Pferd Inc. offers POLINOX® hand pads for manual cleaning of metal and painted surfaces. Suitable for very fine grinding on small to large surfaces and contours, they are flexible to enable adjustment to the contour of the workpiece for access in hard-to-reach areas. The pads can achieve matte and...

Saint-Gobain Abrasives has introduced Norton QUANTUM3™ Combination Wheels. These grinding wheels have 50 percent longer life than competitive wheels and can increase productivity by 15 percent, the manufacturer says. The wheels are suitable for applications such as general fabrication; oil rig...

Abtex Corp., a manufacturer of machine/brush deburring systems in Dresden, N.Y., has promoted Jason Saner to president. He joined the company in June 2013 as market development manager, was promoted to lead the Systems Group in 2014, and was named vice president of sales and marketing in 2015....

Dresden, N.Y.-based Abtex Corp., a provider of integrated brush/machine deburring systems, has announced the hiring of four new staff members. Rafael Colon has been named as a mechanical design engineer with special responsibility for the company’s deburring systems product line. He has a...

Walter Surface Technologies has unveiled the ErgoFlex™ abrasive disc. Combining a type-29 disc design and the company’s proprietary Cyclone™ technology, the disc is designed for extremely smooth weld blending on both flat and curved surfaces. With a 36-grit or higher abrasive grain blend, the...

Thielenhaus Microfinish has developed its compact Sphero machine, designed for machining workpieces with spherical forms, into a combination unit that can handle the entire superfinishing process in one clamping operation. The workpiece unit is mounted vertically and is accessible for fast...

Valence Surface Technologies, an independent provider of aerospace product finishing services, has received Boeing approval for a new titanium etch line at its plant in Everett, Wash. The new line is designed to process aerostructure components up to 12 ft. long and high-quantity orders. Following...

Penn State researchers in University Park, Pa., have received more than $535,000 to install a state-of-the-art superfinishing lab for 3-D-printed metal parts. The new lab will complement the existing subtractive processing technology in the Factory for Advanced Manufacturing Education (FAME) Lab...

Montreal-based Walter Surface Technologies has announced the acquisition of the Fastenal® Blackstone® supply agreement and all related inventory from Sundisc Abrasives USA LLC. With this agreement, Walter becomes one of Fastenal’s private label suppliers. Blackstone is one of Fastenal’s...

The Forge, a recently opened 272-unit luxury residential tower in Long Island, N.Y., features a façade of copper-colored anodized aluminum cladding finished by Linetec, Wausau, Wis. The company finished more than 92,000 sq. ft. of Dri-Design panels in the proprietary copper anodize and painted an...