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Glass Beads
- Manufactured glass abrasive
- Miniature, translucent glass spheres
- Potters glass beads, Ballotini Impact Spheres
- Milspec glass beads available as an option
- Spherical beads impart a satin or matte ‘shot peened’ finish to the work surface
- Widely used in hand cabinets for surface cleaning rather than surface etching
- Can be recycled
Glass Beads
SKU: P-ASGBDescription
- Glass beads are a manufactured abrasive. The spherical shape prevents impingement.
- Glass bead is a low-impact media that can be used for a variety of cleaning applications and surface treatments.
- Used where profiling of substrate is undesirable.
- Also known as Potters Impact Beads or Ballotini impact spheres
- Milspec Glass Beads & Milspec Impact Beads are available
- Blasting Speed Up to 40 ft2/hr
- Dust factor N/A
- Recyclability 7/10
- Mesh Size Range 20-325
- Profile Range 0.25-1.0 mil
- Consumption Rate N/A
Available Grades:
- A (850-600µm)
- B (600-425µm)
- C (425-250µm)
- AB (300-180µm)
- AC (250-150µm)
- AD (212-106µm)
- AE (150-90µm)
- AH (90-44µm)
- AI (<53µm)
- INDA (300-106µm)
- MILSPEC beads also available
