Polishing Tools
General Information
PFERD offers an extensive range of polishing
Application examples
tools in diverse shapes and diameters.
■■Preliminary and high-gloss polishing of injec-
tion moulding tools for plastic parts.
Our range consists essentially of two types:
■■High-gloss polishing of stainless steel com-
■■Felt tools, used mainly for high-gloss polish-
ponents (INOX).
ing work.
■■Preliminary polishing of fittings.
■■Felt tools with metal inserts, provide higher
■■Polishing of tungsten carbide cutting blades.
stock removal rates and designed mainly for
pre-polishing with diamond grinding pastes.
Recommendations for use
The programme contains four different types
■■Felt tools perform best at the recommended
of cloth ring:
cutting speed of 5-10 m/s, where the
■■Sisal cloth (ST)
optimum balance between stock removal,
■■Hard cloth (TH)
surface finishing quality, workpiece tem-
■■Soft cloth (TW)
perature loads and tool wear is achieved.
■■Flannel (FL)
■■Felt tools are used in combination with dia-
mond polishing pastes and polishing paste
Advantages
bars. If the polishing paste is changed, the
polishing tool must also be changed.
■■The broad diversity of shapes and diameters
■■Cloth rings are used with polishing pastes
permits polishing of complex workpiece
for preliminary and high-gloss polishing.
geometries.
■■PFERD felt tools can be profiled as required.
Safety note
For safety reasons, it is imperative to remain
within the stated RPM limit at all times.
Safety recommendations
= Wear eye protection!
= Wear hearing protection!
= Wear a respirator!
= Read the instructions!
Cutting speed
100.000
for felt tools and cloth rings
75.000
60.000
In this diagram, the cutting speeds are repre-
50.000
sented using blue diagonal lines. The vertical
line representing the tool dia. meets the given
40.000
35.000
cutting speed (diagonals). From its point of
30.000
intersection proceed horizontally to the left
25.000
margin where you will find the corresponding
20.000
rotational speed [RPM] of the felt tools, cloth
rings and machine.
15.000
Example
10.000
FK ZYA 2530/6 ST-BO
7.500
Cutting speed: 5-10 m/s
Speed range: 3.800-7.600 RPM
6.000
5.000
Example
4.000
TR 10010 ST/10
3.000
Cutting speed: 10-15 m/s
2.500
Speed range: 1.900-2.850 RPM
2.000
1.500
1.000
750
600
500
400
6
8
10
12
15
20
25
30
45
60
80
100
125
150
Tool diameter D [mm]
104 I 204
