If you haven’t tried The Cibo Ceramic backstand abrasive grinding belts before then we would strongly recommend you switch today. Cibo Ceramics cut cooler & last much longer than traditional zirconium oxide abrasive grinding belts making Cibo Ceramics by far the most cost effective product for high aggression grinding.
Cibo Ceramic grinding belts – FX87 (heavy duty) , FF87 (flexible). High performance Zirconia Belts – HZ72. 3M Trizact belts – : 237AA and 337DC. Cibo Surface conditioning belts (VT code) and Aluminium oxide grinding belts: HA66 & TX52 (heavy duty), JF4top (flexible)
Some of the most popular abrasive belts in the metal fabrication shop and welding bay are grinding belts that fit on backstand grinder machines.
Abrasive backstand grinder belts are most commonly 2000mm in length and 75, 100 or 150mm in width. The grinders may be a multi purpose tool but having the right abrasive belt on your grinder will make a big difference to both speed of work and to overall production cost.
Narrower 3″ wide grinders are rarely used for high end finishing. 75mm belts are more economical to buy and are therefore most commonly used for ripping off metal rags or for weld prep grinding of steel then 36 grit belts are the most popular grinding belt. Here we have a choice of 2 belts, both of which are normally stock items.
When moving to the 4″ x 100mm wide backstand grinders the 60 grit belts become much more popular. Why is a matter of conjecture but our experience suggests that the more powerful grinder motors mean that higher stock removal can be achieved with a 60 grit belt whilst a much better finish is achieved. Our 2 most popular belts for these machines are.
In most fabrication shops an 80 grit is a finishing belt!! But we have the capacity to supply much finer belts than that when the need arises.
For satin finishing our surface conditioning / scotch-brite belts are a popular choice. The high power available on a backstand grinder ensures a fast and consistent finish.
The contact wheel on most backstand grinders are often too hard for super fine finishing or polishing but sometimes that is your only option. Most of these finer finishing / pre-polishing belts would be manufactured to order but we can make belts up to 2000 grit with the 3M Trizact abrasives. For non-ferrous work we can also supply flexible aluminium oxide belts to fit on the grinders as well.
