Glass Beads are a spherical abrasive manufactured from chemically inert
soda lime glass.
Glass Beads are used for cleaning, finishing, light peening, deburring,
sanitizing, descaling, coating removal, polishing and surface blending.
Glass Beads produce a bright satin finish; finer beads produce a
smoother non glare finish, while larger beads produce a deeper textured
finish. Blasting with Glass Bead does not produce any dimension changes
to the part base surface.
| SiO2 | MgO | Al2O3 | Na2O | CaO | K2O |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71-73% | 3-5% | 0.5-2% | 13-15% | 8-10% | 0.2-0.6% |
| Hardness | Specific Gravity | Bulk density | Shape | Free Silica | Free Iron | Colour |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6-7Mohs | 2.45-2.50g/cm³ | 1500kg/m³ | Spherical | NIL | <1% | Clear |
| 40-70 | 50-100 | 100-200 | 150-250 | 200-300 | 300-400 | 212-425 | 400-800 | 600-850 | etc. |
Cleaning, surface finishing and sanitizing of metallic parts, especially
effective on stainless steel, food processing equipment, medical
instruments.
Shot peening of aircraft engine blades, turbine rotors, gears, blisks,
shafts, steam and gas turbine components. Stress corrosion cracking
prevention.
Deburring and surface blending of gears, turbocharger parts, ferrous and
non ferrous fabrications, aluminium die casting and machined parts.
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