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alro.com BECAUSE RIGHT CHOICESalro.com MATTERTM Stock Abrasive Offerings Depressed Center Wheels...... 3 Small Diameter, Reinforced Cut-Off Wheels...... 3 Portable Snagging Wheels, Cones & Plugs...... 4 Bench and Pedestal Wheels...... 4 Mounted Points...... 4 Dressing Sticks...... 5 Fiber Discs...... 5 Cloth PSA Discs & Accessories...... 5 Flap Discs...... 6 Paper Discs...... 6 Cloth Sheets and Rolls...... 7 Paper Sheets and Rolls...... 7 Abrasive Sponges...... 7 File Belts...... 8 NORaX Belts...... 8 Portable Belts...... 8 Narrow Belts...... 9 Flap Wheels...... 9 Non-Woven Belts...... 10 Non-Woven Discs...... 10 Non-Woven Hand Pads, Rolls & Sponges ...... 11 Non-Woven Flap Wheels...... 11 Unified Wheels...... 12 Convolute Wheels...... 12

alro.com 2 Stock Abrasive Offerings Alro Industrial Supply stocks Norton abrasive products in different specifications for a broad range of applications from heavy duty to light finishing. To learn more about these Norton products and the Alro difference contact Alro Industrial Supply today.

Depressed Center Wheels Depressed center wheels (also referred to as raised hub wheels) are designed to handle tough right angle grinding applications on metal, masonry and other building materials. Wheels are designated by shape “type”. Available in various grit and abrasive options, these wheels cut, grind, remove stock, chamfer edges, and blend with aggressive cut rate and long life.

Applications: ● Grinding ● Edge chamfering ● Beveling ● Stock removal ● Cutting ● Weld blending

Size Thickness Grit Abrasive Mounting Range Range Range Grains Options Shapes 24 to 46 grit for stock removal • Aluminum Oxide Plain hole (5/8” and 7/8”) • Type 27 2” to 9” .040” to .250” 60, 80, 120 grit for blending • Ceramic Alumina Discard mount (3/8” - 24” • Type 28 and finishing • Silicon Carbide and 5/8” - 11”) • Type 29 • Zirconia Alumina

Small Diameter, Reinforced Cut-Off Wheels The Norton small diameter cut-off wheel line consists of Type 01 straight and Type 27 depressed center cut-off wheels from 1-1/2” to 9” diameters. These wheels come in ultra thin .035 for quick burn/ burr free cutting to .125” for more durable applications. All are rein- forced for the demanding nature of portable cut-off.

Applications: ● Cutting sheet metal ● Cutting pipe ● Metal plate dimensioning

Size Thickness Abrasive Range Range Grains Shapes • .035” • .060” • Aluminum Oxide • Type 01 Straight 1-1/2” to 9” • .040” • .090” • Ceramic Alumina / Zirconia Alumina • Type 27 Depressed Center • .045” • .125” • Silicon Carbide • Zirconia Alumina / Alumina Oxide

alro.com 3 Stock Abrasive Offerings Portable Snagging Wheels, Cones & Plugs For consistent, quality performance in foundries, welding shops, fab- rication facilities, steel mills and shipyards, Norton snagging wheels maximize your productivity. Used on horizontal/straight shaft grinders or right angle cup portable grinders.

Applications: ● Removing flaws ● Rough beveling ● Clean castings ● Smooth weld seems, ● Cracks risers & parting lines ● Gates

Shape and Cones & Grit Abrasive Size Range Plugs Range Grains Type 01 Straight Wheels: • Type 16 • Type 18 • Aluminum Oxide 57A • Aluminum Oxide/Silicon Carbide Blend 57AC 2-1/2” to 8” • Type 17 • Type 18R 14 to 24 • Silicon Carbide 37C • Zirconia Alumina/Aluminum Oxide Blend AZ Type 06 & 11 Cup Wheels: 4” to 6” • Type 17R • Zirconia Alumina NZ • Zirconia Alumina/Silicon Carbide Blend AZC

