Stainless Steel Alloys

Stainless steel is the most commonly polished metal.

It is used in many industries due to its strength and lack of corrosion. It also has a good aesthetic quality, remaining bright and shiny. It can be easily cleaned and sterilized.

Stainless steel is commonly used in architecture, cookware, process industries, surgical tools, culinary tools and automotive industries.

Steel is typically rolled and annealed then sometimes roller polished in sheet form at the mill before being fabricated and then maybe pre polished and polished again to the following range of finishes : brushed, satin, matt, reflective, mirror.

Pre-polishing sequence depends on the initial condition of the metal but can start with belts or scurfs at 60 grit up to 180 or 240 grit.

For manual polishing of a one stage or two stage polishing is used depending on the part and the finish required.

For example Abracut followed by Hero if the initial condition is rough.

Hero or Pristine will leave a good reflective finish with a single operation if the initial condition is reasonable.

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Carbon Steels

Medium Carbon Steels are used where high strength and resistance to wear are important such as in machinery parts like gears and crankshafts and in the train industry such can be very hard wearing and must have the hardest abrasives accordingly.

High-carbon steels have very high wear-resistance and hardness, are used in cutting tools, springs high strength wire and dies.

Due to their hardness carbon steels should be polished with aggressive abrasives bound in firm long-lasting binders.

Pre-polishing sequence depends on the initial condition of the metal but can start with belts or scurfs at 36 grit up to 180 or 240 grit.

For manual polishing of a one stage or two stage polishing is used depending on the part and the finish required.

For example Cutmaster followed by Venus if the initial condition is rough.

Sunblue is excellent as a single stage polish on gears and other machine parts.

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