GlassBead

GLASS BEADS

Glass beads are manufactured from lead-free, soda lime-type glass, containing no free silica that is made into preformed ball shapes. Glass beads produce a much smoother and brighter finish than angular abrasives. Glass beads 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.

Glass bead blasting produces a clean, bright, satin finish, without dimensional change of the parts. 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.

AVAILABLE SIZES:

Type

Mesh

Micron

B13

>270

<53

B12

170-325

45-90

B11

120-200

53-106

B10

100-170

90-150

B9

80-140

106-212

B8

70-100

150-250

B7

60-80

177-250

B6

50-70

210-297

B5

40-60

250-400

B4

30-40

250-425

B3

20-30

425-600

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION:

Symbol

Name

Percentage

SiO2

(Silicon Dioxide )

≥72%

Na2O

(Sodium Oxide)

³13%

CaO

(Calcium Oxide)

³5%

MgO

(Magnesium Oxide)

≤4%

K2O

(Potassium Oxide)

≤0.4%

Al2O3

(Aluminum Oxide)

≤1%