Grinding wheel wear is a significant problem when the wheel has to be continuously
dressed in order to maintain high productivity and high-quality ground surfaces, especially during the manufacture of camshafts and crankshafts for certain automotive applications. This paper describes the use of X-rays to specifically engineer bonding systems for conventional abrasive grinding wheels so that the wheel wears considerably less during cylindrical grinding operations including the peculiarities associated with camshaft and crankshaft grinding.