Blasting Media Home / Blasting Media / Ceramic Beads B40, 250-425 microns, High Quality Long Lasting Ceramic Bead Media Ceramic Beads B40, 250-425 microns, High Quality Long Lasting Ceramic Bead Media Ceramic Beads B40, 250-425 microns, High Quality Long Lasting Ceramic Bead Media £84.95 £70.79 (ex. VAT) Stock Status: In Stock Weight: 5kg 10kg 25kg Add to your Wish List Description High Grade Hard Wearing Ceramic Bead B40, 250-425 microns Ceramic beads create perfect surfaces with a silky matt sheen. Ceramic abrasives are in the upper bracket in terms of price, but they offer an extraordinarily long service life. Ceramic beads have a much greater life cycle than Glass beads with the break down being approximately 1.2% for Ceramic as opposed to 10% with glass beads. The glass beads ha s a life cycle of approximately 9-12 cycles where as Ceramic media life cycle is 70-90 recoverable cycles. This is reflective in the price. Reusable abrasive, fine abrasive, wet abrasive, dry abrasive NF L 06-831 Physical properties Hardness approx. 7 – 7.5 mohs Grain shape spherical Melting point approx. 2,100 °C Specific gravity approx. 3.8 g/cm3 Bulk density* approx. 2.1 – 2.4 g/cm3 Typical chemical analysis ZrO2 63.45 % SiO2 28.04 % Al2O3 6.59 % Fe2O3 0.12 % APPLICATIONS • Aerospace Castings • Alloy Wheel Repair and Refurbishment • Anti Skid / Road Maintenance • Anti Slip Floors / Safety Flooring • Anti Slip Resins and Paints • Automotive • Bead Blasting • Castings and Forgings • Coatings/Paints/Resins • Glass & Ceramics: Paint & print removal without damage • Metals: Aerospace approval • Metals: Cleaning without dimensional change • Metals: Flash removal • Metals: Keying surfaces for rubber/plastic bonding • Metals: Light deburring • Metals: Peening • Metals: Removal of hard deposits/investment • Metals: Matt or textured finish • Metals: Mould die and tool cleaning • Metals: Preconditioning and cleaning • Metals: Preparation for paint metal or plastic spraying • Metals: Preparation for enamelling/electroplating/anodising • Metals: Removal of paint/scale/rust • Metals: Removal of solder/weld/flex • Metals: Sheen finishing or anti-reflective treatment • Nuclear and Power Generation • Oil and Gas Industries • Open Nozzle Blasting • Peening • Plastics & Composites: Removal of paint and coating • Polishing • Road Marking and Reflective Media • Shot Peening • Surface Finishing • Vapourblasting / Wetblasting • Vehicles Many Thanks for Visiting our Website We also offer various other equipment such as Cabinets, Pots, Media, Consumables Etc. As Direct Importers we are in a great position to be able to offer a wide range of Blasting products at great prices. As we deal direct we can always offer a great back up service which we feel is very important for our customers. Reviews Customer reviews No reviews left yet Write a review Sort byMost RecentTop Rated No reviews have been left for this product, be the first to leave a review Attributes Identifier Exists: False MPN: Medcrushx1 Weight: 20kg