80 Creep-Feed .................................................... 61 Cutting Edge ................................................... 33 Cutting Particles ............................................. 20

    D Dicing Blade ................................................... 24 Die Flying ........................................................ 47 Dissolution ...................................................... 80 Distance between Segments.......................... 86 Dresser Board ................................................ 35 Dresser Pin ..................................................... 75 Dressing .......................................................... 34 Dry Polishing Wheel ....................................... 55

    E E/K Ratio......................................................... 40 Eccentricity ..................................................... 46 Edge Chipping ................................................ 95 Effective Blade Exposure ............................... 41 Electroformed Bond ........................................ 11 Escape Cut ..................................................... 74

    F Filler ................................................................ 13 Fine Grinding Wheel ....................................... 54 Flange ............................................................. 28 Flat Dress ....................................................... 45

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    G GC .................................................................. 17 Gettering DP Wheel ....................................... 58 Gettering Layer ............................................... 57 Gettering Site .................................................. 57 Grinding Wheel ............................................... 52 Guide-Mark ..................................................... 78

    H Hub Blade ....................................................... 25 Hub Mount ...................................................... 27 Hub/Base ........................................................ 23 Hubless Blade ................................................ 26

    I In-Feed ........................................................... 60 Inner Nozzle ................................................... 92 In-to-Out Grinding ........................................... 88

    K Kerf ................................................................. 39 Kerf Deviation ................................................. 49 Kerf Displacement .......................................... 49 Kerf Shift ......................................................... 49

    M Meandering ..................................................... 50 Mesh Size ....................................................... 22 Metal Bond ....................................................... 9

    N Nut Side .......................................................... 43

    O Outer Nozzle ................................................... 93 Out-to-In Grinding ........................................... 89

    P Pore .................................................................. 7 Precut ............................................................. 36 Prime Grade ................................................... 29 Processing Particles ....................................... 20

    R Removal Amount ............................................ 59 Removal Volume ............................................ 59 Removed Thickness ....................................... 59 Resin Bond ....................................................... 8 Resinoid Bond .................................................. 8 Rough Grinding Wheel ................................... 53 Runout ............................................................ 46

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    S Saw Mark ........................................................ 70 Scratching ....................................................... 64 Segment ......................................................... 63 Segment Height .............................................. 67 Segment Inner Edge ...................................... 90 Segment Layout ............................................. 66 Segment Outer Edge ...................................... 91 Segment Width ............................................... 68 Self-Grinding ................................................... 69 Self-Sharpening .............................................. 19 Sharp Edge ..................................................... 87 Slant Cut ......................................................... 51 Slant Cutting ................................................... 51 Slipping ........................................................... 85 Sparkout ......................................................... 73 Spindle Side ................................................... 42 Standard Abrasive .......................................... 15 Stress Relief ................................................... 56 Superabrasive ................................................ 14 Surface Burn ................................................... 72 Surface Roughness ........................................ 71

    T Three Elements of Abrasive Products .............. 4 Truing .............................................................. 38

    U Unbalance Amount ......................................... 81 Undulation....................................................... 79 Usable Blade Exposure .................................. 41

    V Vitrified Bond .................................................. 10

    W WA .................................................................. 18 Wavy Cut ........................................................ 48 Wavy Cutting .................................................. 48 Wear Amount .................................................. 77 Wheel Coolant ................................................ 94 Wheel Impact .................................................. 83 Wheel Life ....................................................... 76

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    Three Elements of Abrasive Products

    Category: Diamond (General)

    The three elements that make up an abrasive product: abrasive, bond, and pore.

    Blade

    Pore Bond Abrasive

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    Abrasive Category: Diamond (General)

    One of the three elements of abrasive products. It is one of the materials that makes up an abrasive product, and its role is to directly process the workpiece. Diamond and cBN are called superabrasives; GC and WA are called standard abrasives.

