Industrial Brushes Specifications

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Type


	Type / Shape:
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	Acid Brush		Acid brushes have bristles that are corrosion resistant and are suitable for handling acids. They are either disposable or require frequent rinsing.
	Angled Taper / Sash Brush		Sash brushes are noted for their fine filaments and angled taper allowing the capability to make sharp lines as needed for trim and molding applications.
	Artist (Detail, Forensic)		Artist brushes typically consist of fine-sized natural or synthetic filaments for part marking, lettering, selective coating or painting, stencil marking, striping, forensics or fingerprint dusting, cleaning electronics, and application of conformal coatings and other laboratory and industrial chemicals. Some brushes are constructed with chemically-resistant adhesives for use with solvents, conformal coating resins, and other aggressive chemicals.
	Belt Brush		Belt brushes have bristles or filaments mounted to the exterior of the belt, which can be a v-belt, toothed belt, flat belt, or other type of belt. Brush belts are typically mounted to two or more rollers, such as a contact wheel and idler wheel.
	Block / Pad		Abrasive pads or blocks consist of abrasive grain adhered onto the surface of a cloth, film, paper, non-woven, or other backing usually with a die cut square or rectangular shape. Hand pads may have a round or contoured shape. Hand pads, blocks, or sticks usually are thicker than an abrasive sheet and often have an integral loop or handle to help the user hold and use the pad. Block brushes consist of a brush core, handle or backing with a series of holes with hold tufts. Tufts are bunches of bristles, filaments or wires (brush fill). The size and spacing of the tufts can be varied depending on the specific application. The space between the tufts provides clearance for the removal of dirt, scale, rust or other debris removed by the tufts. Paint pads are absorbent pads that can be used to create texture patterns, or fill paint or coatings in hard to reach areas.
	Cup Brush		Cup brushes have bristles that are oriented perpendicular to the mounting plate, forming a cup-shaped brush. They are typically used with an angle grinder to clean flat surfaces.
	Cylinder / Roller Brush		Roller brushes have bristles or filaments extending radially from the outer diameter of a central cylindrical hub. Examples include paddle wheel cylinder, spiral wound-core mounted, spiral wound-radial coil/wound strip. Coating rollers or paint rollers consist of cylindrical tubes covered with fiber, filament, and sponge or foam material. Coating rollers are rotated over a surface transferring paint, primer, or other coatings to the substrate.
	Disc Brush		Disc brushes have bristles mounted to a cylindrical plate. The full plate of bristles allows you to cover large surface areas where cleaning, deburring, or other brushing actions are required.
	End Brush		End brushes or stem brushes have bristles that are mounted parallel to the bore or shaft, and extend off the end of the brush.
	Flap Wheel		Flap wheels consist of a series of coated abrasive flaps radiating out from the center of the wheel where the flaps are bonded together. Flap wheels continue to provide new abrasive surfaces as the flaps wear away.
	Flare Brush		Flare brushes have cable or twisted filaments with hard faced prongs or balls at the end. They are used for removing rust, carbon, or slag.
	Flow-through		Brushes have an integral passage to allow cleaning agents, solvents, lubricants, oils, paints, liquid adhesives, sealants or coatings, or other fluids to pass through to the workpiece or substrate.
	Glue / Adhesive		Glue or adhesive brushes are suitable for viscous substances and resist adhesion to solvents.
	Micro / Miniature Brush (Instrument)		Instrument, part or miniature and micro brushes are used for precision or fine cleaning, and brushing applications.
	Plater Brush		Plater brushes are densely filled with a fine metal wire-fill material to avoid scratching before or after plating.
	Power / Rotary Brush (Wheel, Roller)		Power or rotary brushes are designed to be mounted to an electrical or pneumatic component, and are rotated at high speeds.
	Scratch / Toothbrush		Scratch brushes are a common type of wire brush that are used to scrape surfaces or remove waste products, scale, or corrosion. Toothbrush style brushes have a long handle with short brush length and short trim length.
	Scrub / Washout		Scrub or washout brushes have short stiff bristles and are used for heavy cleaning applications.
	Spiral / Twisted-in-Wire (Tube)		Twisted-in-wire brushes have bristles mounted to and extending radially from a center twisted wire. According to Gordon Brush Mfg. Co., Inc., "A twisted in wire brush is known by many names, such as spiral, tube, flue, bottle, pipe, boiler or power brushes."
	Strip Brush		Strip brushes are narrow, elongated brushes that are used universally for many different applications. Strip brushes are used to fabricate brush seals or weatherstripping. Strip brushes are mounted onto roller-shaped cores to form cylindrical roller brushes. Conductive strip brushes are also mounted over a conveyor belt to continuously remove debris and dissipate static charges.
	Vacuum		Product has larger integral holes for vacuum dust, dirt, rust, and other removed debris.
	Welder Brush		Welder brushes have a configuration useful for cleaning welds, electrical contacts or electrodes, and welding gun tips. Welder brushes typically consist of a scratch brush with wire fill. Some welder brushes may have integral chipping hammers or scrapers for the removal of slag and scale.
	Other		Other specialty, proprietary or patented abrasive or abrasive product.
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	Brush Filament Type
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	Abrasive Filament		Abrasive-filament surface conditioning and finishing products consist of fine abrasive particles within or on the surface of a brush's bristles.
	Metal Wire		Metal wire is a stiff, hard material used for aggressive brushing applications where surface material or other residue needs to be removed.
	Steel		Steel is an iron alloy that contains carbon in any amount up to about 1.7 percent as an essential alloying constituent. It is malleable when under suitable conditions, and is distinguished from cast iron by its malleability and lower carbon content. Steel has very good strength and toughness for most applications. Certain steel alloys can be strengthened through work hardening or heat treating. Steels are not as corrosion resistant as stainless steels. Therefore, a different fill material (stainless, brass, synthetic) may be desirable in wet or damp applications. Coatings or brass plating can also enhance corrosion resistance.
	Stainless Steel		Stainless steel is chemical and corrosion resistant. Ferritic and austenitic stainless steel alloys can be strengthened by work hardening, but they are not heat treatable. Stainless steel consists of iron, at least 12% chromium, and usually some nickel or manganese additions.
	Brass / Bronze		Brass comes with good strength, excellent high temperature ductility and reasonable cold ductility, good conductivity, excellent corrosion resistance, good bearing properties, and low magnetic permeability. Brass is a copper alloy using zinc additions. Bronze is the generic term for copper-based alloys with significant alloying additions. Many different types of bronzes are available such as tin bronze, silicon bronze, and aluminum bronze.
	Natural Bristle / Hair		Natural bristle or hair filament is a classification of organic filaments that have been derived from living tissue (either plant or animal).
	Synthetic Filament		Synthetic filaments are man-made materials such as polymers, plastics, elastomers, glass, and carbon fibers.
	Sponge / Foam		Foam or sponge abrasive grains are bonded onto a foam layer, sponge, felt, or other soft materials. The soft materials can provide a cushioning action and allow the abrasive product to conform to contours and/or improve surface finish quality.
	Specialty Blend / Other		Other unlisted, specialty, or proprietary materials or blends of metal wire, abrasive, natural fiber and/or synthetic filaments.
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	Outer Diameter (OD):		The product's outer diameter (OD).
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	Shank / Bore Diameter:		Bore diameter is the inner diameter (ID) of the product's center mount. The bore is used to mount or hold the abrasive on a spindle or mandrel. The shank diameter is the diameter of the integral shank, pin, shaft, or mandrel on mounted points or wheels.
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	Width		The width of the sheet or roll. Also, the face width of the abrasive belt, flap wheel, non-woven wheel, etc.
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	Length		Typically, the overall length (OAL) of the product and the largest dimension. On hand brushes, this is often referred to as handle length.
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	Trim Length		Trim length refers to the length of the bristles or filament extending from the base.
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	Rotary Speed:		This is the maximum rotary speed or speed range recommended by the supplier.
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Applications


