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| Belt Sander - Contact Wheel | Belt grinders and sanders consist of a driven contact wheel and a tensioning idler wheel or pulley. Abrasive belts are mounted on both the contact wheel and the idler wheel. Workpieces are ground or sanded against the abrasive belt. Contact wheels vary according to the degree of aggressiveness or finishing required. Smooth, soft, rubber-faced contact wheels are the least aggressive. Serrated, hard, rubber-faced wheels are more aggressive. Smooth metal or steel-faced wheels are the most aggressive. | ||
| Belt Sander - Edge / Platen | Edge sanders and platen grinders consist of a driven contact wheel, a tensioning wheel or pulley, and an intermediate platen behind an abrasive belt. Abrasive belts are mounted on both the contact wheel and the tensioning idler. Workpieces are ground or sanded against the abrasive belt, which is backed by the platen. Platen types vary by operation and are constructed of smooth, low-friction materials that reduce heating and limit thermally-induced belt damage. Flat platens are used to remove irregularities from workpieces and to provide a smooth, flat surface. Edge sanders or sidestroke sanders are usually stationary and feature a long, flat platen behind a horizontal belt-sanding surface. | ||
| Buffer | Buffers and buffing machines are used to buff or improve a surface's brightness or finish. Buffers drive either a non-woven abrasive pad or a buffing pad that is loaded with buffing or polishing compounds. Many buffers use a combination of rotary and orbital or oscillatory actions. | ||
| Disc Sander | Disc sanders are abrasive-disc grinders or grinding-wheel face grinders. Vertical shaft grinder or sander is another term used to describe disc grinders or sanders. | ||
| Drum / Sleeve | Drum sanders and sleeve sanders are designed to drive an expanding drum that accepts abrasive sleeves. | ||
| Inner Diameter (ID) / Internal | Devices are designed to accept smaller diameter wheels, abrasive products or deburring tools for grinding or finishing the surface on the inner diameter (ID) or internal recesses of a part. | ||
| Orbital / Planetary | Devices use an orbital or planetary motion during finishing or grinding. | ||
| Polisher | Polishers, polishing lathes, and polishing machines are specialized machines that produce bright, smooth or fine surface finishes. Polishing machines use loose abrasives, lapping compounds or fixed fine-grit abrasive products such as abrasive films or discs. Polishing lathes include two tapered shafts that accept a variety of tool holding chucks. | ||
| Sander | Sanders and sanding machines include specialized holding, driving, or coated abrasive products such as abrasive belts, abrasive discs, and sandpaper or non-woven abrasives. Sanders and sanding machines include belt sanders, disc sanders, orbital sanders, bench grinders, backstand grinders, wide belt sanding machines, vibratory or jitterbug sanders, and file belt sanders. | ||
| Surface / Conveyor Sander | Surface grinding machines are used to grind flat and/or square surfaces. Typically, the workpiece is mounted on a table underneath the grinding wheel or belt. The table sweeps back and forth in a reciprocating motion with each pass. The table is indexed upwards to provide the desired depth of cut after each pass. | ||
| Stroke / Pad (Contours / Moulding) | Stroke or pad sanders or machines are designed for profile, contour, or moulding sanding and finishing applications. A platen with the inverse shape of the moulding to be finished is used behind the belt. The belt or specialty abrasive product used must be flexible enough conforms to the pattern of the wood molding or metal contour to be finished. | ||
| Vibratory / Oscillatory | Devices use a vibratory or oscillatory motion during finishing. | ||
| Specialty / Other | Other unlisted, specialty or proprietary types of devices such as scarifiers, power files, scrapers, extrusion or flow honing, thermal deburring or stripping, and wafer thinning or backgrinding equipment. | ||
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| Bench | Bench or pedestal units are smaller machines commonly used in shop applications for sharpening, offhand finishing and deburring. | ||
| Floor Mounted / Stationary (Machine Tools) | Devices are floor-mounted and designed to be used in one location. They are not portable. | ||
| Handheld / None | Devices are light enough to be held manually and applied to the work surface during grinding, finishing, polishing or sanding. | ||
| Portable (Field / Plant) | Devices are mobile or portable and can be carried or wheeled to a field or plant worksite. They are not necessarily handheld. | ||