    Pore

    Bond

    Abrasive

    Three elements of abrasive products

    Superabrasive (diamond, cBN)

    Standard abrasive (GC, WA)

    Abrasive

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    Bond Category: Diamond (General)

    One of the three elements of abrasive products. The material that secures abrasives to manufacture blades and wheels. Bonds are categorized as resin bond, metal bond, vitrified bond, or electroformed bond. Workability and processing quality are influenced by the characteristics of the bond.

    Pore

    Bond

    Abrasive

    Three elements of abrasive products

    Metal bond Vitrified bond

    Resin bond

    Electroformed bond

    Bond

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    Pore Category: Diamond (General)

    One of the three elements of abrasive products. Pores are air pockets in the bond that binds abrasives, such as diamond or cBN.

    Pore

    Bond

    Abrasive

    Three elements of abrasive products

    Superabrasive (diamond, cBN)

    Standard abrasive (GC, WA)

    Pore

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    Resin Bond Resinoid Bond

    Category: Diamond (General)

    One type of bond. The main component is resin, and it is sometimes mixed with filler and cured. Resin bond has the weakest abrasion resistance out of all bond types. It has high elasticity and can reduce damage to the workpiece.

    Pore

    Bond

    Abrasive

    Three elements of abrasive products

    Metal bond Vitrified bond

    Resin bond

    Electroformed bond

    Bond

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    Metal Bond Category: Diamond (General)

    One type of bond. Multiple types of metallic powders and diamond or cBN are mixed, and then molded and cured with powder metallurgies. Metal bond has a higher abrasion resistance than resin bond.

    Pore

    Bond

    Abrasive

    Three elements of abrasive products

    Metal bond Vitrified bond

    Resin bond

    Electroformed bond

    Bond

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    Vitrified Bond Category: Diamond (General)

    One type of bond, consisting of glassy or ceramic materials. Vitrified bond has a higher abrasion resistance than resin bond. It also has high rigidity and allows for stable processing during high load processing.

    Pore

    Bond

    Abrasive

    Three elements of abrasive products

    Metal bond Vitrified bond

    Resin bond

    Electroformed bond

    Bond

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    Electroformed Bond Category: Diamond (General)

    One type of bond, manufactured by plating through electroforming. It possesses high cutting ability.

    Pore

    Bond

    Abrasive

    Three elements of abrasive products

    Metal bond Vitrified bond

    Resin bond

    Electroformed bond

    Bond

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    Bond Tail Category: Dicing Blade

    Condition in which the bond is piled up on the opposite side of the abrasive from the rotation direction. This phenomenon occurs in particular with very sharp blades.

    Blade

    Bond

    Abrasive Bond tail

    Rotating direction

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    Filler Category: Diamond (General)

    Filler is a material added to bond. Bond performance changes based on the type of filler added. Filler can promote self-sharpening and allow for electrical conductivity.

    Bond

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    Superabrasive Category: Diamond (General)

    Diamond and cBN are superabrasives. GC and WA are standard abrasives.

    Pore

    Bond

    Abrasive

    Three elements of abrasive products

    Superabrasive (diamond, cBN)

    Standard abrasive (GC, WA)

    Abrasive

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    Standard Abrasive Category: Diamond (General)

    Refers to GC and WA. Diamond and cBN are called superabrasives. Standard abrasives experience more fracturing compared with superabrasives and have a shorter lifespan.

    Pore

    Bond

    Abrasive

    Three elements of abrasive products

    Superabrasive (diamond, cBN)

    Standard abrasive (GC, WA)

    Abrasive

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    cBN Category: Diamond (General)

    The acronym for cubic boron nitride. cBN is the hardest material next to diamond and is more resistant to heat than diamond. It is used to process metal materials.

    Pore

    Bond

    Abrasive

    Three elements of abrasive products

    Superabrasive (diamond, cBN)

    Standard abrasive (GC, WA)

    Abrasive

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    GC Category: Diamond (General)

    The acronym for green silicon carbide. At DISCO, GC is mainly used as the material for dresser boards and is also used for truing blades/wheels and for dressing.

