Washington Mills is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of abrasives and fused mineral products. We offer standard abrasive grains, macro grits, micro grits and powders for bonded abrasives, coated abrasives, refractories, ceramics, wiresawing, lapping, grit blasting, metal preparation, parts finishing, metal separation, anti-skid, thermal sprays, investment casting and many other applications.
Washington Mills provides abrasive grains and fused mineral products. Producing Brown Fused Alumina, White Aluminum Oxide, Silicon Carbide, and Boron Carbide and more.
Abrasives are available in a wide range of grit sizes, chemical compositions, physical properties and are precision engineered. Abrasives also available with specialty coatings heat treatments or other surface treatments to suit specific requirements. Abrasives include alumina bubbles, emery, oxide, iron pyrite, steel media zirconia, and various other minerals for a variety of different applications.
Washington Mills Aluminum Oxide Fused Abrasives offers a wide selection of aluminum oxide fused abrasives, such as Duralum® Special White. These abrasives can be used for general industrial applications such as lapping, polishing, refractory coating and more.
Gem Polishing Abrasives are available in a wide selection from Washington Mills. Washington Mills offers a rich array of abrasive grains and specialty fused minerals.
Abrasive grains are used to make coated abrasives products such as sandpaper and are available in sheets, belts, rolls, pads, discs, flap wheels, and other forms. The high hardness of the abrasive grain and its angular sharp edges constantly exposes new edges to the work piece, making the coated abrasive excellent at sanding, polishing, finishing and taking off rough edges.
Abrasive grains are used to make coated abrasives products such as sandpaper and are available in sheets, rolls, discs, belts, pads, flap wheels, and other forms. The high hardness of the abrasive grain and its angular sharp edges constantly exposes new edges to the work piece, making the coated abrasive excellent at polishing, sanding, finishing and taking off rough edges.
Lapping Abrasives are used on glass lenses, silicon wafers, ceramics, gear lapping, semiconductor materials, fiber optic cable polishing and more. Lapping abrasives, such as aluminum oxide, emery and silicon carbide are used as abrasives to grind the work piece and remove stock from the surface.
Powder Polishing Abrasives are available in a wide selection from Washington Mills. Washington Mills offers a rich array of abrasive grains and specialty fused minerals.
Pressure Blast Abrasive are commonly used in applications such as cleaning of investment castings, scale removal in steam turbines, heat treat scale removal, and glass etching or frosting.
Sandblast Abrasive are commonly used in applications such as cleaning of investment castings, scale removal in steam turbines, heat treat scale removal, and glass etching or frosting.
Silicon Carbide Abrasives have a high thermal conductivity, a low coefficient of thermal expansion, is thermal shock and abrasion resistant and has strength at high temperatures. Silicon carbide’s varied properties make it an effective material in many different applications. Applications include; wire sawing silicon wafers, ceramic body armor, ceramic wear parts and more.
Tumbling abrasives range from coarse abrasives that can be used for grinding, to finer abrasives that are commonly used for polishing. At Washington Mills we carry a variety of silicon carbide abrasives for your needs. Carborex C-5, F-500PV, F-600 PV, F-800 PV, C-6. 1 RF, and many other types. Visit our website for details.
Washington Mills offers Alumina bubbles, Chrome-Alumina, and Alumnia-Zirnocia. Alumina, such as Alumina Bubbles can be used in the production of lightweight insulating refractory where low thermal conductivity, and high temperature properties are the prime requirements.
Washington Mills Aluminum Oxide Fused Abrasives offers a wide selection of aluminum oxide fused abrasives, such as Duralum® Special White. Fused alumina is widely used as a raw material in refractories, ceramics shapes, grinding wheels, sandpaper, blasting media, metal preparation, polishing, coatings, laminates, lapping, grinding and many other applications.
Washington Mills Aluminum Oxide Fused Abrasives offers a wide selection of aluminum oxide fused abrasives, such as Duralum® Special White. These abrasives can be used for general industrial applications such as lapping, polishing, and refractory coating.
Aluminum Oxide Fused Abrasives offers a wide selection of aluminum oxide fused abrasives, such as Duralum® Special White. These abrasives can be used for general industrial applications such as lapping, polishing, refractory coating and more.
Aluminum powder is available at Washington Mills. We offer aluminum powders in several types including Alumina bubble, alumina-zirconia, brown aluminum oxide, chrome-alumina, white fused aluminum oxide and others.
Blast Cleaning Services are commonly used in applications such as cleaning of investment castings, scale removal in steam turbines, heat treat scale removal, and glass etching or frosting.
Abrasive Blast Cleaning Services are commonly used in applications such as cleaning of investment castings, scale removal in steam turbines, heat treat scale removal, and glass etching or frosting and more.
Blasting Supplies are commonly used in applications such as cleaning of investment castings, scale removal in steam turbines, heat treat scale removal, and glass etching or frosting.
Boron Carbide is one of the hardest man-made materials available in commercial quantities. Common applications include abrasives for lapping, anti-oxidant in carbon-bonded refractory mixes, armor, nuclear applications and more.
