GrindingWheelWarehouse.com

Grinding Wheels & Abrasive Supplies

Offering our merchandise to companies and individuals alike.

Who Are We?

Established in 1969, we have become the premier supplier of: 

Grinding Wheels Centerless Grinding Wheels Feed Wheels Mounted Points Sticks and Stones Abrasive Belts  Cut Off Wheels       Coated Abrasives                         Double Disc Wheels                Tool Room Grinding Wheels                               Finishing Products         Segments              Diamond Dressing Tools                      Bench Grinder Wheels                      Nitrile Gloves              Janitorial Supplies              Emery Paper	Grinding Wheels	Double Disc Grinding	Automotive Products	Aerospace Industry
	Dressing Tools	SGS Tools	Coated Abrasives	Accessories
	Cut-Off Wheels	Mounted Points	Sticks and Stones	Feed Wheels
	Safety Products	Janitorial Products	Online Specials!	Metal Finishing

We are able to complete and ship most orders in 1 business day. Please note that in order to achieve best pricing as indicated in our online catalog, minimum order sizes may apply.  A sales representative will contact you if this is the case.  Please note that while we work to keep this site up to date, our listed prices may change due to costs.

What is a "Grinding Wheel?" 

A grinding wheel is an expendable wheel that carries an abrasive compound on its periphery. These grinding wheels are used in grinding machines.

The grinding wheel is generally made from a matrix of coarse particles pressed and bonded together to form a solid, circular shape, various profiles and cross sections are available depending on the intended usage for the grinding wheel. Grinding wheels may also be made from a solid steel or aluminum disc with particles bonded to the surface.

Materials used in making grinding wheels are generally silicon carbide and diamond with a vitrified bonding agent. In production grinding wheels, a wide array of materials is used. Grinding wheels with different abrasives, structure, bond, grade, and grain sizes are available. The abrasive is the actual cutting material, such as cubic boron nitride, zirconia aluminum oxide, manufactured diamonds, ceramic aluminum oxide, aluminum oxide, and others. The abrasive is selected based on the hardness of the material being cut. The structure of the wheel refers to the density of the grinding wheel (bond and abrasive versus airspace). A less-dense grinding wheel will cut freely, and has a large effect on surface finish. A less dense grinding wheel is able to take a deeper or wider cut with less coolant, as the chip clearance on the grinding wheel is greater. The grade of the grinding wheel determines how tightly the bond holds the abrasive. Grade affects almost all considerations of grinding, such as grinding wheel speed, coolant flow, maximum and minimum feed rates, and grinding depth. Grain size determines the physical abrasive size in the grinding wheel. A larger grain will cut freely, allowing fast cutting but poor surface finish. Ultra-fine grain sizes are for precision finish work, where a fine surface finish is required. The wheel-bonding agent determines how the grinding wheel holds the abrasives. This affects finish, coolant, and minimum/maximum grinding wheel speed.

The manufacture of these grinding wheels is a precise and tightly controlled process, due not only to the inherent safety risks of a spinning disc, but also the composition and uniformity required to prevent that grinding wheel from exploding due to the high stresses produced on rotation.

Grinding wheels are self-sharpening to a small degree, for optimal use they may be dressed and trued by the use of grinding dressers. Dressing the grinding wheel refers to removing the current layer of abrasive, so that a fresh and sharp surface is exposed to the work surface. Truing the grinding wheel makes the grinding wheel surface parallel to the grinding table or other reference plane, so the entire grinding wheel is even and produces an accurate surface.

The grinding wheel type fits freely on their supporting arbors, the necessary clamping force to transfer the rotary motion being applied to the grinding wheels side by identically sized flanges (metal discs).  Paper blotters are used to distribute this clamping force evenly across the grinding wheel's surface.

Grinding Wheel Warehouse, is an authorized distributor of many brands of abrasive products, including, but not limited to:  Radiac Abrasives, Carborundum Abrasives, Camel Grinding Wheels and more!

Whether it's Grinding Wheels, Centerless Grinding Wheels, Feed Wheels, Mounted Points, Sticks and Stones, Abrasive Belts, CBN Wheels, Cut off Wheels, Coated Abrasives, Double Disc Grinding, Large Tool Room Wheels, Production Grinding Wheels, Sanding Products, Polishing Products, Finishing Products, Segments, Diamond Dressing Tools, Diamond Wheels, Bench Grinding Wheels, Nitrile Gloves, Janitorial Supplies, Emery Paper, Hydrolized Oil, Soluble Oil, Semi-Synthetic Coolant, Sanding Belts or Custom Orders, we'll make it happen.

If you need it, let us know, and we'll get it for you!

Grinding Wheel Warehouse is your Grinding Wheel and Abrasive store!