Thread: Source of 1" belt sander belts?

OK, found some at Timbecon but only 120g and under.

gday ern
you could try magnetic abrasives in carnegie last time i bought from them . just did a quick search and they have been taken over by this mob Coated Abrasives - Revcut Products, Zirconia Sanding Belts, Alox Sanding Discs who seem to have extended their range of products might be good source

ta fubar, will give 'em a call

After a bit of chasing around I found great service and advice from Gary at Australian Industrial Abrasives in Qld. They'll custom make some 3M Trizact as well as Zirconium belts out of remnants from larger jobs to keep the costs down.

http://www.australianabrasives.com/

Another local alternative would be Summabrite in Oakleigh, can do customs in moderate volumes (10).

What are you working, the Trizact are great on stainless but I haven't come accross them being used for other stuff. Not at all like a conventional abrasive, think a canvas belt with spider web bonded accross it at about 80degs to direction of rotation. Very expensive, but cost effective for stainless as it has a much better service life than any of the grit belts. Other consideration is what machine you are running them on, they are a fairly high speed belt, normally used with 250mm or 300mm contact wheels running at 1400RPM +.

Thanks for the tip Mal.

I was only looking for 2-3 in each grit.

Advice was that Trizact would be fine for HCS and HSS on the 1" ryobi belt sander.

Originally Posted by rsser

Thanks for the tip Mal.

FYI - Here is another abrasive supplier, I have found they give excellent service with competitive pricing.

Abrasiflex - Industrial Abrasives, 3M Abrasive Systems, DEB Skincare

Thanks Sprog

Originally Posted by rsser

Thanks for the tip Mal.

I was only looking for 2-3 in each grit.

Advice was that Trizact would be fine for HCS and HSS on the 1" ryobi belt sander.

For 2 -3 the arrangement you made might well be better. Trizact are fairly fine surface finishing abrasives, rather than bulk removal (surface forming) ones. They also tend to put a fair degree of heat into the job, so might blue HCS fairly easily. On the other hand, they handle heat better than the grit based belts so last better.

Didn't have anything to do with them and general steels due to the cost factor and the need to avoid ferrous contamination of stainless products. Used them for prepping stainless for mirror polishing, the slightest grain of ferrous ingrained was a rust spot in about 6 weeks. Used Carborundum and garnet belts for all of the general steel work due to the economics, not aware of any polishing shops using Trizact on MS.

Thanks for the info and the warning Mal.

Yeah, going for Zirc in 80 & 120; Trizact in 180 and 240.

Suck it and see.

Trizact use a different grading system than grit belts so there is no 120, 180, 240 etc.

Code is Ax(xx), ie A followed by a one to three digit number. The lower numbers are fine grades while the higher numbers are the coarser varieties. I have included a brochure for you. There is no direct equivalent to 240

Thanks Mal.

Yeah, that was my order; Gary's warehouse mgr was going to translate it ;-}

12 custom belts split between Zirc and Trizact came to $65 posted.

from Australian Industrial Abrasives Pty Ltd
84 Parramatta Road
Underwood
Queensland 4119
Ph. 61 7 3208 7588

Grit equiv chart attached

Ern, have you had a chanc to give the Trizacts a work out yet?

Mal