    Pore

    Bond

    Abrasive

    Three elements of abrasive products

    Superabrasive (diamond, cBN)

    Standard abrasive (GC, WA)

    Abrasive

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    WA Category: Diamond (General)

    The acronym for white fused alumina. At DISCO, WA is mainly used as the material for dresser boards and is also used for truing blades/wheels and for dressing.

    Pore

    Bond

    Abrasive

    Three elements of abrasive products

    Superabrasive (diamond, cBN)

    Standard abrasive (GC, WA)

    Abrasive

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    Self-Sharpening Category: Diamond (General)

    In this process, the processing particles discharged during processing scrape and wear away the bond on the processing surface. Then, the worn abrasives fall off, and new abrasives are exposed at the surface to act as the cutting edge.

    Rotating direction

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    Processing Particles Cutting Particles Contamination

    Category: Diamond (General)

    Mixture or pieces of the processed workpiece removed during dicing, grinding, or polishing. Also refers to water for processing that includes this contamination or mixture.

    Rotating direction

    Processing particles

    Workpiece

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    Concentration Category: Diamond (General)

    A measurement of abrasives per cm3 in the abrasive layer. A high concentration contains more abrasive. For example, when the abrasive content is 25%, the concentration is expressed as 100.

    Abrasive

    1 cm

    1 cm

    Concentration 50

    1 cm

    Concentration 75 Concentration 100

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    Mesh Size Category: Diamond (General)

    The unit used to indicate the size of abrasives. Generally, mesh size is written as # (mesh) followed by a number, with a bigger number indicating a smaller abrasive. The size of abrasive is classified by checking whether it can pass through a certain size mesh. This measurement method is the origin of the word “mesh size.”

    1 inch

    #350 #1000 #2000

    1 inch The mesh size is expressed as #230/#270.

    Openings in Mesh per Square Inch Vertical 270 x horizontal 270: Cannot pass through Vertical 230 x horizontal 230: Can pass through

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    Hub/Base Aluminum Hub/Base

    Category: Diamond (General)

    A metal substrate that secures the abrasive layer of hub blades and grinding wheels.

    Hub/Base

    Hub blade Grinding wheel

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    Dicing Blade Category: Dicing Blade

    A precision processing tool, used with dicing saws to groove and dice for all “Kiru” (dicing) processes. It consists of diamond abrasives and bond, which binds the abrasives. There are two types of dicing blades: hub blades and hubless blades.

    Hub blade Hubless blade

    Hubless blade

    Hub blade

    Dicing blade

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    Hub Blade Category: Dicing Blade

    A dicing blade with an aluminum hub. The hub makes even thin blades easy to handle, and hub blades are mainly used for dicing silicon wafers or compound semiconductor wafers.

    Hubless blade

    Hub blade

    Dicing blade

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    Hubless Blade Category: Dicing Blade

    A washer-type dicing blade without an aluminum hub, used with a flange. It is mainly used to singulate electronic materials and electronic parts (glass, ceramics, and various semiconductor packages).

    Hubless blade

    Hub blade

    Dicing blade

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    Hub Mount Category: Dicing Blade

    A securing jig used to mount and secure the hub blade to the spindle of the dicing saw.

    Hub mount

    Hub blade

    Spindle

    Mount nut

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    Flange Category: Dicing Blade

    A securing jig used to mount and secure a hubless blade to the spindle of a dicing saw.

    Flange A

    Flange B

    Spindle

    Hubless blade

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    Prime Grade Category: Dicing Blade

    This grade enables the selection of hub blade patterns such as concentration, kerf width, and blade exposure with higher accuracy than regular products. Processing quality and variation in blade life can be managed.

    Hubless blade

    Hub blade

    Dicing blade

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    Angular Category: Diamond (General)

    One type of abrasives shape (mainly diamond). Long and thin, with a high aspect ratio. The opposite is blocky.

    Angular Blocky

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    Blocky Category: Diamond (General)

    One type of abrasives shape (mainly diamond). The opposite is angular. It has excellent processing performance and is generally coarse, with a mesh size of #320 or lower.

    Angular Blocky

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    Aspect Ratio Category: Diamond (General)

    A scale to express the ratio of the long side to the short side. The formula is “long side divided by short side.” A larger figure means that the shape is long and thin. The closer the value is to 1, the closer the shape is to a square (or round for abrasives).

