Cleaning and Finishing Rolls

Non-woven material bonded with grain make this material excellent for deburring, blending and polishing.

Minimum 1 roll

Finishing Buffs

Clean, finish and polish without altering product dimensions. Use with mandrels.

Finishing Discs

Heavy Duty Aluminum Oxide nonwoven abrasive. Clean,
finish and polish without altering product dimensions.
Use on ferrous and non-ferrous materials, plastics, and wood.

General Purpose Finishing Disc Wheels

Clean, finish and polish without altering product dimensions.

General Purpose Finishing Disc Wheels

Clean, finish and polish without altering product dimensions.

General Purpose Finishing Disc Wheels

Clean, finish and polish without altering product dimensions.

Hand Pads

Non-woven material bonded with abrasive grain make this material excellent for deburring, blending and polishing.

Minimum 1 case

Heavy Duty Finishing Disc Wheels

Heavy Duty Aluminum Oxide nonwoven abrasive.
Clean,finish and polish without altering product dimensions.
Use on steel, brass, aluminum and lacquered wood.

Interleaf Flapwheels

Wheels are made of alternating flaps of coated abrasive and non woven web.
Provides aggressive cut and fine finishes. Mounted on 1/4" shank.

Non-Woven Flapwheels

Wheels are made in three grades of nonwoven abrasive.
Ideal for decorative finishes and light deburring applications. Mounted on 1/4" shank.

Scuff Balls

The Scuff Ball™ is a flexible, soft non-woven abrasive that adapts easily to unusual shapes
and patterns. Open web design provides consistent finish with cool cutting action.
Power scuffing replaces labor intensive hand pad scuffing with uniform finish.
Works with most drills and electric or pneumatic grinders.
Extension bar allows use in dead end holes and difficult to reach areas.

Stripper Discs

Strong open web construction. Use for removal of rust, scale, oxidation

and corrosion on metal surfaces.

Flat Style - Type 27

Surface Conditioning Bands

Abrasive non-woven surface conditioning material used for sanding and finishing of

curved and contoured surfaces.Available in coarse, medium and very fine grits.

Used with rubber expanding drums.

Surface Conditioning Belts

Abrasive non-woven surface conditioning material used for sanding and finishing of all surfaces including wood and metal.
Available in coarse, medium and very fine grits.

 

Other sizes available.

Surface Conditioning Quick Change Discs

Abrasive non-woven surface conditioning material used for sanding
 and finishing of all surfaces including wood and metal
with the convenience of quick change hubs.

Turn On Style - Type S (Standard, Norton)

Surface Conditioning Stars

Individual threaded stars made with an abrasive non-woven surface conditioning
 material used for sanding and finishing of all surfaces including wood and metal.
Designed for cleaning, finishing and polishing inside diameters. Use with mandrels.

Velcro® Style Disc Holders

For use with Velcro® Surface Conditioning Discs.

 

Minimum 1 pc.

Velcro® Surface Conditioning Discs

Abrasive non-woven surface conditioning material used for sanding and
finishing of all surfaces including wood and metal.
Available in coarse, medium and very fine grits.

Other sizes available. Call for pricing and availability.

Highly Conformable - Less likely to gouge the work piece, which makes the product more forgiving.
Conforms to contoured surfaces which gives a uniform finish and does not disturb critical tolerances.
Requires less finishing steps than coated materials.

Abrasive Grain is Dispersed Through 3D Structure - Uniform scratch pattern throughout the life

of the product.

Open Structure - Resistant to loading.

Synthetic Components - Fully waterproof, also resistant to cutting fluids and metalworking chemicals.

non-woven ConstructionNonwoven Construction

To understand the cutting action of nonwovens,

imagine the grit particle held by a helical spring rather than a solid block.

The force applied to the nonwoven product is not transferred directly to the workpiece.

Some of the force is absorbed in the

compressing spring. Nonwovens are less aggressive than coated products and tend to give a finer finish.

As a nonwoven product runs over a contoured surface the “springs” compress and expand allowing the grain to constantly

be in contact with the entire surface. A coated product would skip over the valleys and remove excess metal on the peaks

as the force of application would be concentrated on the smaller area of the peaks. The nonwoven finishes more uniformly

contoured surfaces without compromising critical tolerances obtained in earlier machine or molding operations.

This feature is especially important during a finishing process. The conventional method for removing deep scratches is to

use a progression of coated abrasives, e.g. 80, 120 and 180 grit, each giving a progressively finer finish while removing

the previous deeper scratch. The conforming nature of nonwovens allows deeper scratches to be removed while providing

a fine finish. This reduces the number of steps in the process - A major cost saving given today's labor costs.

The wear characteristics of nonwoven abrasives are different from coated abrasives. This is due to the 3D structure of nonwoven

abrasives compared to the flat structure of coated abrasives. In use, the abrasive grain within coated abrasives wears down and

changes shape which results in different scratch patterns. With nonwoven abrasives, as the product wears away, the substrate

breaks down and the grain is lost which reveals a new sharp grain. This process leads to uniform finishing, defined by a more

consistent Ra throughout the life of the product.

Other features of nonwovens are the fibers and chemicals used in the construction. Like coated abrasives, nonwovens have

a substrate base (nylon fiber), a resin bond (phenolic or polyurethane) and abrasive grain. In nonwoven abrasives the fiber

and resin are fully waterproof so the product can be used wet or dry. The structure of a nonwoven abrasive is extremely open

so that the product resists loading and is cool running.

Surface Conditioning (Scrim Reinforced) products have the basic nonwoven structure but are scrim reinforced and are one sided.

The scrim adds strength for use in high speed belt and disc operations. Surface conditioning products are used flat as they are one sided.

The product is available in three grades: Coarse – equivalent to 120 grit finish; Medium – equivalent to 180 grit finish;

Very Fine – equivalent to 320 grit finish.

For airfiles, the base nonwoven is modified to give increased flexibility as the belt has to run around a small diameter contact wheel

(less than 1”) without cracking. For longer belts the base has been modified to resist stretch in the length direction.

Discs and Quick-Lok Discs use a regular scrim product.

Non-reinforced Products are made of the nonwoven base and have not been reinforced with a woven scrim.

They can be broken down into three categories: Handpads - best suited for hand applications; Heavy Duty - best for flap wheels,

mops; Super Duty - best for discs where extreme durability is required.

Nonwoven Finish

The materials are generally color coded by the abrasive mineral as follows:
Aluminum Oxide     Maroon/Brown
Silicon Carbide     Gray/Black
Alumino Silicate     Green
Non Abrasive     White

The products are coded by finish description rather than grit size. This is because nonwovens give a finer finish than coated abrasive

products and therefore quoting a grit size would be misleading. The AO and SiC ranges are available in the following grades with

the corresponding equivalent grit size:
Grade     Equivalent Finish to Coated
Ultra Fine     600 to 800 Grit (only SiC)
Very Fine     320 Grit
Fine     180 Grit
Medium     120 Grit
Coarse     80 Grit