Glass Bead
Glass bead is high-grade soda lime glass bead manufactured by the process of cascading a granulated soda lime glass powder or grain into a vertical kiln and then using the effect of softening the glass and gravity to cause the rounding of the glass grit or cullet. This technique has been refined to produce a sphere that is almost perfectly round, and in the reflective product, produces a prism that can have refractive indices as high as 2. Available in commercial, premium AMS and military specifications, conforming to AMS2431/6C and MIL-9954.
This media is also referred to as Beadomac.
PROPERTIES
Abrasive Type
Density
2.55 g/cm³
Bulk Density
1.5 g/cm³
Hardness
5.0 Mohs
Friability
Recyclability
Dust Levels
Shape
GRADES
Commercial
Product Code – Generic Size (Microns)
GBBT3 0.590-0.840
GBBT4 0.420-0.590
GBBOL21 0.250-0.420
GBBOL23 0.177-0.297
GBBOL24 0.149-0.250
GBBOL25 0.105-0.210
GBBOL26 0.074-0.149
GBBOL27 0.053-0.105
GBBT13 0.044-0.088
GBBOL30 0.030-0.062
Aerospace Castings
Alloy Wheel Repair and Refurbishment
Anti Skid / Road Maintenance
Anti Slip Floors / Safety Flooring
Anti Slip Resins and Paints
Automotive
Bead Blasting
Castings and Forgings
Coatings/Paints/Resins
Glass & Ceramics: Paint & print removal without damage
Metals: Aerospace approval
Metals: Cleaning without dimensional change
Metals: Flash removal
Metals: Keying surfaces for rubber/plastic bonding
Metals: Light deburring
Metals: Peening
Metals: Removal of hard deposits/investment
Metals: Matt or textured finish
Metals: Mould die and tool cleaning
Metals: Preconditioning and cleaning
Metals: Preparation for paint metal or plastic spraying
Metals: Preparation for enamelling/electroplating/anodising
Metals: Removal of paint/scale/rust
Metals: Removal of solder/weld/flex
Metals: Sheen finishing or anti-reflective treatment
Nuclear and Power Generation
Oil and Gas Industries
Open Nozzle Blasting
Peening
Plastics & Composites: Removal of paint and coating
Polishing
Road Marking and Reflective Media
Shot Peening
Surface Finishing
Vapour blasting / Wet blasting
Vehicles
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