    Short side

    Long side = long side ÷ short side Aspect ratio

    3

    4

    2

    3

    1

    2

    1

    1 1 2 1.5 1.33

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    Cutting Edge Category: Diamond (General)

    The sharp edge of the abrasives that processes the workpiece during grinding or dicing. Wear to the cutting edge during processing causes its processing performance to deteriorate.

    Rotating direction

    Cutting edge Workpiece

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    Dressing Category: Diamond (General)

    The process used to remove the bond around the abrasives to expose the abrasives. A specific dresser board is necessary for each mesh size.

    Before dressing After dressing Dressing

    Dresser board

    E.g.: Dressing for blade products

    Rotating direction

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    Dresser Board Category: Diamond (General)

    An item processed for dressing. Generally manufactured using standard abrasives.

    For dicing blade For grinding wheel

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    Precut Category: Diamond (General)

    The conditioning process before actual processing to optimize the dressing of the abrasives.

    Before precut After precut Precut

    Workpiece

    Rotating direction

    Abrasive

    Before precut After precut

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    Bevel Blade Category: Dicing Blade

    A type of dicing blade with an angled tip. Grooving a workpiece using a bevel blade is called bevel cut.

    Standard blade

    Bevel blade

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    Truing Category: Dicing Blade

    An operation in which a dicing blade processing surface is corrected in concentric circles against the spindle axis. When a blade is rotated at a high speed while mounted eccentrically, there is an adverse impact on processing quality.

    Before truing After truing Truing

    a

    a c

    b

    a≠b

    a

    a’ c

    b

    a=b

    Spindle

    Blade

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    Kerf Category: Dicing Blade

    Grooves made in a workpiece during processing using a dicing blade.

    Blade

    Kerf

    Spindle

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    E/K Ratio Category: Dicing Blade

    Ratio of blade exposure to kerf width calculated for hub blades before shipment. The formula is “blade exposure (E) / kerf width (K)”

    Kerf width (K)

    Blade exposure (E)

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    Usable Blade Exposure Effective Blade Exposure

    Category: Dicing Blade

    The maximum wear amount from the start to the end of blade use. The amount is calculated by subtracting the margin, the workpiece thickness (including protrusions such as bumps), and the cutting depth into a workpiece securing material from the blade exposure.

    Blade exposure

    Usable blade exposure

    Margin

    Wafer thickness

    Cut depth into workpiece securing material

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    Spindle Side Category: Dicing Blade

    The side of a processed workpiece kerf that is on the same side as the interface between the blade and the hub mount (or flange A).

    Blade

    Spindle side

    Spindle

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    Nut Side Category: Dicing Blade

    The side of a processed workpiece kerf that is on the same side as the interface between the blade and the mount nut (or flange B).

    Blade

    Nut side

    Spindle

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    Blade-Wear Indentation Category: Dicing Blade

    The center of the tip of a dicing blade that has become concave due to wear during processing.

    Normal Blade-wear Indentation

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    Flat Dress Category: Dicing Blade

    A dressing method that makes the tip of a dicing blade flat in a dicing saw.

    Before dressing

    After dressing

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    Runout Eccentricity

    Category: Dicing Blade

    When the centers of the outer diameter of a blade and of the spindle axis are deviated.

    Center of the outer diameter of blade

    Center of spindle axis

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    Die Flying Category: Dicing Blade

    Phenomenon in which singulated workpiece detaches from the dicing tape and flies off.

    Workpiece

    Dicing tape

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    Wavy Cutting Wavy Cut

    Category: Dicing Blade

    A kerf that makes a wavy path when the workpiece is observed from the top.

    Normal kerf

    Wavy kerf

    Workpiece

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    Kerf Deviation Kerf Shift Kerf Displacement

    Category: Dicing Blade

    When a dicing blade does not cut into specified cut positions of a workpiece and the center of the kerf is deviated.