Silicon Carbide Abrasives have a high thermal conductivity, a low coefficient of thermal expansion, is thermal shock and abrasion resistant and has strength at high temperatures. Silicon carbide’s varied properties make it an effective material in many different applications. Applications include; wire sawing silicon wafers, ceramic body armor, ceramic wear parts and more. We manufacture silicon carbide crude, macrogrits, microgrits, powders and sub-micron materials.
Washington Mills offers Chrome-Alumina, Alumina bubbles, and Alumnia-Zirnocia. Alumina, such as Alumina Bubbles can be used in the production of lightweight insulating refractory where low thermal conductivity, and high temperature properties are the prime requirements.
High Temperature Ceramics can provide unique material properties to finished pieces. Majority of these products are manufactured with high density and low porosity and are used in high performance applications such as engine components, catalysts, bioceramics, superconductors and industrial wear parts.
Advanced or Technical Ceramics are parts made from oxide ceramics, non-oxide ceramics, or composites. The majority of these products are manufactured with ceramic materials that have high density and low porosity and are used in high performance applications.
Fused Zirconia is commonly in steel and glass contact refractory, investment casting as shell building material, as wear resistant coatings, thermal barrier coatings, and other applications that require high temperature, wear resistance, and frequent thermal cycling.
Cryolite K is a synthetic cryolite distributed by Washington Mills. It closely approximates the performance of natural Greenland cryolite and is used as an active filler in grinding wheels.
Emerundum is a dense, non-porous fine-grained aggregate produced from naturally occurring Emery ore that is rich in aluminum oxide. Commonly used as the backing grain for resin bonded nut-inserted disc wheels.
DURAMET is a magnetic ferro silicon produced in electric arc furnaces and subsequently milled to size ranges required. Applications for slurry density for heavy media separation and sink-float processes.
Blasting grit is an ideal way to cut, clean, polish, de-scale, or prepare a surface to finishing. Blasting grit is available at Washington Mills and has many applications. Blasting grit products we carry include Blastite, Niagara Blast, Duralum special white aluminum oxide, Carborex RA.
Lapping is a process in which a machine holds an item between two surfaces and moves it back and forth against an abrasive. Lapping Abrasives are used on glass lenses, silicon wafers, ceramics, gear lapping, semiconductor materials, fiber optic cable polishing and more. Lapping abrasives, such as aluminum oxide, emery and silicon carbide are used as abrasives to grind the work piece and remove stock from the surface.
Dynamag® K is used in the manufacture of small refractory parts, usually by extrusion or die pressing. It also has a major application in phosphate based dental compounds, being used as a component in refractory masses for precision casting.
Mass finishing is a type of metal finishing that cleans, radiuses, burnishes, deburs and improves the finish of a part. The ceramic media that is used in the mass finishing process determines the type of finish and smooth finish that you will achieve. Ceramic media is the abrasive that will grind away burrs, sharp edges, rough surfaces and more.
Mullite is used in applications such as refractory for glass and steel industries such as kiln furniture, in investment casting as shell building materials.
Coatings act as a protective layer on many different types of surfaces. Abrasives and fused minerals are a key ingredient in coatings. The abrasives used in the surface preparation work is a key variable in how well the coating performs on a surface. Abrasives are added to the coating mix in order to provide protection against corrosion, wear and abrasion.
Aluminum powder is available at Washington Mills. We offer aluminum powders in several types including Alumina bubble, alumina-zirconia, chrome-alumina, brown aluminum oxide, white fused aluminum oxide and others.
Lapping Powder are used on glass lenses, silicon wafers, ceramics, gear lapping, semiconductor materials, fiber optic cable polishing and more. Lapping abrasives, such as aluminum oxide, emery and silicon carbide are used as abrasives to grind the work piece and remove stock from the surface.
Our refractory materials are used to extend equipment life wherever reliable control or containment of high temperature process is critical. We manufacture a wide range of grit sizes in precise, uniform compositions and with desired mechanical strength, chemical stability, thermal conductivity, abrasion and corrosion resistance to meet any application challenges.
Aluminum oxide grain is widely used in dense, high temperature, unshaped refractory products. Their common applications include ramming and gunning mixes, castables, loose grain for the iron, steel and foundry industries.
Fused Silica is made from high purity silica, using unique fusion technology to ensure the highest quality. Used in investment casting, refractory, foundries, technical ceramics and other applications that require consistent , high purity product with very low thermal expansion.
Silicon Carbide Abrasives have a high thermal conductivity, a low coefficient of thermal expansion, is thermal shock and abrasion resistant and has strength at high temperatures. Applications include; wire sawing silicon wafers, ceramic body armor, ceramic wear parts and more.
We are a manufacturer and supplier of fused monoclinic zirconia grains such as high temperature insulating hollow spheres, fused zirconia mullite and granular zirconia. Fused Zirconia is commonly in steel and glass contact refractory, investment casting as shell building material, as wear resistant coatings, thermal barrier coatings, and other applications that require high temperature, wear resistance, and frequent thermal cycling.
