Glass bead is high-grade soda lime glass bead manufactured by the process of cascading a granulated soda lime glass powder or grain into a vertical kiln and then using the effect of softening the glass and gravity to cause the rounding of the glass grit or cullet. This technique has been refined to produce a sphere that is almost perfectly round, and in the reflective product, produces a prism that can have refractive indices as high as 2. Available in commercial, premium AMS and military specifications, conforming to AMS2431/6C and MIL-9954.
This media is also referred to as Beadomac.
Grades
GBBT3 – 0.590 – 0.840 mm
GBBT4 – 0.420 – 0.590 mm
GBBOL21 – 0.250 – 0.420 mm
GBBOL23 – 0.177 – 0.297 mm
GBBOL24 – 0.149 – 0.250 mm
GBBOL25 – 0.105 – 0.210 mm
GBBOL26 – 0.074 – 0.149 mm
GBBOL27 – 0.053 – 0.105 mm
GBBT13 – 0.044 – 0.088 mm
GBBOL30 – 0.030 – 0.062 mm
Datasheet download contains
- Technical Data Sheet
- Material Safety Data Sheet
- Technical Data Sheet Premium
- Technical Data Sheet Military
Properties
- Abrasive Type: Glass
- Density: 2.55 g/cm³
- Bulk Density: 1.5 g/cm³
- Hardness: 5 Mohs
- Friability: Medium
- Recyclability: Medium
- Dust Levels: Low
- Shape: Spherical
- Colour: Clear/White
Applications
- Polishing
- Shot peening
- Surface finishing
- Metals
- Aerospace castings
- Anti-slip/safety flooring
- Automotive
- Castings and forgings
- Coatings/paints/resins