	Applications
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	Dry		Abrasive products are designed or suitable for dry grinding applications.
	Wet / Waterproof		Waterproof abrasive products are designed or suitable for grinding using a water or water-oil coolant mixture.
	Material Removal / Roughing (Coarse Grits / Filaments)		Material removal or roughing applications typically use coarse grit abrasive products designed for heavy cutting or material removal applications.
	Blending / Intermediate Cutting (Medium Grits / Filaments)		Blending or intermediate cutting abrasive products are used for removing parting lines, seams, or other significant surface imperfections. Medium or medium-fine grit products are typically used for light cutting or intermediate material removal applications.
	Cleanroom / Heat Tolerant		Cleanroom and heat tolerant products are used to clean or remove contaminants from surfaces of critical parts such as wafers, storage discs or other electronic components, biotechnology devices, or pharmaceutical equipment parts. The smallest amount of remaining contaminants on the surface can result in a defect causing the scrapping of the products. The heat tolerant nature of the brushes allow the brushes to be subjected to high temperature cleaning for removing contaminants that would otherwise influence the critical cleaning application.
	Dusting / Wiping		Dusting or wiping applications typically require less aggressive or soft brushes with flexible, fine bristles or fill materials.
	Finishing / Deburring (Fine Grits / Filaments)		Finishing or deburring abrasive products are designed or suitable for fine-grit finishing or deburring applications.
	Polishing / Lapping (Extra Fine Grits / Filaments)		Polishing or lapping abrasive products, such as lapping film rolls, are designed for or are suitable for polishing, lapping, honing, or other precision surfacing applications.
	Cleaning / Surface Preparation		Cleaning or surface preparation abrasive products, such as non-woven wheels, are suitable for cleaning, stripping coatings, descaling, or other surface preparation applications.
	Contour / Edge		Contour or edge abrasive products are designed for or are suitable for profile, contour, molding, or edge sanding applications. The belt or specialty abrasive product must conform to the pattern of the wood molding or metal contour to be finished.
	Cylindrical / Centerless		Cylindrical grinding is the grinding or finishing between centers of shafts, threaded shafts, large rolls, cams, or similar components. In centerless grinding machine tools, cylindrical workpieces are placed between a grinding wheel and regulating wheels. The latter causes the part to rotate and produce precision cylindrical parts. Parts sit on a work rest rather than on centers for faster and easier insertion and removal of the workpiece. Cylindrical grinding is primarily used in high-production applications. Centerless grinding has various forms that include through-feed and plunge grinding.
	Floor / Scrubbing Machine		Products designed or suitable for floor cleaning, stripping, or scrubbing. Specialized products are available for power scrubbing machines.
	Internal / Bores		Internal grinding utilizes smaller diameter wheels or abrasive products for grinding or finishing the surface on the inner diameter of a part.
	Portable Grinder / Sander		Portable grinders and sanders are abrasive products designed for use on portable or handheld grinders and sanders, such as weld grinding on a large fabrication.
	Stationary Machine Tool / Bench		Stationary machine tools or benches are abrasive products designed for use on fixtured workpieces, on stationary machine tools, bench or back stand grinders, or sanders with offhand (handheld) presentation of the parts to the abrasive.
	Specialty / Other		Abrasive products designed or suitable for other specialty, proprietary or patented applications.
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	Products / Materials Worked:
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	Metalworking		Metalworking abrasive products are designed for metal grinding or finishing applications.
	Woodworking		Woodworking abrasive products are designed or suitable for woodworking applications.
	Automotive / Paint		Automotive abrasive products are designed or suitable for applications such as part or weld grinding, and paint sanding.
	Ceramics / Glass		Ceramics or glass abrasive products are designed or suitable for ceramics and glass grinding or finishing.
	Harsh Chemicals / Solvents		Products are designed or suitable for the application or cleaning by use of aggressive chemicals, adhesives, sealants, coatings, paints, or solvents.
	MRO / Construction		MRO or construction abrasive products are designed or suitable for cutting, grinding or finishing in maintenance and repair operations (MRO), such as the grinding of repair welds.
	Ophthalmic / Optical		Optical abrasive products are designed or suitable for cutting, grinding, or finishing applications in optical lens or component fabrication, as well as for eyeglass or ophthalmic production.
	Plastics / Composites		Plastics abrasive products are designed for or are suitable for cutting, grinding, or finishing plastics or composite materials.
	Specialty / Other		Abrasive products are designed or suitable for cutting, grinding or finishing other unlisted specialty or proprietary materials.
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Features


