Patent ID: 7797074

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a stationary base, a first holder configured to retain a grinding wheel and a second holder configured to retain a wheel dresser, said first and second holders each being one of a chuck, a spindle retainer, and a turret retainer, a third holder configured to retain a workpiece and being immovable with respect to said base, said first and second holders being movable with respect to said base and each being movable in at least two axes of translation relative to said third holder, and a computer control system operatively coupled to said first holder and to said second holder and including a computer readable medium having disposed thereon code which, when executed, is configured to cause movement of said first holder and said second holder to simultaneously perform a dressing operation causing said wheel dresser to engage said grinding wheel for dressing of said grinding wheel and a grinding operation causing said grinding wheel to engage said workpiece for grinding said workpiece.