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New Abrasive Discs and Cut-Off Wheels for Metal Fabrication
This new catalog from CGW-Camel Grinding Wheels contains a new cotton fiber abrasives product category and trimmable flap discs, semi-flex discs, cut-off wheels, coated abrasives, surface conditioning products, resin bonded wheels and vitrified wheels.
Tri-State Tool Grinding Becomes Licensed Partner of KOMET
Already active in the automotive and aerospace industries, this strategic partnership will enable the tool house to grow by using the extreme precision of their new computerized measuring and inspection equipment to acquire customers and penetrate the medical industry, especially in Indiana.
Precision-Shaped Grains: Faster Cutting, Longer Lasting, Easier to Use
Erik Vanstrum of 3M Abrasives explains why this structural innovation represents one of the most important changes in the abrasives industry in decades. With a grinding wheel that lasts this long, shops now have a new easy-to-use abrasive that is not only good for workers, it’s good for business.
Rigid Semi-Flex Discs for Tough Grinding Applications
For aggressive grinding applications, these discs are made with a stiff phenolic resin fiberglass backing that is engineered to be stronger than plastic or vulcanized fiber backings for more control when grinding corners and edges.
What’s New: Abrasive Grinding Tools
The latest innovations and advances in abrasive technology promise to increase your productivity not only in grinding, but in finishing and other multipurpose applications as well.
Round Tool Flute, Creepfeed Grinding of Hard Materials
Norton Paradigm Diamond and CBN Wheels from Saint-Gobain Abrasives deliver high grinding performance, exceptionally fast cycle times and low cost per parts on carbide and high-speed steel round tool fluting.
Milling-Boring-Grinding of Automotive, Aerospace and Medical Parts
These indexable face milling cutters, PCD-tipped Micro Boring Bars from CITCO Tools and new bond system from Gardner Abrasives for centerless grinding increase production rates and lower cost per unit.
EXPANDING COLLET SYSTEMS WITH THRU-HARDENED, INTERCHANGEABLE COLLET HEADS
This patented system of expanding collets and between center arbors (mandrels) from Hardinge grip the internal diameter of a part for turning, milling, grinding, assembly, inspection and automation applications with durability for long production runs with superior surface finishes and fast collet changeover from the front.
How to Select the Right Flap Disc
With all the benefits afforded by flap discs, it is important to know how to select the right one by understanding all the variables and how they apply to your metal fabricating application. Here are the five variables that will help you pick the correct one.
METALWORKING FLUID FOR MACHINING, GRINDING ON NON-FERROUS, FERROUS METALS
Cimtech 310® low-PH synthetic metalworking fluid from Cimcool Fluid Technology meets the strict requirements of automotive and aerospace manufacturing and is ideal for creep feed grinding on non-ferrous or ferrous metals.
HIGH PRECISION GRINDER FOR PUNCH AND DIE MAINTENANCE
The ValuGrind™ grinder from Mate Precision Tooling uses an extra large 165 mm diameter diamond grinding wheel for the best finish that ensures superior surface flatness and lets fabricators precisely regrind punches and dies to maintain optimum condition for the highest quality parts production.
ECONOMICAL REGRINDING OF CUTTING TOOLS
FC-200D and FC-500D Polycrystalline Tool Grinders from Rush Machinery are ideal for economically manufacturing and regrinding of PCD, CVD, PCBN, carbide and HSS tools. They grind angles and radii on turning and milling inserts, boring tools, milling cutters, grooving tools, reamers and special tools.
