Classification and Introduction of Polishing Wheels for Polishing Consumables

Today's introduction mainly focuses on the polishing wheels suitable for product polishing in surface treatment. In fact, many primary processes in surface treatment use sand belts. However, in order to clarify the classification, we will leave the sand belts for later discussion when focusing on wire drawing consumables. As for polishing wheels, we classify them according to the different types used in the polishing process stages. Personally, I divide them into initial polishing wheels, fine polishing wheels, and precision polishing wheels, which are respectively used in the initial polishing stage, fine polishing stage, and precision polishing stage of polishing work.
Initial polishing wheel, used for product opening, polishing, peeling, sanding, etc. The polishing wheel used in this initial process generally has a higher hardness, which results in greater polishing force and damage to the surface of the product, and may cause changes in the surface shape. Generally, the initial polishing wheels we use include Thousand Leaf Wheel, Steel Wire Wheel, Oil Hemp Wheel, Thousand Wire Wheel, etc. Of course, we often use sand belts, but the surface of the sand belt is similar in material to the Thousand Wheel Wheel and Thousand Wire Wheel. Among them, the polishing wheel used for initial polishing should also be selected based on product materials and processing requirements. For example, if we want to polish the outer shell of a copper metal product, we only need to peel it without causing too much damage to the product. Therefore, we cannot use a primary polishing wheel with excessive hardness, otherwise it is easy to cause significant damage to the lower layer of the product skin during the peeling process.
Fine polishing wheel, used for secondary polishing of products, mainly suitable for products with low requirements for surface polishing brightness, or as a pre process for precision polishing. The polishing wheel used in this process generally has a much lower hardness than the initial polishing wheel, such as hemp wheel, hemp rope wheel, hemp cloth wheel, wind wheel with coating, nylon wheel, etc. Products that have undergone fine polishing often achieve a smooth and even surface with a certain polishing effect, but for some products that require high surface requirements, additional process flow is needed.
Precision polishing wheel is mainly used for the ultimate polishing of products, generally achieving a mirror polishing effect, and higher processes can achieve a surface seamless mirror effect. At this point, it is basically the final process of product polishing, and the hardness of the polishing wheel is generally not too high. Commonly used polishing wheels include cloth wheels, pearl cloth wheels, bleached cloth wheels, cotton wheels, wind wheels, and so on. This type of polishing wheel has a soft surface, and with the help of polishing wax, the product achieves the final process required effect.
In fact, the production process of copper mirrors in ancient China was similar to the current polishing process. After going through processes such as initial polishing, fine polishing, and precision polishing, the final mirror became a mirror light effect. In the process of becoming a copper mirror, different abrasives are also used to gradually shape it. In polishing activities, the use of polishing consumables can often determine whether a product can achieve the final effect requirements. Many polishing processing companies often worry about what polishing wheel to use in order to achieve the desired effect. It is hoped that this article can provide a general direction for thinking.