Abstract:
A method of making shaped abrasive particles including forming an abrasive flake comprising a plurality of precursor shaped abrasive particles and a frangible support joining the precursor shaped abrasive particles together; transporting the abrasive flake through a rotary kiln to sinter the abrasive flake; and breaking the sintered abrasive flake into individual shaped abrasive particles. The method is useful to make small shaped abrasive particles having insufficient mass to be efficiently individually sintered in a rotary kiln without joining two or more of the shaped abrasive particles together.
Abstract:
Abrasive particles comprising shaped abrasive particles each having a sloping sidewall, each of the shaped abrasive particles comprising alpha alumina and having a first face and a second face separated by a thickness, t. The shaped abrasive particles further comprising a draft angle α between the second face and the sloping sidewall, and the draft angle α is between about 95 degrees to about 125 degrees.
Abstract:
Abrasive particles which are shaped abrasive particles each with an opening is disclosed. The shaped abrasive particles are formed from alpha alumina and have a first face and a second face separated by a thickness t. The opening in each of the shaped abrasive particles can improve grinding performance by reducing the size of a resulting wear flat, can provide a reservoir for grinding aid, and can improve adhesion to a backing in a coated abrasive article.
Abstract:
By controlling the process parameters and by using a polymeric production tooling having a plurality of mold cavities, different types of shaped abrasive particles selected from the group consisting of abrasive shards, dish-shaped abrasive particles, and shaped abrasive particles with an opening can be produced from the exact same mold. In one embodiment, the mold comprised a plurality of equilateral triangles and fractured precursor abrasive particles, dish-shaped precursor abrasive particles, or precursor shaped abrasive particles with an opening were produced from the same mold.
Abstract:
Precursor alpha alumina abrasive particles in a mold are subjected to a drying process that cracks or fractures at least a majority of the precursor abrasive particles into at least two pieces thereby producing abrasive shards having a smaller size than the mold cavity from which they were made. The smaller abrasive shards, once formed, could be reassembled like jigsaw puzzle pieces to reproduce the original cavity shape of the mold from which they were made. The cracking or fracturing of the precursor abrasive particles is believed to occur by ensuring that the surface tension of the abrasive dispersion to the walls of the mold is greater than the internal attractive forces of the abrasive dispersion as the abrasive dispersion is dried within the mold cavity.
Abstract:
Alumina-based abrasive material having at least an internal core structure is provided. Preferably, the abrasive material results from co-extrusion of at least two different sols. In some preferred processing, steps to provide multiple internal core structures are conducted.
Abstract:
A method of making an alpha alumina-based ceramic abrasive grain comprising, on a theoretical oxide basis, Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3, and SiO.sub.2. The abrasive grain has a surface roughness height of greater than about 200 nanometers and a density of greater than about 3.50 g/cm.sup.3. Preferably, the alpha alumina-based ceramic abrasive grain has alpha alumina crystallites having an average crystallite size of less than about 0.5 micrometer (more preferably, less than about 0.3 micrometer). The presence of the SiO.sub.2 in combination with Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3 increases the amount of transgranular fracture of the abrasive grain, reduces the alpha alumina crystallite growth during sintering of the abrasive grain, dilates at least one of the unit cell dimensions of the abrasive grain, and generally improves the grinding performance of the abrasive grain.
Abstract translation:一种制造基于氧化铝的陶瓷磨粒的方法,其包括在理论氧化物基础上的Al 2 O 3,Fe 2 O 3和SiO 2。 磨粒具有大于约200纳米的表面粗糙度高度和大于约3.50g / cm 3的密度。 优选地,α氧化铝基陶瓷磨粒具有平均微晶尺寸小于约0.5微米(更优选小于约0.3微米)的α氧化铝微晶。 SiO 2与Fe 2 O的组合的存在增加了磨粒的晶粒间断裂的量,减少了磨粒的烧结期间的α氧化铝微晶生长,使磨粒的单元电池尺寸中的至少一个扩大,并且通常改善 研磨性能的磨粒。