    Specified cut position

    Deviated kerf

    Workpiece

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    Meandering Category: Dicing Blade

    When a cut line is displaced or meandered at the start and end of cutting.

    Workpiece

    Specified cut position

    Meandered kerf

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    Slant Cutting Slant Cut

    Category: Dicing Blade

    When a dicing blade does not cut into the workpiece vertically, and consequently the kerf becomes slanted.

    Blade

    Spindle Normal Slant cut

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    Grinding Wheel Category: Grinding Wheel

    A wheel mounted on a grinder and used in “Kezuru” (grinding) processes, which are processes for thinning or flattening workpieces, such as silicon wafers or compound semiconductor wafers.

    Dry polishing wheel

    Grinding wheel

    Wheel

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    Rough Grinding Wheel Category: Grinding Wheel

    A grinding wheel used for rough grinding with an emphasis on processing efficiency. The workpiece surface roughness after grinding is coarse due to the large abrasives used in the wheel.

    Dry polishing wheel

    Grinding wheel

    Wheel

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    Fine Grinding Wheel Category: Grinding Wheel

    A grinding wheel that grinds a workpiece by a small amount using fine abrasives and removes the damage layer generated by rough grinding (a process called fine grinding).

    Dry polishing wheel

    Grinding wheel

    Wheel

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    Dry Polishing Wheel Category: Dry Polishing Wheel

    A dry polishing wheel is mounted on a polisher and removes microscopic grinding marks generated during backgrinding. The wheel is used to perform “Migaku” (polishing) processes. The wheel removes residual stress on the workpiece surface without water or chemical fluids, improving die strength.

    Dry polishing wheel

    Grinding wheel

    Wheel

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    Stress Relief Category: Diamond (General)

    The process of removing the stress layer (damage layer) on the workpiece surface and improving die strength.

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    Gettering Site Gettering Layer

    Category: Dry Polishing Wheel

    A gettering site serves to capture and contain metal impurities such as Cu. A gettering layer is a generic term for the layer that forms on the ground surface or polished surface and in which impurities, crystal defects, and distortions exist. The damage layer is located in the upper layer of the gettering layer.

    Workpiece Gettering layer

    Contaminated impurities

    Crystal defects, distortions

    Damage layer

    Gettering site

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    Gettering DP Wheel Category: Dry Polishing Wheel

    A dry polishing wheel that forms crystal defects and distortions (gettering sites) on the ground or polished surface.

    Dry polishing wheel

    Grinding wheel

    Wheel

    Gettering DP wheel

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    Removal Amount Removal Volume Removed Thickness

    Category: Grinding Wheel / Dry Polishing Wheel

    Amount removed from a workpiece (grinding/polishing amount) by processing using a grinding wheel (grinding) or dry polishing wheel (polishing).

    Wheel

    Workpiece Removal amount

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    In-Feed Category: Grinding Wheel

    A grinding method that feeds a grinding wheel in the thrust direction against the spindle axis for a rotating workpiece. Grinding is performed using an inclined and umbrella-shaped chuck table so that only a half arc of the grinding wheel contacts the workpiece. Compared with the creep-feed method, the processing load is small and thinning is possible.

    Thrust direction

    Workpiece Grinding wheel

    Spindle axis

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    Creep-Feed Category: Grinding Wheel

    A grinding method that feeds a workpiece in the radial direction against the spindle axis at a low feed rate while maintaining the height direction of the grinding wheel.

    Radial direction

    Workpiece

    Grinding wheel

    Spindle axis

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    Chuck Table Inclination Category: Grinding Wheel

    Inclining an umbrella-shaped chuck table so that grinding can be performed using the half arc of a wheel, lowering the processing load for in-feed grinding. Also refers to the inclination angle of the chuck table.

    Wheel

    Workpiece

    Table

    A Figure viewed from A

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    Segment Category: Grinding Wheel

    Diamond-layered section (wheel segments) of a grinding wheel.

    Segments

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    Scratching Category: Grinding Wheel

    One type of processing defect and a general term for damage occurring on the ground surface of a workpiece.

