Abrasive Wheels, Discs Provide Fast Metal Removal
The grit wheels and discs are designed to stay sharper longer.
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Norton Vortex Rapid Blend Coarse Grit Wheels and Discs from Saint-Gobain Abrasives offer a finishing process solution that takes down and blends welds in a single operation, providing a 30-50% improvement in productivity, while leaving smear-free finishes. The coarse grit wheels and discs are an extension of the Vortex Rapid Blend medium grit offering.
The specially designed Vortex aluminum oxide aggregate grain is said to stay sharper longer, resulting in an increased cut rate while producing a fine finish. The coarse grit offering features Clean Bond, a special resin chemistry that resists shedding when used on sharp edges, making it well suited for deburring with no smearing. For versatile, multidimensional deburring and finishing that minimizes wheel changes, Vortex Rapid Blend coarse grit has a unified 3D construction, enabling operators to use them on the top, bottom or side. The strong unified construction is formed by compressing multiple layers of nonwoven web material and bonding together, making the abrasives durable as well as waterproof, washable, conformable and non-loading.
In addition, the coarse grit wheels and discs are available in densities from high to low, depending on the application. Harder density wheels offer more heavy stock removal, and softer density wheels are suitable for mild finishing applications.
“We are pleased to offer our customers a new ergonomic abrasives solution which has an aggressive, fast stock removal rate, while also providing a fine finish,” says Michael Radaelli, senior product manager at Saint-Gobain Abrasives. “The new Vortex Rapid Blend coarse grit offerings reduce grinding steps and save significant time and costs, offering over twice the life of conventional unified wheels.”
The company says the Vortex Rapid Blend coarse grit addition is good for aluminum, mild steel, carbon, Inconel, titanium and stainless steel materials found in axle and thread deburring, finishing and blending applications in industries such as oil and gas, metal fabrication, aerospace, automotive and welding/ MRO.
