Abrasives, Belts, Brushes, Grinding Wheels
This category includes systems and materials used to shape or finish a workpiece by using friction to wear away small particles of the piece. The abrasive process can be used to either smooth and polish the workpiece’s surface or to roughen it. Many abrasives incorporate a bonding system, where grains are held together with a fixative (grinding wheels), and coated systems, where abrasive grains are imbedded into a paper backing or a cloth. The groups of abrasive components include ceramic grain abrasives, silicon abrasives, aluminum oxides, and superabrasives (diamond and cubic boron nitride).
How Safe Use of Cutting and Grinding Abrasives Benefits Productivity
Some operators learn as they go or get advice from coworkers who may (or may not) have received appropriate training. Unfortunately, learning about abrasives through trial and error can cause unnecessary accidents and injuries while negatively impacting productivity and costs.
Some operators learn as they go or get advice from coworkers who may (or may not) have received appropriate training. Unfortunately, learning about abrasives through trial and error can cause unnecessary accidents and injuries while negatively impacting productivity and costs.
More fabricators are using larger-diameter grinding wheels and flap discs for their grinding, material removal, and blending applications instead of 4.5-inch options — and with good reason.
A 20% increase in consumable costs reduced an automotive component supplier’s cycle time by 30% and is saving almost $250,000 annually on machine operating costs.
To meet demanding production schedules in a competitive environment, this shop eliminated wasted time, improved utilization, reduced the number of setup sheets and increased their saleable sheets by correcting the grit being used on their custom finishing machine.
Cleaning and grinding multipass welds requires careful abrasive selection that best matches the weld pass and desired outcomes to optimize efficiency, reduce costs and maximize operator safety. Here is a review of the types of abrasives and some best practices to optimize results.
Klingspor’s Titan flap discs are designed to provide a cooler grind. You’ll be able to use more of the disc thanks to backing plates you can trim – and trim costs at the same time.
Dynabrade’s 3” diameter Dynorbital Extreme random orbital sander is ergonomically designed so it’s comfortable to hold. With 12,000 RPM and the highest horsepower rating in its class, it’s a workhorse tool for both general and ultra-fine sanding applications.
The hard bond blend of Rex-Cut’s Velocity Mounted Points ensures long life and high performance on ferrous and non-ferrous metals. They’re designed to withstand aggressive applications such weld grinding, heavy deburring and more.
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