Bench and Pedestal Wheels The Norton Bench and Pedestal wheel line consists of all wheel di- ameters and arbor sizes, abrasive types and grit sizes – to answer all your metal removal, deburring, shaping and sharpening needs: white aluminum oxide for high speed steels, gray aluminum oxide for carbon steel, and silicon carbide for nonferrous metals and carbide tooling. Applications: Offhand deburring & sharpening of parts & Bushings: Telescopic arbor bushings to fit all popular grinders are packaged with the wheel

Size Range Grit Range Abrasive Grains

5” to 18” dia. 24 to 150 Aluminum Oxide • Silicon Carbide

Mounted Points Resin bond, vitrified bond, center lap, and cotton fiber mounted points are available in a wide range of shapes.

Industries: ● Aerospace ● Metal fabrication ● Automotive ● Mold shops ● Construction ● Stainless steel equipment ● Cutlery ● Tool & Die ● Foundries

Abrasive Grains Shape Availability • Aluminum Oxide • Silicon Carbide A, B and W • Ceramic Alumina • Zirconia Alumina alro.com 4 Stock Abrasive Offerings Dressing Sticks Norton stationary diamond dressing tools have a reputation for quality and innovative technology. The range includes blade tool dressers, single point dressers and multi point dressers for profiling and straight dressing of all conventional grinding wheel. The tool to choose depends on the dimensions of the wheel to be dressed.

Applications: Truing, cleaning, and dressing diamond, cBN, and conventional abrasive wheels

Thick, Width & Diameter Length Grit Range Abrasive Grains Shapes

1/4” to 1” 3” to 8” 16 to 400 Aluminum Oxide • Boron Nitride • Silicon Carbide & Round

Fiber Discs Fiber discs are the most classic of grinding product designs using a heavy-duty disc with resin over resin construction on heavy-duty vulcanized fiber backing. Ideal for general purpose applications ranging from heavy stock removal to surface blending used with a back-up pad on portable angle grinders.

Applications: ● Stock removal ● Edge chamfering ● Weld blending ● Deburring & deflashing ● Rust removal ● Cleaning & finishing

Accessories: Air-cooled and smooth-faced back-up pads

Size Range Grit Range Abrasive Grains Product Options

4” x 5/8” hole 16 to 120 • Aluminum Oxide • Silicon Carbide Speed-Change hubs (5/8 - 11”) 4-1/2” to 9-1/8” x 7/8” hole • Ceramic Alumina • Zirconia Alumina AVOS technology

Cloth PSA Discs & Accessories Norton PSA and Merit ShurStik PSA (pressure sensitive adhesive) cloth discs are the traditional metal sanding product on random orbit- al and stationary disc in conjunction with a rubber back-up pad that delivers the rigidity for hard to grind alloys and steels. They offer strong tear and edge-fray resistance.

Applications: ● Sanding ● Finishing

Accessories: Air-cooled and smooth-faced back-up pads

Size Range Grit Range Abrasive Grain Product Options

4”dia x 5/8” hole 16 to 120 • Aluminum Oxide Speed-Change hubs 4-1/2” to 9-1/8”dia • Ceramic Alumina (5/8 - 11”) x 7/8” hole • Silicon Carbide AVOS technology • Zirconia Alumina alro.com 5 Stock Abrasive Offerings Flap Discs Flap Discs are versatile grinding and finishing tools, consisting of three main components: a backing plate, adhesive, and abrasive cloth flaps. The rectangular flaps are overlapped and glued to the backing plate. Flap discs are designed for right angle grinder applica- tions ranging from heavy stock removal to surface blending.

