Abrasives High Quality Abrasives
An abrasive is a material, often a mineral, that is used to shape or finish through rubbing which leads to part of the surface being worn away. While finishing a material often means polishing it to gain a smooth, reflective surface it can also involve roughening as in satin, matte or beaded finishes. Abrasives generally rely upon a difference in hardness between the abrasive and the material being worked upon, the abrasive being the harder of the two substances. Abrasives are extremely commonplace and are used very extensively in a wide variety of industrial, domestic, and technological applications. This gives rise to a large variation in the physical and chemical composition of abrasives as well as the shape of the abrasive. Common uses for abrasives include grinding, polishing, buffing, honing, cutting, drilling, sharpening, lapping, and sanding. To the user it is important that the product chosen to perform these tasks is of high quality and fit for purpose. With the many uses for abrasives it is vital to have the knowledge to give the correct advice to the customer. There are many companies supplying the industry and it is important to keep customers informed about the latest products. You can read about some of these in this feature.
Williams Wheel Abrasives manufacture high quality abrasives at their two sites in Staffordshire. The product range includes sanding sponges, abrasive blocks and non-woven discs. They launched their value added service of abrasive sponge high resolution colour brand printing at the Totally DIY show. This advanced new printing technology allows Williams Wheel to print small or large orders of their products, making branding accessible to more retailers. Williams Wheel also manufacture vitrified and resin bonded abrasives. Since the 1970’s they have been producing Concrete and stone rubbing blocks, combination oilstones and many specialist products. A more recent introduction was Spydoflex. This non woven disc has versions for use on a drill or an angle grinder and is manufactured in two types; black for cleaning and stripping of metal or blue for cleaning stone and concrete.
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KLINGSPOR A46VZ Duplex –
One For Both The KLINGSPOR A46VZ Duplex super-thin cutting and grinding disc combines effective cutting and safe grinding in one disc. With the A46VZ Duplex KLINGSPOR sets new standards in terms of economy and performance; not only are set-up times reduced but outstanding cutting times are also achieved. With a width of just 2mm the A46VZ Duplex cuts efficiently with a thin cut and minimum burr formation. Thanks to an innovative manufacturing process, it far exceeds the lateral stress specifications of 290 N required by standards for grinding discs, and thus ensures trouble-free deburring and chamfering without tool change, in addition to efficient cutting.
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The disc is available in diameters 115 and 125mm, and is characterized by minimum sparking and minimum odour nuisance. It is free of sulphur, iron and chlorine and thus offers ideal prerequisites for machining a variety of demanding grades of steel and stainless steel. It is outstandingly suited for machining thin tubes, profiles and sheet metal. The areas of implementation for the A46VZ Duplex are construction, vehicle manufacturing, tank construction and wherever the user wants to dispense with changing tools and machines, but does not want to compromise efficient cutting and safe deburring.
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