Industrial Applications of Abrasives

INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS OF ABRASIVES

In three simple versions, any industry utilizes abrasives. To shape concrete machines such as grinding wheels, cylinders, bands, cups, segments, or sticks, they may be bonded to a metal. As with sandpaper, they can be applied to paper, fabric, plastic, or any other material. Or, as when a splash of sand is used to clean the surface of a building while sandblasting, they can be practiced loosely.

Many industrial applications of abrasives fall into one of four general classifications.

Cleansing means removing dirt and freckles from an object's surface. The use of grinding wheels to polish off the metal surface is one aspect.

Shaping is the mechanism by which the desired structure is developed using an abrasive.

Grinding is the shaping of metal.

Sizing is a polishing method in which a surface is faded away by an abrasive until it finds an exact form.

Cutting is the division into two separate parts of a material, as when a diamond saw is used to cut a portion of the metal through it.