Applications: ● Stock removal ● Edge chamfering ● Weld blending ● Deburring & deflashing ● Rust removal ● Cleaning & finishing

Size Grit Abrasive Abrasive Flap Disc Abrasive Back Plate Range Range Grains Flaps Shape Flap Density Material 4” dia. x 5/8” hole • Aluminum Oxide • Polyester • Type 27 Flat • Standard • Aluminum 4-1/2” to 7” dia. x 24 to 120 • Ceramic Alumina • Cotton • Type 29 Conical • High • Fiberglass 5/8”-11 discard mount • Silicon Carbide • Plastic and 7/8 hole • Zirconia Alumina

Paper Discs Paper discs are the traditional dry sanding product for random orbital and rotary sanders. Available in adhesive back and hook & loop at- tachments in a variety of sizes, hole patterns and types to give you the highest performing and broadest selection for light stock removal to fine finishing on , plastic, fiberglass, composite, prim- er and sealers. For maximum dust extraction, our Cyclonic technology extracts 60% more dust for cleaner work surface and environment.

Applications: ● Stripping and preparing primed and painted surfaces for finishing ● Sanding of all gel coat and body filler compounds ● Sanding plastics, fiberglass and composites ● Preparing and finishing metal ● Bare wood sanding ● Light weld blending

Size Grit Abrasive Attachment Paper Vacuum Range Range Grains Systems Weights Holes • Aluminum Oxide • Hook & Loop • Lightweight See product 3” to 8” 36 to 2,500 • Ceramic Alumina • PSA - Pressure A, B and C availability charts • Silicon Carbide sensitive adhesive • Heavyweight • Zirconia Alumina E and F alro.com 6 Stock Abrasive Offerings Cloth Sheets and Rolls Engineered for flexibility and fast cutting, cloth sheets and rolls have a longer life than paper. They tear cleanly and straight without shed- ding and are packed in a protective dispenser to eliminate waste and damage. Applications: ● Scouring and light deburring ● Scale and rust removal ● Blending and fine sanding ● Polishing lathe turnings, rolls and cylinders ● Blending marks

Sheet & Roll Categories Sheet Size Roll Sizes Grit Range Abrasive Grains All Purpose Aluminum Oxide Cloth, 9” x 11” 1” to 4”wide 40 to 600 • Aluminum Oxide • Emery Emery Cloth and Silicon Carbide Screen x 50 yards • Silicon Carbide

Paper Sheets and Rolls Paper sheets and rolls are engineered for optimum performance when sanding metal, wood, composites and painted surfaces. The sheets are packed in protective packaging to eliminate waste and permit easy, neat storage. Applications: ● Light-duty metal sanding ● Filler and primer sanding ● Sanding between sealer coats ● Defect removal from painted surfaces ● Sanding and finishing of composites and fiberglass ● Bare wood sanding

Sheet & Roll Categories Size Offerings Grit Range Abrasive Grains

• Heavyweight Zirconia Alumina • Full sheets 36 to 2,500 • Aluminum Oxide • Aluminum Oxide & Silicon Carbide • Cut sheets • Ceramic Alumina • All Purpose Aluminum Oxide and Garnet, • File strips • Silicon Carbide • Stearated (non-loading) Ceramic Alumina, • Rolls • Zirconia Alumina • Waterproof Aluminum Oxide and Silicon Carbide

Abrasive Sponges Norton hand pads and sponges are super flexible and easy-to-hold when used on curved, contoured or flat surfaces. Designed for dura- bility and versatility, these products typically last longer than traditional sheets. Sanding sponges are abrasive-coated foam blocks that can be used in a variety of applications from sanding and drywall to deburring, blending and finishing of various materials.

Benefits: ● Can be used wet or dry ● Clog resistant, washable, reusable ● Easy to use, can be folded without cracking ● Generate a consistent surface finish ● Conformable alro.com 7 Stock Abrasive Offerings File Belts Portable file belt sanders have replaced tedious hand filing and sanding. Increasingly, tool manufacturers are introducing additional fixtures for an increasing number of applications. The belts listed are popular stock sizes, but additional sizes, specifications, backing materials, and edge scallops are available made-to-order. Applications: ● Light weld removal and blending ● Shape and contour sanding ● Surface preparation prior to coating and plating ● removing cutting tool marks from molds and dies

Size Range Grit Range Abrasive Grains 1/8” to 1” wide x 12” to 30” long 40 to 120 Aluminum Oxide • Ceramic Alumina • Zirconia Alumina

NORaX Belts NORaX belts outlast conventional abrasive belts with 2 - 5 times lon- ger life. Longer life, higher quality finishes, faster cut rates, and the ability to skip finishing steps all help drive down the costs of your finishing processes.