| Robotic Arm / Robot Mounted | Devices include a robotic arm. | ||
| Tool Post / Machine | Devices are mounted on a tool post. | ||
| Other | Other unlisted mounting types. | ||
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Specifications
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| Rotary Speed | This is the rotary speed of the grinding wheels, buffing pads, abrasive discs, polishing naps, abrasive products or other rotary tools that can be mounted on and driven by the machine. | ||
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| Surface / Linear Speed | This is the linear or surface speed of the abrasive belts, grinding wheels, abrasive products or other tools that can be mounted on and driven by the machine. | ||
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| Power | This is the mechanical power provided by the driver or power source. | ||
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| Current | This is the device's rated current. | ||
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| Electric Motor / Vibrator | Devices are driven by an electric motor. | ||
| Combustion Engine | Devices are driven by a combustion engine. | ||
| Air / Pneumatic | Devices are air powered or pneumatically driven. | ||
| Other | Other unlisted driver technology. | ||
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| Motor Voltage and Phase | |||
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| 115 / 120 V 60 Hz | 115 / 120 V is a standard residential and commercial voltage for 60 Hz power in North America. | ||
| 208 - 230 / 240 V 60 Hz | 208 - 230 / 240 V 60 Hz power is used in North America. | ||
| 460 / 480 V 60 Hz | 460 / 480 V 60 Hz power is used in North America. | ||
| 50 Hz / International Power | International voltage levels, such as those commonly used in Asia and Europe, include 50 Hz power. | ||
| Single-Phase | Single-phase power has one sinusoidal or other alternating voltage pattern. Standard commercial and residential power is usually single-phase. | ||
| Three-Phase | Three-phase power contains three simultaneous sinusoidal or other alternating voltage patterns, typically 120° out of phase with each other. Higher power efficiency and smoothness of operation is possible with three-phase operation. Three-phase power is most often used in industrial or high power motors. | ||
| Other | Other unlisted motor voltages and phases. | ||
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Applications and Materials Abraded
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| Aerospace | Devices are designed or suitable for aerospace applications. | ||
| Agricultural / Forestry | Devices are designed or suitable for agricultural or forestry applications such stump grinding. | ||
| Automotive | Devices are designed or suitable for automotive applications such as part or weld joint, engine, transmission, brake rotor, flywheel grinding and finishing. | ||
| Biotech / Medical Devices | Devices are designed or suitable for biotechnology parts, implants, prosthetics, pharmaceutical components, dental fixtures or medical device grinding or finishing. | ||
| Building and Construction | Devices are designed or suitable for building and construction applications such as grinding, sanding or finishing of tile, pavement, stone, wood, or metal building materials or components. | ||
| Castings | Devices are designed or suitable for metal removal or finishing of castings. Castings tend to have coarser structure often with hard inclusions or phase, which present grinding and finishing challenges. | ||
| Cleaning / Surface Preparation | Devices are designed for cleaning or surface preparation applications. | ||
| Cutters / Blades | Devices are designed or suitable for cutters and blades grinding, sharpening, finishing or regrinding applications. | ||
| Deburring / Deflashing Equipment | Deburring equipment removes burrs, smoothes parting lines, rounds off sharp edges, and radiuses corners. Devices are designed for deflashing or removing parting lines from castings, forgings, and/or injection-molded components. | ||
| Heads / Blocks | Devices are designed or suitable for head and block grinding or cylinder honing applications. | ||
| Marine | Devices are designed or suitable for marine applications. | ||
| MRO / Resurfacing | Devices are designed or suitable for cutting, grinding or finishing in repair operations (MRO), rebuild, remanufacturing such as grinding of repair welds, concrete refinishing and engine overhauling. | ||
| Ophthalmic / Optical | Devices are designed or suitable for cutting, grinding or finishing applications in optical lens or component fabrication and for eyeglass or ophthalmic production. | ||
| Rail | Devices are designed or suitable for rail or railroad applications such grinding rails or welded joints. | ||
