Material Types For Industrial Abrasive Applications

Ceramic, Trizact, and Zirconia Industrial Abrasive Belts

Industrial abrasive belts are available in a wide variety of different materials for industrial polishing, shaping, and finishing of different types of base metals. Waters Industrial currently inventories a multitude of different abrasive belts in popular materials such as:

1)   Aluminum Oxide Abrasive Belts

Aluminum oxide abrasive belts are commonly used for both wood and metal, and are the most popular type of industrial abrasive. It comes in different grits, and features a cloth backing combined with an aluminum oxide flaked texture.

2)   Ceramic Abrasive Belts

Ceramic abrasive belts are rapidly growing in popularity in the world of metal finishing. Their hard grain gives the user an increased product life compared to other popular abrasive materials. Ceramic belts are perfect for steel, aluminum, cast iron, and carbon steel. Ceramic abrasives are also great for deburring welds and finishing imperfections.

3)   Trizact Abrasive Belts

Trizact abrasives are a modern industrial abrasive that are designed to promote consistent, even wear for detailed finishes on fragile or intricate metal components. They consist of pyramid shaped structures that allow for even cuts and easy removal of imperfections. They are frequently used by jewelers, but can also be used to fine-tune a multitude of different industrial metals as well including stainless steel, nickel, and cobalt.

4)   Zirconia Abrasive Belts

Zirconia abrasive belts are designed for heavy duty metal shaping, polishing, grinding, and deburring. It features a resin over resin bonding with a stretch resistant, waterproof cloth backing. Zirconia is great for reducing friction, making it ideal for temperature sensitive metals. Zirconia abrasives are commonly used on stainless steel, high nickel alloys, and aluminum.

Standard Abrasives for Industrial Metal Fabrication

Waters industrial has the perfect abrasive belt for whatever your needs may be. Whether you plan on working with stainless steel, carbon-steel, aluminum, or any other industrial metals, Waters Industrial is guaranteed to have the perfect grinding wheel or abrasive belt to give you a pristine finish.

Here at Waters Industrial, we are dedicated to providing all of our clients with high quality industrial abrasives, metal finishing machinery, and a whole host of other industrial products for all of their metalworking needs. Don’t see what you’re looking for in stock? Waters Industrial has got you covered. If we don’t have an abrasive you need, we’ll order one in just for you!

We offer exceptionally fast shipping methods for all of our products, and we currently ship our ceramic, aluminum oxide, Trizact, and Zirconia abrasives to machinists nationwide. Whether metalworking is merely a part time hobby, or if you’re the owner of a large-scale, industrial machine shop, the professionals at Waters Industrial are here to provide you with superior customer service and advice.

Be sure to check out our full line of industrial abrasives today!