
308 Textiles for Industrial Applications
© 2008 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC
Today, industrial uses for coated abrasives range from hand polishing
with sheets of coated abrasive to grinding steel with large machines that use
300-horse power electric motors to drive belts several feet wide.
a. Raw materials: The “sandpaper” is actually a misnomer, as most
coated adhesive products contain neither sand nor paper. Generally,
they consist of some type of abrasive mineral, which can be organic
or synthetic; exible backings; and adhesives. The abrasive grain,
the key part of coated abrasive products, may be either a natural or
a synthetic mineral. D ...