The process of cutting, specifically wet abrasive cutting, is essential for materialographic sectioning of samples. In this process, cut-off wheels of different material thicknesses, abrasive particles and bonds are used on a corresponding wet abrasive cutting machine. These bond types can be synthetic resin, rubber, or metal. For the abrasives, aluminum oxide, silicon carbide, diamond or CBN is used. These abrasive particles are enclosed in a bond matrix.
Benefits
- Low thermal influence on the specimen during the cutting process
- Low thermal influence on the specimen during the cutting process
- Low thermal influence on the specimen during the cutting process
Recommended applications
- Separation of relevant inspection areas
- Plane-parallel segmentation of semi-finished products and components
- Investigation of geological and mineralogical samples
As a rule, the following principle applies:
- For hard materials, a cut-off wheel with soft bond is recommended.
This ensures fast breaking out of worn abrasive particles. - For medium-hard materials, a cut-off wheel with a medium-hard bond is recommended.
This ensures worn abrasive particles break out evenly. - For soft materials, a cut-off wheel with hard bond is recommended.
This ensures slow breaking out of worn abrasive particles.
- Abrasives: aluminum oxide, CBN, diamond, SiC
- Bonds: resin, rubber, bronze
- Diameter: 75 - 200 mm
- Thickness: 0,25 - 1,5 mm
- Abrasives: aluminum oxide, CBN, diamond, SiC
- Bonds: resin, rubber, bronze
- Diameter: 75 - 200 mm
- Thickness: 0,25 - 1,5 mm
- Abrasives: aluminum oxide
- Bonds: resin
- Diameter: 230 - 400 mm
- Thickness: 1,5 - 3 mm
- To minimize the risk of thermal damage and corrosion during the cutting process
- Accessories for maintenance and care of cooling lubricants
- Accessories for maintenance and care of the cut-off machines
- Accessories for cut-off wheels
- Filter inserts
- Filter fleeces
QATM's comprehensive guide to materialography / metallography. The guide for practitioners and beginners - from sampling to the finished section.
- An introduction to metallographic sample preparation methods, analysis techniques as well as selected applications.
