In addition to our supply of abrasive materials, Mikro offers a full-service Job Shop for industrial finishing, degreasing, and cleaning. We offer access to the industry’s top equipment and service professionals, with guaranteed quality and a quick turnaround every time. If you’re not ready to upgrade your equipment, talk to Mikro about utilizing our Job Shop services, including:

Abrasives

 

Abrasives are materials that are used for roughening, polishing, rubbing, and shaping a workpiece. Abrasive supplies are essential parts of peak finishing equipment performance. Without high-quality abrasives, you can’t achieve the level of quality and consistency needed for mass finishing workloads. Abrasives are used to eliminate uneven, rough, or chipped surface areas. 

 

Abrasives occur both naturally and artificially. Some examples of naturally occurring abrasives include; diamonds, calcite, garnet, sandstone, tripoli, staurolite, novaculite, pumice, etc. And some artificial abrasives include; borazon, ceramic, corundum, silicon, zirconia alumina, etc. 

 

They are being used across a wide range of industries today, from domestic, to industrial and technological. They can be used for cleaning surfaces, coarse removal of excess material, shaping, sizing, separating, etc. 

 

There are many different categories of abrasive materials used for different raw materials. Grinding and cut-off wheels are used to cut or grind surfaces. They are not typically used for fine finishes, which can be achieved through sandblasting or vibratory finishing media. Soft media types such as plastics are used to polish and buff finished surfaces. 

 

Types of Abrasives

 

Abrasives can either be coated or bonded. 

 

• Bonded Abrasives: This type of abrasive is attached to a matrix referred to as a binder. This binder is usually in the form of clay, resin, or rubber. The most commonly used minerals for bonded abrasives include; tungsten and silicon carbide, garnet, and aluminum oxide. Bonded abrasives need to be cleaned after each use to restore them back to their original shape. 

 

• Coated Abrasives: Coated abrasives are usually attached to a backup material. This backup material can be cloth, paper, resin, rubber, or polyester. Also, they can be shaped into hand-used machines and power tools like belt grinders, hand pads, etc. One common type of abrasive is sandpaper. 

 

Many different abrasive options, from sanding discs and belts to sandpaper, deburring tools, and other industrial abrasives are available through Mikro.

 

There are numerous abrasive types for blasting so they should be chosen carefully. Depending on your needs and workpiece materials, Mikro will recommend the proper abrasives for your facility.

 

Mikro offers coated and bonded non-woven belts, wheels, discs, rolls, sheets, points, and pads. Whether you’re working with 100 or 10,000 workpieces, these abrasive materials will help make the process smooth and efficient at your facility.

 

In addition to our supply of abrasive materials, Mikro offers a full-service Job Shop for industrial finishing, degreasing, and cleaning. We offer access to the industry’s top equipment and service professionals, with guaranteed quality and a quick turnaround every time. If you’re not ready to upgrade your equipment, talk to Mikro about utilizing our Job Shop services, including:

• Vibratory deburring
• Hand deburring
• Edge breaking
• Steel ball burnishing
• Pre-plate finishing
• Sandblasting
• Pry processing
• Parts washing
• Centrifugal finishing

 

Mikro is a leading dealer of abrasives as well as blasting media, solvent cleaners, and finishing equipment. Contact our team today to learn more about abrasive options for your facility. We currently represent Arc Abrasives (Coated, bonded, non-woven belts, wheels, discs, rolls, sheets, points, and pads).