Applications: ● Polishing and finishing

Size Range Grit Range Abrasive Grains 1/8” to 1” wide x 12” to 30” long X200 and X100 Ceramic Alumina

Portable Belts Portable belts are ideal for all your metal and appli- cations. Choose 36 to 50 grits for rough/heavy-duty applications, 60 to 100 for intermediate, and 100 to 220 for finishing/polishing applications. Stock is available for wood applications and FastTrack service is used for all other applications.

Applications: ● Grinding and finishing all metals ● Sanding and finishing wood ● Blending welds ● Glass seaming ● Polishing

Size Range Grit Range Abrasive Grains 3” to 4” wide x 15-1/2” to 24” long 36 to 220 Ceramic Alumina alro.com 8 Stock Abrasive Offerings Narrow Belts A wide selection of belt sizes and grits for most dimensioning, inter- mediate grinding and polishing applications.

Applications: ● Benchstand and backstand belts ● Grinding and deburring of all metals ● Sanding and finishing wood ● Heavy stock removal ● Glass seaming ● Polishing

Size Range Grit Range Abrasive Grains 1” to 10” wide x 36” to 132” long 36 to 320 Aluminum Oxide • Ceramic Alumina • Zirconia Alumina

Flap Wheels Flap wheels are an ideal choice for a wide variety of blending, de- burring and finishing applications common in the metal fabrication, welding and polishing industries. Flap wheels are conformable to intricate shapes and contours. Designed to deliver a consistent finish with a uniform rate of cut, flap wheels wear away, continually exposing fresh abrasives.

Applications: ● Blending ● Finishing ● Cleaning ● Polishing ● Deburring ● Stock removal

Size Offering and Ranges Grit Range Abrasive Grains

• Flap Wheels with mounted steel shanks: 3/8” to 3” diameter • Aluminum Oxide • Flap Wheels with mounted 1/4-20 thread: 1” to 3” diameter 40 to 320 • Ceramic Alumina/Aluminun Oxide • Flap Wheels with arbor holes: 3” to 16” diameter

Tool Management Solutions

Alro SmartCell Video - Tool Management Solutions alro.com 9 Stock Abrasive Offerings Non-Woven Discs Merit and Norton non-woven discs are a combination of strong synthet- ic mesh and quality abrasives, bonded together by a smear-resistant adhesive. They are ideal for use on portable tools to clean and remove imperfections on metal surfaces, clean, deburr or finish a variety of sur- faces, blend weld seams, or create decorative finishes. The open con- struction of the non-woven material enables aggressive cutting action and improved surface finish while maintaining its non-loading feature.

Applications: ● Rust removal ● Medium-light stock removal ● Blending ● Deburring & deflashing ● Beveling ● Cleaning & finishing ● Buffing ● Surface preperation ● Polishing ● Felt polishing

Surface Size Grit Abrasive Back Up Finishing Range Range Grains Attachment Pads • Surface stripping • X-Coarse • Aluminum Oxide • Quick-Change Type TS (Type II) Rubber with hardness • Surface deburring 3/4” to 8” • Coarse • Ceramic Alumina • Type TR (Type III) variations for different and blending diameter • Medium • Silicon Carbide • Type TP (Type 1) applications. • Fine • Hook and loop • Very fine • Arbor holes

Non-Woven Belts Norton non-woven belts are a combination of strong synthetic mesh and quality abrasive, bonded together by a smear-resistant adhesive. The open construction of non-woven material enables aggressive cut- ting action and improved surface finish while maintaining its non-load- ing feature. The belts are color-coded by grit size for easy identification. Choose Coarse for deburring, Medium for cleaning/blending, and Very Fine for finishing. Applications: ● Remove surface defects ● Corrosion, oxides, rust, scale, ● Light edge burrs and flashing ● Blend mill and tool marks ● Parting lines and uneven edges ● Applying decorative finishes

