How much do you know about the fiberglass backing pad?

As we all know, Flap discs are used in heavy stock removal, often weld removal in polishing field. In general, there are three main components for Flap Disc : Fiberglass Backing Pad, abrasive cloth, and glue. Commonly through Flap Disc Making Machine combined the three material to do flap discs.

As the most important raw material for making flap disc, so there will be high requirements for quality. Fiberglass backing pads are made of fiberglass cloth with mufti-layer stack of compression in the mold after special treatment by heating. The plate is made of the fiberglass which are specially woven and treated in our plant.

The flap disc machine is a full automatic machine for flap disc production. From raw material feeding, loading on station, to finished flap disc unload on metal pin. Worker only need to put fiberglass backing pad on metal pin, and put abrasive ribbon on abrasive belt shaft. High automatic, save labor hood.

For Flap Disc Adhesive, the widely used glue is single component (latent) special adhesive, has a proper initial viscosity for hold cloth piece to base of disc, and almost without any bad smell, non-toxic and environmentally friendly, afer cured, it has good toughness and good impact resistance.

About Flap Disc Backing Pad, there are several parameter for customer choice, such as the cloth material, different size, diameter, thickness and even the number of layers. The surface cover of the substrate can be made of black paper, non-woven cloth or black cloth; OEM service also provided. Size can be available of 75mm, 85mm,90mm, 95mm, 107mm, 117mm, 140mm, 170mm, 220mm, Normally the layers ranges from 6-12 layers, or as customers` other requirements.

How to choose a suitable fiberglass backing pad and further improve the smoothness and flatness of flap disc is a very important issue in the use of Abrasive Flap Disc. Due to the raw material, flap disc usage, durability and the price, there are three main backing pad, metal backing, fiberglass backing, plastic backing. Compared with the other two pads, the fiberglass backing pad has the advantage of neat and round edges, won't hurt hands, no dust, strong fiber cloth layer, no layering, no rotten pieces, smooth and shiny inner holes, regular standards.

There are also many nice features for fiberglass backing pad, like light-weight and high -strength, excellent bonding performance and high flexibility, it is used as an idea base material for all kinds of flap discs. Except the flap disc, it is also highly used for making non-woven discs, wool felt polishing discs, clean stripe discs, Flexible Flap Disc etc....

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