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Saphir 320 and 330 Grinding & Polishing Machines ATM

Contactdoc. Ing. Stanislava Fintová, Ph.D.

Single/double wheel manual grinders and polishers are used for specimens grinding on grinding papers/discs and polishing on polishing clothes with diamond pastes or suspensions.

A continuously adjustable range of the rotation speed of the wheel is 50-600 rpm. The machine uses a water cooling of specimens. Polishing suspensions are applied by hand. Individual devices have discs with diameters of 200, 230 and 250 mm.