Microscope Scratch Inspection for Abrasive Testing You know the feeling: the shop is quiet, the extractor hums, and that last pass felt right. You lift the part—maybe it’s a glass coupon, a knife bevel, a sanded guitar neck, or a brushed …
Abrasive Testing: Compare Scratch Depth at Equal Grits It starts the same way in every shop: coffee cooling on the bench, clamp marks still fresh on yesterday’s glue-up, and a stack of sandpaper cut into tidy quarters. You grab two …
Abrasive testing to measure loading resistance over time You only notice the fabric scuffing on a carry-on when the morning’s sprint through the airport slows down. The bag slides into the overhead, and you catch a glimpse: the corner patch …
Standardizing Abrasive Testing for Cut Rate The day before a critical ship-out, I watched a fabricator lean into a 36-grit ceramic belt, chasing a hot streak across a stubborn stainless coupon. The clock said 4:42 p.m., the air smelled like …