	Backing / Base Type:		Backings are the flexible material to which abrasive grain is adhered, making coated abrasives and similar products. Typical backing materials are cloth, polyester film, fibre, paper, sponges, rubber, and foam.
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	Metal		Abrasive grains are bonded onto a metal backing or substrate. Brush filaments are bonded to a metal base, core or handle.
	Plastic		Plastic film backings provide a very uniform backing and are very useful in polishing, lapping, or precision surface finishing applications. Brush filaments are bonded to a plastic base, core, or handle.
	Wood		Brush filaments are bonded to a wood base, core or handle.
	Other		Other specialty, proprietary or patented backing types.
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	Features:
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	Anti-static		Anti-static abrasive products consist of or are coated with an additive chemical to reduce or eliminate static charge generation. This is an important feature for certain wood sanding applications. Anti-static brushes are fabricated from materials that are neutral or near neutral on the triboelectric chart.
	Conductive		The tape, film or laminate can conduct electricity and protect from electrostatic discharge (ESD) or provide EMI/RFI shielding. The brush is electrically conductive with a surface resistivity of 10² to 10⁴ ohm.
	Static Dissipative		Static dissipative products are partially conductive (semiconductive) and slowly remove built-up electrostatic charges. The brush is electrically semiconducting or dissipative with a surface resistivity of 105 to 10¹¹ ohm.
	Insulative		The brush is electrically insulating with a surface resistivity of 10¹² to 10¹⁶ ohm.
	Hand Laced		Hand-laced brushes made with the fill material manually laced into a metal, wood or plastic handle, block or split core. Each tuft of fill material is sewn in place with a wire or nylon cord. Hand laced or hand-drawn brushes are typically viewed as the high quality end of the handheld brush range.
	Sanitary / Hygienic		Designed and constructed for use with food and beverage, medical, pharmaceutical and other cleanliness intensive applications. Sanitary indicates the brush can be easily cleaned or sterilized for critical food, medical or pharmaceutical processing applications.
	Specialty / Other		Other specialty, proprietary or patented features.
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	Mounting:
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	None / Handheld		Handheld products are meant for handheld usage; not specifically designed for mounting in a holder, on a pad, or on a contact wheel.
	Integral Mandrel (Mounted)		The abrasive tool is supplied as mounted onto an integral mandrel, pin, arbor or shaft.
	Bore / Center Mount		Center mount products have a central hole or bore for mandrel, arbor, spindle, or shaft mounting.
	Specialty / Other		Other specialty, proprietary, or patented mounting methods.
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Industrial Brushes Specifications

Type / Shape:

Brush Filament Type:

Outer Diameter (OD):

Shank / Bore Diameter:

Width:

Length:

Trim Length:

Rotary Speed:

Applications:

Products / Materials Worked:

Backing / Base Type:

Features:

Mounting:

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