Glass beads

Glass beads abrasives are high quality glass micro balls made of selected raw glass material.

Applications:

Glass beads used for cold working of metal surfaces, i.e. shot peening and honing. General cleaning, removing of light foreign matter, decorative finishing, polishing and matting.

Advantages:

· Glass beads used for the cold working of metal surfaces as well as for general cleaning, deburring and decorative finishing whilst retaining the dimensional integrity of items being blasted (e.g. pistons).

· For delicate thin-walled parts and thin welds, peening with glass beads abrasive material provides the right balance of stress relief without over-stressing and causing damage.

· Glass beads is silica-free option for shot blasting, peening, honing, cleaning and light deburring.

· Glass beads are chemically inert and environmentally friendly.

· Available in a wide range of sizes.

· Can be re-used up to 30 times.

Physical properties:

Hardness: 6 – 7 Moh scale

Specific density: about 2.5g/cm3

Bulk density: 1,6 kg/dm³

Free silica: None

Shape: round

Storage conditions: dry and covered

Packing: 25 kg bags, 1 ton per pallet

Chemical composition:

SiO₂: 72,5 %

Al₂O₃: 0,5 – 2 %

K₂O: 0,88 %

Na₂O: 13,78 %

CaO: 7,02 %

Fe₂O₃: 0,18 %

MgO: 4 %

MnO: 3 %

Sizes:

0 – 50 µm

40 – 70 µm

70 – 110 µm
90 – 150 µm
100 – 200 µm
150 – 250 µm
200 – 300 µm
250 – 350 µm
300 – 400 µm
400 – 600 µm
600 – 800 µm

1000 – 1500 µm

2000 – 3000 µm