Vitrified Wheels
At Action SuperAbrasive, our vitrified wheels are designed to withstand the most demanding precision grinding applications. The vitrified bond holds the abrasive material firmly in place, making it ideal for grinding superalloys, alloys, carbides, and ceramics.
High-Precision Vitrified Wheels
A vitrified CBN grinding wheel is most commonly used for grinding ferrous and non-ferrous metals, glass, ceramics, stone, marble, and various other metals. These wheels tend to be more efficient thanks to enhanced swarf removal and coolant delivery.
No matter what industry you operate in, we can custom-make a vitrified wheel designed to meet your specific grinding needs.
What Are Vitrified Wheels?
Vitrified is another term for a glass bond. With vitrified wheels, various abrasive materials are mixed with glass frit (ground-up glass) and ceramic materials, then formed via a [hot/cold] press process. With a custom-designed wheel, we adjust its concentration, and thus its precision grinding capabilities by altering the:
- Percentage of abrasives
- Blends of abrasives
- Size of abrasives
- Bond types
- Different bonds
- Manufacturing processes
Which Markets Use Vitrified Wheels?
Vitrified wheels are ideal for grinding applications in aerospace, medical, and automotive industries, as well as the specialty grinding and CNC markets.
What Machines Work with Vitrified Wheels?
Action SuperAbrasive’s standard and custom-designed vitrified wheels can be used for an array of machine applications, such as:
- Rollomatic
- ANCA
- Star Cutter
- Walter
- Vollmer
- Saacke
- Makino Seiki
- ITM
- Kirner
- Wendt
- Agathon
- EWAG
- Percentage of abrasives
- Blends of abrasives
- Size of abrasives
- Bond types
- Different bonds
- Manufacturing processes
Applications
- Super Alloys - PCD
- Alloys (Rc40 or Harder)
- Carbides
- Ceramic
Premier Vitrified Wheels
Controlled Deflection
Vitrified wheels are better able to control deflection compared to any other bond system due to their high material removal rate at lower cutting forces.
Uninterrupted Cuts
Glass wheels are the result of the vitrification process. These tend to be brittle, which enables long, uninterrupted cuts.
Custom Bond System
Vitrified wheels tend to be extra porous, which makes them easier to modify in order to meet a customer’s exacting manufacturing needs.
Faster Grinding Cycle Times
Wheel structure porosity helps transfer coolant through grinding zones and opens up space for chip clearance. As a result, grinding wheels can grind faster and perform better surface finishes—all with less thermal damage to sensitive materials.
