In 1979 Bristol University concluded some work, on behalf of Rolls-Royce, on continuous dress creep feed grinding. This work had only been applied to flat faces at that point. In November 1979 it was decided to embark on a production implementation plan based on profile work and involving development work in line with production implementation.
This paper describes the theory of continuous dress creep feed grinding, explores the development work required and the implementation procedure and experience gained in the production of turbine blades in Product Centre 02 at Rolls-Royce, Derby.
