Buffing Wheel Types | Bias - Sisal - Cloth - Finger - Segment
Schaffner Manufacturing manufacturers a wide range of buffing wheel types each designed for your specific metal finishing application. Buffing wheels are designed for two distinct types of operations, mush and tangential. Within these operations is cut, buff, coloring, each requiring a unique buff wheel type. This section is designed to provide an understanding of the different types and categories of buffing wheels, their construction and the application best fitted for the buff wheel type. We manufacture cloth and sisal buffs including bias type, finger and segmented type, and a wide selection of sewing construction.
Cloth Bias Type Buffing Wheel
The cloth is of the finest grade and when made into a buff it is a continuous unbroken strip, biased. The cloth amount in each buff size is guaranteed. Cloth types range from firm to very soft.
Can be made in diameter sizes form 10" through "36. Our buffs have been tested and approved by finishers of aluminum, brass, copper, nickel and other non-ferrous metals.
Color Bias Type Buffing Wheel
This type of buff can be used for high coloring applications. The cloth material is usually a fine woven cotton but can be made with a flannel material as well.
These buffs can be made in diameters from 10" through 24", and in center diameter sizes of 3", 5", 7" and 9". Tested and approved by finishers of non-ferrous metals.
Cloth and Sisal Bias Type Buffing Wheel with
A buff that is constructed of alternate layers of cloth and sisal, each two plys of cloth and sisal stitched into one ply, and each buff containing four such plys. This particular construction combined with our engineered center makes it aggressive yet flexible. It was especially developed for the buffing of steel, and stainless steel. Finishers of these metals find that this buff will increase production and decrease buff cost .
Made in center 5", 7" and 9" and with any arbor size required.
This rugged construction is particularly suited, for removing orange peel, polishing grit lines, light die marks and other surface imperfections. Its spiral sewn buff pad offers a firm to stiff buff that is aggressive with little to no flexibility making it suitable to remove deeper imperfections on flat or lightly contoured surfaces. The sisal is bias-cut on a 45° angle before its assembly on our engineered hub, which provides adequate forced ventilation.
Available in diameters sizes 10" through 20" and metal center diameters of 5", 7" and 9" and any arbor size required. Also in untreated sisal for conventional use or treated for extra severe use.
A technically designed buff for long life and hard cutting. Its finger construction is ideal for difficult -contours, particularly for those hard to reach recesses. A cool running buff that retains compound along the leading edges of the fingers, in addition to the outer edges. Constructed of the finest cloth and each spoke being radially sewed to assure firmness.
Available in diameters from 10" thru 24" and in center of 3", 5", 7" and 9". With, of course, any arbor size required.
When an operation calls for faster cutting on carbon steel or stainless steel. Constructed of cloth and sisal folded into fingers or segments from
1-1/2" to 4" wide. Each finger is sewn longitudinally for added firmness. These fingers or segments are then radially set in our engineered center to provide cool buffing. The fingers retain compound and provide long service. Also available with rope sisal cores in the fingers for even more aggressive cutting.
Available in diameters from 10" thru 24" and in centers of 3", 5", 7" and 9". With, of course, any arbor size required.
Full Disc Spiral Sewed Type Buffing Wheel 
The spiral sewed buff is unquestionably the oldest of all the buffs. The controlling factor in the hardness of buff is the width between the spiral stitching. The closer the sewing, the harder the buff. 1/4" to 3/8" are the most popular separations in spiral sewing. Where a hard buff is required 1/4" is advised.
Can be made in diameter ranges from 5" thru 24".
Full Disc Concentric Sewed Type Buffing Wheel
Each row is a completed circle of sewing. This type of sewing, is mostly used on Full Disc Buffs in the smaller diameter ranges. The work it will do is similar to the "loose buff", except that a few rows of concentric sewing will add firmness without sacrificing flexibility.
Can be made in diameters ranging from 3" thru 24".
Full Disc Loose Type Buffing Wheel
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Sewed once around arbor hole.
Diameter ranges 3" thru 24".
Full Disc Radial Sewed Buffing Wheel
(10)
Due to the pockets, formed by the sewing, which hold compound, this is a fast cutting buff. The pliability of the buff is regulated by the number of pockets created by the sewing. The more pockets, the stiffer the buff. Can be made with 12 to 36 pockets, whichever the job requires.
Can be made in diameters ranging from 10" to 24".
For assistance in determining your specifications, call Schaffner at 412-761-9902
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