Sectioning

- Chisel effect.
- Loose specimen clamping.
- Excessive initial force applied.
- Missing blotters.

- Insure coolant is flowing evenly on both sides.
- Rigidly clamp specimen.
- Reduce applied cutting pressure.
- Insert blotter.
- Clean flange of surface corrosion.

- Wheel wearing down too fast.

- Select harder wheel.
- Reduce applied cutting pressure.

- Slow wheel breakdown.

- Reduce coolant rate.
- Choose harder of softer wheel.
- Use swaying stroke.

-Incorrect cutting fluid.
-Improper cut off wheel.
-Excessive initial force applied.

- Increase coolant rate.
- Reduce applied cutting pressure.
- Select softer wheel.

- Excessive force applied.

- Reduce applied cutting pressure.

- Flow of coolant not uniform.

- Clean hoses from cutting debris.

- Sample being cut is too large.

- Decrease sample size.

-Excessive initial force applied.
-Missing blotters.

-Reduce applied cutting pressure
-Insert blotters.

-Excessive vibration.
-Excessive initial force applied.
-Missing blotters.

-Reduce applied cutting pressure.
-Insert blotters.