| Rolls | Devices are designed or suitable for cutting, grinding or finishing metal or ceramic roll surfaces. | ||
| Sharpening | Devices are designed or suitable for grinding and finishing forming and punching tools, die, punches, and other toolroom applications. | ||
| Wet Grinding / Finishing | Devices are waterproof and designed or suitable for grinding or finishing with a water or water-oil coolant mixture. | ||
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| Ceramics / Glass | Devices are designed or suitable for ceramics and glass grinding or finishing. | ||
| Coating / Paint | Devices are designed or suitable for paint and coating applications such finishing or polishing painted surface or weld grinding for surface preparation prior to coating. | ||
| Metals / Metalworking | Devices are designed for metal grinding or finishing applications. | ||
| Plastics / Composites | Devices are designed or suitable for cutting, grinding or finishing plastics or composite materials. | ||
| Wood / Woodworking | Devices are designed or suitable for woodworking applications. | ||
| Specialty / Other | Other unlisted applications or unlisted, specialty, or proprietary products or materials. | ||
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Features
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| None / Manual | Devices require manual loading and then manual setup and operation. Users must change abrasive products and adjust machine parameters such as speed, applied load, and coolant/lubricant flow. The user interface may include push buttons, foot switches, pendants, a touchscreen, or a graphical user interface (GUI). | ||
| Automatic / Indexing | Devices load parts automatically and can be operated without user intervention. Machines change or adjust abrasive product, workpiece and other parameters such as speed, applied load or coolant/lubricant flow rate in a pre-programmed manner. They also index the cut depth or position to achieve the required material removal, geometry and/or surface finish. | ||
| CNC | Devices include automated computer numerical control (CNC) machine tools. These can be as simple as point-to-point linear controls or able to perform highly complex algorithms that involve multiple axes of control. CNC controllers use a programming language called G-code that is downloaded from the controller to operate the machine. M-code is a standard set of machine tool codes that are normally used to switch on the spindle, coolant or auxiliary devices. | ||
| PLC | Devices include a programmable logic controller (PLC) for programming and controlling a sequence of machine operations. | ||
| Windows® / PC Control | Devices are controlled or programmed through a personal computer (PC) interface that uses an operating system such as Microsoft® Windows®. Machines change or adjust grinding wheel or abrasive product, workpiece or other parameters such as speed, applied load or coolant/lubricant flow rate in a pre-programmed manner. Both Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. | ||
| Other | Other unlisted, specialized, or proprietary automation and material handling technologies. | ||
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| Cabinet / Enclosure | Devices include an enclosure or cabinet that shields the user and surrounding area from dust, sound, coolant and/or debris generated during the grinding, sanding, or finishing process. | ||
| Conveyor / Continuous Feed | Parts are loaded or continuously fed. Often, a belt, roller or specialty conveyor is used to load and present parts to the abrasive tool. | ||
| Dust Collection / Filtration System | Devices have an integral or optional dust collection or coolant filtration system. | ||
| Loader Arm / Robot | Parts are loaded and/or presented to the abrasive tool with a loader or robotic arm. | ||
| Multiple Heads / Spindles | Devices have multiple heads that can be used to carry abrasive products with a range of grit sizes. Multiple head machines often enable part dimensioning and finishing with just one pass. | ||
| Superabrasives | Devices are designed to use superabrasives or diamond or cubic boron nitride (CBN) abrasives. Very rigid or high-stiffness machines make better use of superabrasives in precision grinding applications. | ||
| Vacuum | Vacuum devices or features are often used to collect sanding debris or dust. Vacuum loaders are devices used to load and/or present part to the abrasive tool with a vacuum device. Vacuum devices are useful for handling small, thin or delicate parts. | ||
| Variable / Multi-speed | Motor speed can be adjusted continuously or set at discrete speeds within an operating range. | ||
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