    Workpiece Scratching

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    Continuous Layout Category: Grinding Wheel

    A layout of grinding wheel segments that puts no space between wheel segments. The purpose is to avoid segment cracking and to improve processing quality.

    Continuous layout Segment layout

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    Segment Layout Category: Grinding Wheel

    A layout of grinding wheel segments that puts a certain amount of space between wheel segments.

    Continuous layout Segment layout

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    Segment Height Category: Grinding Wheel

    The amount of a grinding wheel segment protruding from the base.

    Base

    Segment height

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    Segment Width Category: Grinding Wheel

    The surface of a grinding wheel segment that contacts the workpiece and the segment dimension diametric to the wheel.

    Base

    Segment width

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    Self-Grinding Category: Grinding Wheel

    Performed to maintain grinding accuracy by correcting the inclinations of the chuck table and the spindle. The upper surface of the chuck table is removed within the equipment by mounting a self-grinding wheel. This process is called self-grinding because part of the equipment itself is being ground, not a workpiece.

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    Saw Mark Category: Grinding Wheel

    Deep grinding marks that are generated on the surface of a workpiece.

    Saw mark

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    Surface Roughness Category: Wheel (General)

    Values calculated by measuring irregularities on the ground or polished surface of a workpiece. Results are displayed with average and/or maximum height.

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    Surface Burn Category: Grinding Wheel

    One type of processing defect. Processing load increases when diamond abrasives in segments have dropped off and/or worn out, leading to irregular heating. The heating causes discoloration of the ground/polished surface of a workpiece.

    Normal Surface burn (center)

    Surface burn (entire)

    Normal Surface burn

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    Sparkout Category: Grinding Wheel

    A process that smooths the ground surface by removing remaining material using elastic deflection when a workpiece has reached a specified thickness. The process is carried out while maintaining the wheel height (Z-axis location) and without processing the surface further in the Z-axis direction.

    Wheel

    Remaining material

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    Escape Cut Category: Grinding Wheel

    A process in which the grinding wheel slowly ascends after sparkout. This affects the condition of the processed surface.

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    Dresser Pin Category: Dry Polishing Wheel

    A consumable tool that is mounted on a polisher and performs dry polishing wheel dressing.

    Dresser pin

    Dry polishing wheel

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    Wheel Life Category: Wheel (General)

    The number of workpieces that can be processed by one wheel.

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    Wear Amount Category: Wheel (General)

    The wheel wear amount per workpiece(s) or removal amount. In general, this is expressed through the reduction in segment height.

    Process a certain quantity

    Reduction in segment height

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    Guide-Mark Category: Wheel (General)

    Used as reference for positioning when mounting a wheel onto a grinder.

    Grinder side

    Wheel side

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    Undulation Category: Grinding Wheel

    One type of processing defect. A cyclic undulation on the surface of a workpiece, in which a color difference (contrasting density) that can be visually observed appears on the ground surface.

    Top view Cross-section view

    Undulation

    Affected layer

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    Corrosion Dissolution

    Category: Diamond (General)

    When a bond component is eluted due to the impact of deionized water used during processing, lowering segment/blade strength. This phenomenon is observed especially in electroformed bond and vitrified bond.

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    Unbalance Amount Category: Wheel (General)

    The amount of displacement between the center of gravity of the rotating parts and the rotating center.

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    Being Caught Category: Grinding Wheel

    In grinding, when foreign matter on a workpiece is caught by a grinding wheel, which can lead to workpiece scratching and/or breakage.

    Foreign matter

    Workpiece

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    Wheel Impact Category: Wheel (General)

    When a wheel collides with a workpiece at a high speed while descending because the air cut amount is lower than expected due to setup errors and/or workpiece thickness variations.

    Air cut amount

    reduced

    Air cut amount

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    Air Cutting Air Cut

    Category: Grinding Wheel

    A process in which a grinding wheel rotates and lowers at the same feed speed as used for processing from a position higher than the workpiece thickness.

    Wheel rotates

    and lowers

    Air cutting amount

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    Slipping Category: Grinding Wheel

    When a grinding wheel cannot cut into a workpiece due to insufficient spindle axis torque.

