Ceramic Abrasives Optimized for Long Life

Walter Surface Technologies’ Smart Resin technology, found in bonded abrasives such as the company’s Zip XX and the XCavator XX, works to expose fresh ceramic grains at the optimal moment to achieve the most productive balance between sharpness and life in a metalworker’s given application.

The company’s V-Strong backing technology, found in its ceramic sanding discs such as the Xtracut and the CoolCut XX, improves durability and toughness of the wheel thanks to stronger resistance of the cloth. With 14% more vulcanized fiber in the cloth than competitors, Walter ceramic sanding discs last longer, resulting is less wheel changeover.

Most flap discs are baked during the manufacturing process to bond the flaps to the backing. However, this process can dry out the backing cloth of the flaps, reducing its performance. Now, with the company’s Max Life cold curing glue, Walter uses fresh abrasives on its products such as the Enduro-Flex Turbo to avoid micro-cracking and drying out, which improves consistency and can extend disc life by up to 25%.