Applications and General Recommendations for the Choice of Grinding and Polishing Tools

Coarse-grinding and Flat-Grinding
60 to 90° shore A, coatings medium to hard, coatings mostly serrated grinding belts of grit 60 – grit 80
types A66, A77 or plastidur types A8, A11

Normal Grinding
coatings medium approx. 60° shore A grinding belts of grit 150 – grit 280
types A1, A66, A77 mostly flat face, at times serrated

Fine Grinding
coatings medium to soft, 30 to 60° shore A grinding belts of grit 280 – grit 500
types A1, A9, A90, A10, A100, A14

Contour Grinding
coatings soft from 30 to 40° shore A grinding belts of grit 150 – grit 500
types A9, A90, A10, A100, A14, A15, A16

Rubber Rollers
Foil coating rollers, press and perforating rollers, contact rollers for wide belt grinding, silicon rollers, …

Deburring of Flat Parts
types T1, T5, B5, P10, grits 46 to 280

Deburring of Curved, Contoured Parts
types M, grits 80 to 280

Coarse-Grinding and Deburring
grit 60 to grit 150
types B1, B3, B6/K

Normal Grinding
grit 120 to grit 220
types B1, B3, B4, B6/K

Fine Grinding
grit 240 to grit 400
types B1, B3

Tool Manufacture
types B2, B8

Blended Satin Finish
types B7, B10/K, B7/SL, B70

Printed Circuit Boards
type B7W – rollers

Flat Surfaces
dense buffs with pronounced folding and hard to very hard impregnation
types C1, C4, C10, C13

Curved, Contoured Parts
elastic buffs with soft impregnations
types C4, C8, C11

Hollow-Ware – Sinks
types C3/R, C4/R, C50, P1, P3, M

Impregnations for Non-Ferrous Metals
V31, V33, 2E3

Impregnations for Steel and Stainless Steel
2E3, V25, V28, V48

Fiber Brushes
Fibre cup and cylinder brushes

Flat Surfaces
types D1A/K, D1C, D1WP

Contoured or Curved Parts
type D1C

Colouring
qualities NFR (roughed up), NKG (soft)

Non-Ferrous Metals
qualities NF (medium), C32 (robust)

Stainless Steel and Steel
qualities NKG (soft),NKW (medium), C32 (robust)

“Metre-buffs” for Stand Alone and Robotic Polishing Machines