- Mechanical grinding is a machining process using bonded abrasive grains to level and smooth the specimen surface.
- Silicon carbide (SiC), aluminum dioxide (Al2O3), silicon dioxide (SiO2), zirconium dioxide (ZrO2), diamond or cubic boron nitride (CBN) are used as abrasives.
- Qprep grinding media achieve low-deformation material removal while keeping the number of preparation steps as low as possible
Grid to grain size conversion chart
The values provided are only intended as guidelines. Grit sizes are considered as a range, rather than a specific value. The Federation of European Producers of Abrasives, known as FEPA, and the American National Standards Institute, known as ANSI, as well as the Japanese Industrial Standards Committee (JISC) are the respective organizations that define these standards and are the basis for the conversion. QPREP abrasive paper conforms to the European FEPA P standard.
The process of grinding is divided into three categories in materialography:
- Abrasives: white corundum, silicon carbide (SiC)
- Grain sizes: P80 / P100 / P150 / 180
- for tool steel (hardened and not hardened), stainless steel, steel and cast iron
- for sintered materials (low- and unalloyed), aluminum, chilled cast iron, copper
- GALAXY series
- VEGA
- POLARIS M
- POLARIS H
- QUASAR
- CONTERO
- silicon carbide (SiC)
- Zircona alumina
- Foil backing, self-adhesive, plain backed
- Magnetic foil
- GALAXY X-Tap
- GALAXY Quick-Tap
- Adhesive carrier disc
- for glass fiber reinforced plastics and printed circuit boards
- for glass, ceramics, rocks, hard metal
- Grinding belts for Qgrind 100
- Klemring
- Reinigingsborstels
QATM's uitgebreide gids voor materialografie / metallografie. De gids voor beoefenaars en beginners - van monstername tot het afgewerkte deel.
- Een inleiding tot metallografische preparatiemethoden, analysetechnieken en geselecteerde toepassingen.
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