abrasive material


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Noun1.abrasive material - a substance that abrades or wears downabrasive material - a substance that abrades or wears down
material, stuff - the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread"
carborundum - an abrasive composed of silicon carbide crystals
steel wool, wire wool - a mass of woven steel fibers used as an abrasive
emery cloth - cloth covered with powdered emery
emery paper, sandpaper - stiff paper coated with powdered emery or sand
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There are five types of teeth available for the excavators: general purpose, abrasive material and rock, pick point, twin pick and spade nose.
The abrasion tester adopts slip-resistant surfaces as the abrasive material for remarkable improvement of testing repeatability, according to the company.
Abrasives are a custom fit, Johnston said, as the company can make the abrasive material as fine or coarse as needed to handle a customer's projects.
Rugged design and vibrating probe prevent build-up and ensure reliable level measurements suited to abrasive material exposure, it can be used in bins or tanks for problem conditions where other types of controls may fail.
Babcock workers were shotblast cleaning a barge boat at the Fife military naval base on November 8 and 9 when the abrasive material used became airborne and hit nearby cars.
Use a soft cloth rather than a scouring pad or any other abrasive material that may scratch or wear the feeder bowl.
The Tomahawk System (patent pending) is a trenchless pipe rehab technology that uses an abrasive material in a high volume, low pressure airstream to clean pipes.
For gate and riser removal and grinding, there is no universal abrasive--that is, a single abrasive material cannot handle all grinding needs.
Tiny pieces of extremely hard, abrasive material were ejected to heights of more than nine kilometres and carried as far as Russia.
When abrasive material is transported through piping, either as pumped slurry or via pneumatic conveyance, the effect on the inner surface is devastating.
The disc is built with 40% more premium Zirconia abrasive material than standard discs from the PSF line.