Diamond Grinding / Polishing Machine - Table Top 

 

Enlarge Image SMART CUT™ GP is a Heavy Duty Polishing, Grinding, Lapping Machine. Designed for use in Industry & Mechanical Sample Preparation, as well as grinding and polishing of many different types of materials. Made in USA

8" (203.2mm) Diameter Steel Plate No Center Post (Table Top) Coolant Through Center Spindle Heavy Duty Welded Steel Chassis Beige Hammertone Powder Baked Paint Finish Heavy Duty Bearings Relube 115 Volt or 220 Volt 1/3 HP Forward & Reverse Dayton Motor Brush Guard One Year Warranty on Motor and Bearings Metal Bond & Resin Bond Diamond Discs available in all diamond mesh/micron sizes Interchangeable Magnetic Backed Discs Available with Variable Speed from 0 to 950 RPM Shipping Weight: 75 lbs

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Enlarge Image Variable Speed Grinder / Polisher - 0 to 950 RPM

SMART CUT™ GP Provides equal Precision, Productivity and Versatility as High Cost Fully Automatic Grinding/Polishing Machines, at a small fraction of the price. Compare to Brand Name Grinding / Polishing Machines for Sample Preparation & Materials Research.  Perfect for Production and R & D facilities on a Budget. This machine is available in both single or variable speed. Single speed machines are preset at 1,000 RPM.

Its belt and pulley system can be changed to run at low or high speed (any RPM's desired). Variable Speed machines run from 0 to 950 RPM. This heavy duty machine is made from steel. Capable of of withstanding more exploitation, requires less maintenance, and much easier to use that Fully Automatic Polishing, Lapping, & Grinding Equipment. Coolant can be re-circulated with addition of pump.

ADVANTAGES: SET TO ANY DESIRED RPM EASY TO USE QUIET & CLEAN CLEAN UP IS FAST & EASY PORTABLE / COMPACT VERY AFFORDABLE REQUIRES MINIMUM MAINTENANCE CAN BE USED IN JUST ABOUT ANY APPLICATION PERFECT FOR LABORATORY USE & SMALL PRODUCTION

SMART CUT™ GP is Perfect for coarse & fine grinding and polishing of Advanced, Ultra Hard & Brittle Materials, Optical Materials. High hardness materials including metals, ceramics, refractories, cement, and petrographic thin sections. As well as full range of optical materials, such as: Bk7, Fused Silica, Zeroder, Quartz, Soda Lime Glass, Yag, Sapphire, and Many Others. Preferred by thousands of Universities, Government Research Laboratories, Commercial Laboratories, Advanced Material, Ceramic, Glass, Quartz, & Stone  fabrication facilities. What you will save on cost of Consumables will more than pay for SMART CUT™ GP in short period of time.

  SEE A LIVE DEMONSTRATION & EXPLANATION

Grinding / Polishing Head Fixture - applies controllable pressure to material

Click on the pictures below to download a short movie clip in Windows Media Player format. This demonstration is divided into 5 different parts (each movie clip is about 1 minute long). Each movie clip explains the advantage of this lapping machines, and how they are used. Download time is approximately 50 seconds for 56k modems (5 seconds or faster for ISDN / DSL connections).

Part I (1.16 MB)	Part II (1.22 MB)	Part II (822 kb)
Part IV (1.03 MB)	Part V (1.06 MB)	Made in U.S.A.

More detailed demonstration and explanation movie (about 11 minutes long) is available on CD. Contact our Sales Department for your Free copy.  REQUEST QUOTE TODAY!

ADVANTAGES: Fast Material Removal Minimum heat generation Clean & Inexpensive process Very thin material can be processed to precision tolerance.

INDUSTRIES USED IN: Automotive / Diesel Aerospace Compressor & Valve Sample Preparation Tool & Die Bearings Precision Optics Precious & Semi Precious Stone, Natural Stone

Technical Ceramics Data Storage Semiconductor Medical Devices Specially Materials / Products Mechanical Seals Composites Glass Materials Research Metallography

CONSUMABLES: 

UKAM Industrial Superhard Tools produces diamond grinding, polishing discs and consumables for large variety of applications, industries, lapping, grinding & polishing machines. Metal & Resin Bond Diamond Discs are available from as coarse as 40 grit to fine as 1 micron. All Diamond Discs are interchangeable and come with magnetic backing. Other consumables such as diamond powder, cerium oxide, alumina powder, diamond compounds, diamond polishing coolant & diamond films are available upon request.

SMART CUT™ Diamond Discs are designed for fine and coarse grinding/polishing  of high hardness materials such as metals, ceramics, refractories, cement, geological rocks, glass, optics, composites, and many other materials 35 and up Rockwell C scale of hardness 

Only the highest quality diamonds and raw material is used in manufacturing process. The highest quality standards and consistency are maintained using sophisticated measurement and inspection equipment. Please inquire, we will be happy to recommend the right equipment, consumables, & process for your application. 

Whatever your goal or objective UKAM Industrial Superhard Tools can help you optimize your Diamond Lapping, Grinding, & Polishing operation to ultimate level of efficiency.  

MECHANICAL LAPPING, GRINDING, & POLISHING PROCESS

CAN BE USED FOR ALMOST ANY APPLICATION

As a essential part of finishing process, SMART CUT™ Lapping, Grinding, & Polishing machines / equipment play a major role in establishing the final dimensional and surface characteristics for many industrial parts. Lapping operation is used for many work materials including glass, ceramic, plastic, metals and their alloys, sintered materials, stellite, ferrite, copper, cast iron, steel etc.

Lapping, Grinding, & Polishing is primarily considered to be a three-body abrasive mechanism due to the fact that it uses free abrasive grains that can roll or slide between the work piece surface and the lapping plate, although some grains become embedded in the lap leading to two-body abrasion. Lapping is a loose abrasive machining process that combines abrasive particles within an oil or aqueous medium depending on the material being finished. Fine abrasive is applied, continuously or at specific intervals, to a work surface to form an abrasive film between the plate and the parts to be lapped or polished. 

Each abrasive grain used for lapping has sharp irregular shapes and when a relative motion is induced and pressure applied, the sharp edges of the grains are forced into the work piece material. Each loose abrasive particle acts as a microscopic cutting tool that either makes an indentation or causes the material to cut away very small particles. Even though the abrasive grains are irregular in size and shape, they are used in large quantities and thus a cutting action takes place continuously over the entire surface in contact.

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LAPPING, GRINDING, & POLISHING?

Lapping, Grinding, & Polishing processes are very similar. Main differences lie on the end users objectives. Such as removing a certain amount of material or removing scratches and micro cracks caused by prior machining operations. Usually the same machine can be used for all three operations. Some of the major differences include the type and diamond mesh size of diamond discs used, type and size of abrasives used and their holding method.  Other factors include RPM’s (speed) used and pressure applied to material workpiece.

Another important difference between lapping and more finer polishing is the composition of diamond disc backing plate. Typically cast iron is used as a backing plate for lapping. Backing plates made from aluminum, bronze, or composites are more frequently used for polishing.  Find out more >>>  

UKAM Industrial Superhard Tools   Division of LEL Diamond Tools International, Inc.

28231 Avenue Crocker, Unit 80  Valencia, CA 91355  Phone: (661) 257-2288  Fax: (661) 257-3833

e-mail: lel@ukam.com