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).
Tips for Safe Use of Abrasive Cups, Cones and Plugs
Choosing the right product for heavy material removal or getting into hard-to-reach places goes a long way.
Choosing the right product for heavy material removal or getting into hard-to-reach places goes a long way.
Many shops hesitate to incorporate abrasive finishing tools in CNC machines for fear of clogging coolant lines and damaging slides and bearings. However, finishing tools generate very little grit.
Multipass welds are often required in pipeline, ship, heavy-duty structural and pressure vessel construction. Selecting the proper abrasives and cleaning properly between each pass can help optimize results, saving the operation time and money.
Whether the application is construction, shipbuilding, or general metal fabrication, using the right wheel combined with the proper technique and pressure can eliminate many issues operators face when grinding — saving time and money.
Shops can save time and money — and reduce safety risks — when products are used properly. Here’s what to look for and how to correct it to get the most life out of yours.
Saint-Gobain Abrasives (Worcester, MA) has introduced its new, high-performance Norton IDeal-Prime internal diameter grinding wheels for precision applications.
Saint-Gobain Abrasives has introduced Norton Quantum Prime grinding wheels, which feature new, proprietary, nanocrystalline ceramic grain that offers productivity gains across a wide range of applications.
The Sigma Z grinding wheel has been launched by Rex-Cut Abrasives for use on stainless steel, carbon steel, mild steel, galvanized steel, and alloys.
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