Glass Beads
Glass Beads are a round, spherical media that produce a softer and brighter finish angular medias. Glass Beads are used for blasting, peening, honing, cleaning, and light deburring.
Glass Beads
Glass beads are manufactured from lead-free, soda lime-type glass, containing no free silica that is made into preformed round, ball shapes. They produce a much smoother and brighter finish than angular abrasives. Glass bead blasting produces a clean, bright, peened, satin finish, without dimensional change of the parts. They can be recycled approximately 30 times. Chemically inert and environmentally friendly, glass beads are an acceptable method of metal cleaning or surface finishing when properly controlled.
Available in a wide range of sizes, glass beads are primarily used in blasting cabinets for honing, polishing, peening, blending, finishing, removing light burrs, and cleaning most light foreign matter. For delicate thin-walled parts and thin welds, peening with glass bead abrasive material provides the right balance of stress relief without over-stressing and causing damage.
Benefits
- Precision Finishing on Metal Parts
- Highly Durable and Reusable
- Round Shape
- Lighter than Steel Shot for Peening Applications
- Available Meet MIL-9954D
- Silica Free
Applications
- Peening and Cleaning of Metal Surfaces
- Surface Preparation
- Food Service, Hospital / Medical, and Engine Blasting
- Honing
- Light Deburring
- Creating a Uniform Surface Finish / Profile
- Paint Additive to Create Reflective Properties
Specifications
Glass Bead Specifications |
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Grade |
Average Particle Sizethe smaller the mesh number, the coarser the grit |
Spec Sheet |
| Extra Coarse | 20/30 Mesh (560-850 micron) |  |
| 30/40 Mesh (425-560 micron) | ||
| Coarse | 40/50 Mesh (325-425 micron) | |
| 50/70 Mesh (212-325 micron) | ||
| Medium | 70/100 Mesh (150-212 micron) | |
| Medium-Fine | 100/170 Mesh (90-150 micron) | |
| Fine | 170/325 Mesh (45-90 micron) | |
Additional Information
| Selected Package Gross Weight | N/A |
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| Mesh Size / Grade | 20-30 Mesh – Extra Coarse Grade, 30-40 Mesh – Extra Coarse Grade, 40-50 Mesh – Coarse Grade, 50-70 Mesh – Coarse Grade, 70-100 Mesh – Medium Grade, 100-170 Mesh – Medium Fine Grade, 170-325 Mesh – Fine Grade |
| Package Size | 1 lb, 5 lb, 10 lb, 25 lb, 50 lb |
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