Abrasive Hand Pad generates fine surface finish.
June 20, 2003 - Non-woven Bear-Tex® 747 aluminum-oxide, waterproof pad can double cut rate while using fine abrasive grit. It removes burrs and imperfections without changing dimensional tolerance, and provides resilience to bleeding when working with acetone, MEK, and other solvents. Pad is suitable for general purpose cleaning of machinery and tools, removing oxides, defuzzing wood, cleaning solid surfaces, and denibbing plastic components.
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Original Press release
Saint-Gobain Abrasives, Inc.
14 Amplex Way
Worcester, MA, 01606
USA
New Bear-Tex® Abrasive Aluminum Oxide Very Fine 747 Performance Hand Pad
--The New Non-woven Hand Pad Doubles Cut Rate and Generates Finer Finish--
WORCESTER, Mass., June 6, 2003--The superior cut rate of the new Bear-Tex 747 non-woven abrasive hand pad increases operator productivity while generating a fine surface finish. In most applications, finish is sacrificed for an increase in cut rate, but not with the improved 747 waterproof hand pad design. The superior distribution of resin and abrasive implemented in this design allows the Bear-Tex 747 A/O Very Fine hand pad to double its cut rate throughout its life with a finer abrasive grit size. The new resin system also provides increased resilience to color bleeding when working with solvents.
The new pad easily removes burrs and imperfections without changing dimensional tolerance. Through a substantial amount of internal testing, competitive benchmarking, and field trials, the improved design has proved itself in applications ranging from general purpose cleaning of machinery and tools to removing oxides, defuzzing wood, cleaning solid surfaces and denibbing plastic components. Testing has also verified that the new Bear-Tex 747 hand pad has an increased resilience to bleeding when working with acetone, MEK, and other solvents.
In addition to hand pads, the new Bear-Tex 747 material is also available for sheets, discs, rolls, and flap wheels.
Norton is a brand of Saint-Gobain Abrasives, a division of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain. Saint-Gobain, one of the top 100 industrial companies in the world, is a leading producer of abrasives, building materials, flat glass, insulation, reinforcements, packaging, pipe, ceramics and high-performance plastics. Headquartered in Paris, Saint-Gobain's annual sales approximate $28.6 billion. The company has more than 173,000 employees in 47 countries. In the U.S. and Canada, Saint-Gobain employs about 26,700 people, and has 195 manufacturing locations. Its total U.S. and Canada sales in 2002 were $6.4 billion.
Saint-Gobain's web site is www.saint-gobain.com.
The Norton web site is www.nortonabrasives.com.
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