Experience Unmatched Reliability With Premium Alumina Disc
Alumina is one of the most widely utilized technical ceramics. This fully dense and highly durable material can be threaded, perforated, rebated, slotted hollowed or drilled to meet an array of demanding engineering applications.
Use this Blaze F980 coarse grit fiber disc on your grinder or sander to bevel, blend, deburr, and remove stock. Constructed of 100-percent alumina micro-fracturing grain that provides improved cut rate and life compared to blended or low ratio ceramic alumina discs; while its heavy fiber backing protects from tears.
High Temperature Resistant
High alumina ceramics, when fired at 1600degC (2900degF), provide excellent mechanical strength and rigidity, machining to tight tolerances with complex shapes being possible – perfect for replacing metal components in demanding engineering applications.
IPS Ceramics provides an extensive selection of alumina ceramic plates and discs in standard sizes as well as custom dimensions and thicknesses to meet your design specifications. Alumina ceramic features an Moh’s hardness of 9, making it considerably more wear resistant than many metals such as nickel and stainless steel; additionally, its low coefficient of expansion makes it an excellent material for high temperature applications.
Bevel, blend and deburr stock quickly with the BlazeX F980 coarse grit resin fiber disc mounted to your right angle grinder or pistol grip air sander. This state-of-the-art abrasive product is produced by electrostatically depositing aluminum oxide grit onto heavy-duty vulcanized fiber that has been bound together using special resin designed to prevent loading, glazing or grain stripping.
Alumina boasts excellent corrosion resistance against many chemicals, acids, and alkalis at elevated temperatures, making it an excellent choice for catalyst supports or insulators in chemical plants that operate at elevated temperatures, particularly higher purity grades with increased electrical resistivity.
Corrosion Resistant
Corrosion resistance is an essential characteristic for products and components to meet quality and functionality standards. Corrosion is a chemical reaction that consumes metals over time, weakening them and potentially compromising structural integrity. Although corrosion occurs everywhere, certain environments or conditions accelerate its progress more than others – therefore selecting appropriate alloys for particular uses is key for quality results.
Aluminum and stainless steel alloys are two widely utilized alloys due to their superior corrosion resistance properties, offering protection from harsh acids as well as chemicals with strong corrosion properties. While both materials display excellent resistance properties, optimal performance requires surface treatments in order to maximize results.
Alloys with higher chromium contents tend to be especially resistant to corrosion, as their surfaces form a thin chromium oxide layer which forms a passive and self-healing shield against oxygen exposure. If damaged, this layer regenerates itself quickly allowing you to keep working without worry!
Aluminum’s high magnesium content also allows it to resist corrosion better than low magnesium counterparts like 2xxx and 7xxxx series, which are more susceptible to it. This property makes aluminium popularly used in aerospace engineering due to its strength and durability.
Electrical Insulating
Alumina is a dense technical ceramic that has a dielectric strength of more than 600V/cm2 when fired to 1600degC (2900degF), making it an excellent material for electrical insulators. Due to its tight machining tolerances, Alumina can even replace metallic components in demanding engineering applications.
Electrical insulation prevents electric current from flowing where it should not, protecting both people and equipment in industrial settings. Insulators serve as barriers between electrical conductors to prevent them from coming into contact and sparking fires – another key benefit in factories and other commercial environments.
Insulators can be defined simply as any solid material that prevents electricity flow; there are various types of electrical insulators. One key difference between an insulator and a conductor is that metal allows electric charge to move freely through it because its surface contains many electrons that are easily accessible while an insulator typically contains very few.
Insulators are commonly crafted out of porcelain, glass or composite polymers like composite polyurethane. Usually coated with a non-porous glaze that sheds water while providing fireproofing properties, their primary characteristic being resistance to high voltage (measured in Volts per Mil, VpM). With glass and porcelain insulators it may also be possible to heat-treat them so they flash over before puncturing which allows safe human handling.
High Durability
Alumina disc are extremely durable. Able to withstand heavy grinding pressure without degrading in performance over time, they reduce disc changes by remaining heat resistant, glaze resistant, load bearing and non-glazeable making them the perfect choice for weld grinding, deburring and polishing applications.
Alumina ceramic abrasives have an outstanding Mohs scale rating of 9, similar to diamond, making them the ideal material for protecting mechanical equipment from abrasion and prolonging its lifespan by up to 10 times.
Zirconia Alumina Resin Fiber Discs feature an exceptionally resilient vulcanized fibre backing onto which premium aluminum oxide abrasive grains are adhered using an industry standard resin on resin bond for maximum durability. Perfect for general purpose grinding, sanding and blending operations on metal, wood or fiberglass this disc offers cool cutting with resistance against heat, moisture, glaze build-up and loading conditions.