Grit Range Abrasive Grains Coarse (Brown) • Medium (Maroon) • Very Fine (Blue) Alumina Oxide • Ceramic Alumina/Alumina Oxide alro.com 10 Stock Abrasive Offerings Non-Woven Hand Pads, Rolls & Sponges Surface finishing hand pads, rolls and sponges are made ofa non-woven nylon web impregnated with abrasive grain and resin bond. Non-woven hand pads are flexible to adapt to any work sur- face. Gentle action easily removes flashing or burrs without affecting dimension of workpiece.

Non-woven material is laminated to a long-lasting sponge for the convenience of two pads in one. These sponges are a superior re- placement for steel wool. Non-woven rolls are an economical alter- native to cut pads and can be cut to specific sizes.

Applications: ● Light- to Heavy-Duty cleaning ● Deburring, blending and polishing ● Finishing of metal, wood, composite, plastics, stone, solid and painted surfaces

Surface Finishing Grit Range Abrasive Grains • Surface stripping • Coarse (C) • Non-Abrasive (-) • Very Fine (VF) • Micro Fine (MF) • Aluminum Oxide • Surface deburring & blending • Medium (M) • Fine (F) • Ultra Fine (UF) • Silicon Carbide

Non-Woven Flap Wheels Non-woven surface finishing flap wheels are an ideal choice for a wide variety of blending and finishing applications common in the metal fabrication, welding and polishing industries. Flap wheels are conformable to intricate shapes and contours. Designed to deliver a consistent finish with a uniform rate of cut, flap wheels wear away continually exposing fresh abrasives.

There are two types of non woven flap wheels: non-woven only abra- sive flaps where finishing is the primary application, and interleaf with alternating cloth and non-woven abrasive flaps (less conform- able, more aggressive) for stock removal and finishing. Interleaf flap wheels must always be run in the direction indicated by the arrow.

Applications: ● Blending ● Finishing ● Cleaning ● Polishing ● Deburring

Size Offering & Ranges Grit Range Abrasive Grains • Flap Wheels with mounted steel shanks: 2” to 3” diameter 50 to 320 • Aluminum Oxide • Flap Wheels with arbor holes: 3” to 12” diameter • Silicon Carbide

alro.com 11 Stock Abrasive Offerings Unified Wheels Made from non-woven synthetic fiber mesh, which is impregnat- ed with abrasives and bound with resins, non-woven wheels are designed to create desired surface finish where little or no stock removal is required. The industry’s broadest offering is available for light stock removal, deburring, blending, finishing and polish- ing. Non woven wheels have an open mesh construction that is waterproof, washable, conformable and non-loading.

Applications: ● Clean and remove imperfections on metal surfaces ● Clean built-up residue ● Deburr or finish a variety of surfaces ● Blend weld seams or create decorative finishes

Grit Range Abrasive Grains Extra Coarse (EC) • Coarse (C) • Medium (Maroon) • Very Fine (Blue) Aluminum Oxide • Silicon Carbide

Convolute Wheels Formed by wrapping and bonding web material impregnated with abrasive grain and resin around a center core. Convolute wheels offer a wide range of uses from burr removal to cleaning rust and oxides.

Applications: ● Burr and flashing removal ● Surface roughness reduction ● Blending weld areas on stainless steel ● Blending scratch patterns ● Removing rust and oxides ● Applying decorative finishes including antique patterns

Features Benefits • Smear and heat-resistant formula • Consistent, high quality results • Dense web construction (9 density) • Starting point for deburring, blending, polishing & finishing applications • Waterproof and non-metallic • Can be used dry, wet or with oil • Optimum grain/resin formulation • No contamination of workpiece • Conformable and flexible • Less operator fatigue • Durable, long life construction with versatile application range and improved cut rate and shed resistance

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