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News Release from: Metabo | Subject: Job-matched abrasive cutting wheels
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 08 September 2006
Abrasive cutting wheel's performance 50%
improved
Improved abrasive cutting wheel outperforms its predecessor by more than 50% when cutting stainless or abrasion resistant steels, high-tensile alloys and Hastelloy.
Metabo Corporation, a leading international manufacturer of professional grade portable electric power tools and abrasives for industrial, construction and welding applications, now introduces a new version of its Super Slicer cutting wheel that outperforms its predecessor by more than 50% By reformulating the blend of abrasives, the Super Slicer cutting wheel now lasts up to 50% longer without suffering degradation to the speed of cut
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 29 Mar 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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The newly improved Slicer Wheel provides maximum performance when cutting extremely hard and heavy gauge metals, such as stainless or abrasion resistant steels, high-tensile alloys and Hastelloy.
The Super Slicer is part of Metabo's 'Choice Cuts' line of job-matched wheels that are designed to provide the optimum combination of abrasives and blade thickness for individual applications, ensuring increased wheel life and improved cutting speed.
Metabo has also reformulated the other components of its Choice Cuts line to provide users with longer-lasting Slicer Wheels.
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Reformulations of the Original Slicer and Slicer Plus wheels resulted in increased performance of 40% and 33% respectively.
Metabo's most popular wheel, the Original Slicer, is the market leading, fastest cutting wheel in its class.
The Original Slicer is 0.040in thick and is ideal for general purpose cutting of ferrous materials such as tubing, piping, rebar, and smaller diameter rods.
The Slicer-Plus is a 0.045in thick cutting wheel.
Its coated grain and proprietary bond system make it capable of performing thicker sectional cuts, and cutting large diameter rods, and stainless steels.
All of the job-matched Slicer Wheels in the Choice Cuts family are available in 4.5in x 7/8in and 6in x 7/8in diameters.
The Original Slicer and Slicer Plus are offered in Type 1 and Type 27 versions, while the Super Slicer is available as a Type 1 cutting wheel.
* About Metabo - Metabo, a leading international manufacturer of professional grade portable electric power tools and abrasives for industrial, construction and welding applications, has international headquarters in Nurtingen, Germany and USA headquarters in West Chester, Pennsylvania.
The company has focused its product development on technological advancements in electronic circuitry and mechanical design, which has resulted in high performance, durable electric power tools.
The name Metabo is German for 'metal-boring', symbolic of the first tool - a metal-boring tool - manufactured by the company in 1924.
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