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    Distance between Segments Category: Grinding Wheel

    Distance between neighboring segments of a grinding wheel. Adjusting the distance makes it possible to change the segment contact area against the workpiece, optimizing the processing capability of the wheel.

    Distance between segments

    Base

    Distance: Large (Contact area: Small)

    Distance: Narrow (Contact area: Large)

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    Sharp Edge Category: Grinding Wheel

    When the cross-sectional shape of the edge becomes sharp during thinning of a workpiece. Also refers to the sharpened section itself.

    Thinning

    Sharp edge

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    In-to-Out Grinding Category: Grinding Wheel

    When a grinding wheel grinds from the center to the edge of a workpiece.

    Wheel

    Workpiece

    Table

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    Out-to-In Grinding Category: Grinding Wheel

    When a grinding wheel grinds from the edge to the center of a workpiece.

    Wheel

    Workpiece

    Table

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    Segment Inner Edge Category: Grinding Wheel

    The inner edge of a segment as well as the grinding method in which the inner edge becomes a processing point.

    Base

    Inner edge

    Wheel

    Workpiece

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    Segment Outer Edge Category: Grinding Wheel

    The outer edge of a segment as well as the grinding method in which the outer edge becomes a processing point.

    Wheel

    Workpiece Base

    Outer edge

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    Inner Nozzle Category: Grinding Wheel

    A nozzle that supplies water directly to the processing point during segment inner edge processing.

    Wheel

    Workpiece

    Table

    BG tape

    Inner nozzle

    Inner nozzle

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    Outer Nozzle Category: Grinding Wheel

    A nozzle that supplies water directly to the processing point during segment outer edge processing.

    Wheel

    Workpiece

    Table

    BG tape

    Outer nozzle

    Outer nozzle

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    Wheel Coolant Category: Grinding Wheel

    Water supplied from the spindle to the processing point through holes in the wheel base.

    Wheel

    Workpiece

    BG tape

    Hole

    Table

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    Edge Chipping Category: Grinding Wheel

    Cracking that occurs at the edge of a workpiece, mostly during rough grinding.

    Workpiece

    Workpiece

    Edge chipping

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    Revision History

    Rev. Issued on Details 1.00 Oct. 31, 2019 Newly created.

    DISCO Terms DictionaryPrecision Processing ToolsRev. 1.00IndexThree Elements of Abrasive ProductsAbrasiveBondPoreResin BondResinoid BondMetal BondVitrified BondElectroformed BondBond TailFillerSuperabrasiveStandard AbrasivecBNGCWASelf-SharpeningProcessing ParticlesCutting ParticlesContaminationConcentrationMesh SizeHub/BaseAluminum Hub/BaseDicing BladeHub BladeHubless BladeHub MountFlangePrime GradeAngularBlockyAspect RatioCutting EdgeDressingDresser BoardPrecutBevel BladeTruingKerfE/K RatioUsable Blade ExposureEffective Blade ExposureSpindle SideNut SideBlade-Wear IndentationFlat DressRunoutEccentricityDie FlyingWavy CuttingWavy CutKerf DeviationKerf ShiftKerf DisplacementMeanderingSlant CuttingSlant CutGrinding WheelRough Grinding WheelFine Grinding WheelDry Polishing WheelStress ReliefGettering SiteGettering LayerGettering DP WheelRemoval AmountRemoval VolumeRemoved ThicknessIn-FeedCreep-FeedChuck Table InclinationSegmentScratchingContinuous LayoutSegment LayoutSegment HeightSegment WidthSelf-GrindingSaw MarkSurface RoughnessSurface BurnSparkoutEscape CutDresser PinWheel LifeWear AmountGuide-MarkUndulationCorrosionDissolutionUnbalance AmountBeing CaughtWheel ImpactAir CuttingAir CutSlippingDistance between SegmentsSharp EdgeIn-to-Out GrindingOut-to-In GrindingSegment Inner EdgeSegment Outer EdgeInner NozzleOuter NozzleWheel CoolantEdge ChippingRevision History