Belt Grinders - Applications

The following is only a guideline to the Beltit’s large range of potential Customers. Due to the versatility of the Beltit it is not possible to list all the applications in which the machines have been used successfully. They are a selection of the most proven and well tested.

Fabrication / Welding Shops

General

Splatter removal. Weld dressing. Descaling. Deburring.
Preparing / Chamfering metal prior to welding. Removal of colour disfiguration. Pipe work. General fabrication and maintenance shops.

Stainless Steel/ Aluminium

Grain rectification. Polishing with Scotchbrite. Accurate dressing and shaping of fillet welds. Level grinding of external and flat (butt) welds. Handrail work.

Heavier Applications

Pressure vessels. Boiler and tank makers.

Maintenance Shops

Maintenance shops for general purpose work. Working on-site applications, including non-destructive testing of welds and crack detection work.

Machine Shops

Deburring of machined components. Polishing to a high finish with a Beltit mounted on a lathe tool post. Die and pattern makers. Precision components deburring. Use of fine nylon finishing belts to remove burr without damage to parent material. Working small precision parts – use with a stand. Blending marks caused by machining. Turbine work and power industry. Aerospace industry. Accurate grinding and levelling. Research and development shops. For use with robots.

Polishing Shops

To clean braised and welded materials working through to a mirror finish. Satin finishing with Scotchbrite.

Foundry/ Fettling Shops

Removal of flash (mould) line. Particularly of use on inaccessible areas and/ or precision components. Removal of faults and recovery of scrap. Removing scrap (waste build up) from dies and patterns with medium / coarse Scotchbrite. Shaping and polishing of dies.

Press Shops

Deburring of sheet metal. Dressing out ripple marks after folding. Removal of waste build up from dies and cleaning blades.

Knife Shops

Cutting knives as used in the shoe and paper industries. Putting an accurate and sharp edge on the cutting blade and rectification of damage to the blades.

G.R.P. and Plastics

Fibreglass. Glass reinforced plastics, carbon fibre materials. Plastic mouldings. Removal of mould lines. Edge work. Removing excess waste material. Slot and cut-out work. Shaping and smoothing. Excellent opportunities for dust extraction.

Glass Industry

Edge work for removing sharp edge after cutting. Shaping thicker material. Grinding and shaping cut-outs. Use wet with a silicon carbide belt. Special Beltit “water feed” machine designed specifically for glass.

Aircraft Industry

Polishing of turbines blades and maintenance of the aircraft fuselage, including work in between the inner and outer skins.

Power and Pump Industries

Shaping and finishing of steam turbines. Blades. Polishing inaccessible areas of impellers and pumps. Nuclear fuel industry for maintenance and non-destructive testing work.

Robotics and Automated Work

All Beltits apart from Beltit SH have drilled and tapped bodies for easy mounting onto robots and continual work on static in situ applications.

Other Customers For The Beltit Machines

Include wood veneer car dashboards. Manufacture of orthopaedic/ medical/ surgical equipment. Ornate cast iron work. Artists and sculptors.

Summary

All types of customers. In all industries working on any material, with the sales/ production effort being placed on solving problems. The following are particularly relevant:

  • Customer requiring cost effective and reliable solutions
  • Applications with an inaccessible nature
  • Applications where an excellent finish is required
  • Applications where effective dust extraction is needed

The Beltit has become accepted as the most versatile hand tool, capable of being adapted to all industries. Where there is interest in the product, and an opportunity to demonstrate it, new outlets for the Beltits are constantly arising.