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Abrasives Laboratory Services

Abrasives

The abrasives industry plays a critical role in manufacturing and maintenance processes worldwide, providing materials that are essential for shaping, finishing, and cleaning a wide range of surfaces. These materials, both natural and synthetic, are used across various sectors including automotive, metal fabrication, electronics, and construction. The industry emphasizes the development of products that offer superior performance, durability, and efficiency, while also focusing on innovations that minimize environmental impact.

Abrasives Testing and Research Services

Contract Laboratory can help you with all your Abrasives testing, analysis, scientific research and development, inspection, certification, engineering, failure investigation, and product development needs including:

  • Hardness Testing: Measures the resistance of the abrasive material to penetration or indentation often using scales such as Mohs for minerals or Rockwell for industrial materials.
  • Grain Size Analysis: Determines the size distribution of abrasive particles which influences the material removal rate and surface finish.
  • Friability Testing: Assesses how readily the abrasive grains fracture affecting their cutting efficiency and lifespan.
  • Shape Analysis: Evaluates the shape and profile of abrasive grains which can impact performance and the finish of the workpiece.
  • Adhesion Testing for Coated Abrasives: Measures the strength of the bond between the abrasive grains and their backing material.

Type of Abrasives Products

Contract Laboratory can assist your company, academic institution, government agency or organization in outsourcing contract laboratories to perform testing, analysis, and product development for many Abrasives finished products, processes, systems, in-process materials, raw materials and components such as:

  • Bonded Abrasives: These are composed of an abrasive material contained within a matrix such as grinding wheels and sandpaper.
  • Coated Abrasives: Materials like sandpaper where the abrasive is fixed on a backing material typically using an adhesive.
  • Superabrasives: High-performance abrasives made from diamonds or cubic boron nitride (CBN) used in precision grinding polishing and cutting applications.
  • Loose Abrasive Grains: Granular abrasives used in blasting tumbling and other applications requiring loose particles.
  • Polishing Compounds: Fine abrasive materials suspended in a liquid or paste used for polishing surfaces to a high gloss finish.
  • Non-woven Abrasives: Made from fibers bonded with abrasive grains these are used for surface conditioning and finishing.

Abrasives Test Methods and Standards

Contract Laboratory can help with testing, analysis, assays, evaluations, examinations, inspections and certifications to different Abrasives test methods, standards, procedures or specifications.

  • ISO 3366 - Coated abrasives -- Abrasive rolls
  • ISO 9137 - Abrasive grains - Determination of capillarity

Abrasives Certifications, Licenses, and Accreditations:

Depending on your Abrasives products, you may need third-party Abrasives laboratories or research facilities with specific certifications, licenses or accreditations.

  • ANSI (American National Standards Institute): Provides standards for specifying and testing abrasive products to ensure they meet safety and performance criteria.
  • ISO (International Organization for Standardization): Offers a range of standards for abrasives including quality management systems (ISO 9001) and environmental management systems (ISO 14001) ensuring global compatibility and quality assurance.
  • FEPA (Federation of European Producers of Abrasives): Establishes standards for abrasive products in Europe promoting uniformity in grain size and quality.


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