Dual Station Variable Speed Belt Grinder

October 11, 2022
Variable Speed Drive System Provides for Precise Belt Speed

The 2” x 72” Dual Station Variable Speed Belt Grinder from Palmgren delivers enhanced grinding and finishing productivity, all in one machine.

The belt grinder features two belt heads ensuring the ultimate flexibility to handle platen grinding, contact wheel grinding and even slack back grinding. Its design enables roughing to intermediate grinding to blending as well as final finishing and polishing. It offers the convenience of grinding belts can be easily changed in seconds without tools thanks to Palmgren’s single handle quick release system. For optimum use, the belt arms can tilt from 0-90° to quickly change between grinding applications. The variable speed drive system allows precise belt speed for any grinding or finishing application.

Related Glossary Terms

  • grinding

    grinding

    Machining operation in which material is removed from the workpiece by a powered abrasive wheel, stone, belt, paste, sheet, compound, slurry, etc. Takes various forms: surface grinding (creates flat and/or squared surfaces); cylindrical grinding (for external cylindrical and tapered shapes, fillets, undercuts, etc.); centerless grinding; chamfering; thread and form grinding; tool and cutter grinding; offhand grinding; lapping and polishing (grinding with extremely fine grits to create ultrasmooth surfaces); honing; and disc grinding.

  • polishing

    polishing

    Abrasive process that improves surface finish and blends contours. Abrasive particles attached to a flexible backing abrade the workpiece.