Black garnet sand is a naturally inert mineral with characteristics sharp, angular, and the hardness 7.5 – 8.0 Mohs scale. The crystal physical properties make it a superior abrasive suit for a water jet cutting machine. Black garnet sand came from high-quality almandine rock mining. To provide the best garnet abrasive The most crucial step is washing. The right washing steps can make the sand clean. We have six steps passing, so it is more hygienic.
Size Suggestion of Black Garnet Sand:
- Garnet sand has different sizes for customers’ needs. 60mesh, 80mesh, and 120mesh are suited for waterjet cutting.
- Garnet sand 60 mesh brings the most powerful cutting performance, and speed used when cutting speed is more important than edge quality. Such as cutting thick stainless steel, stone, or marble.
- Garnet sand 80 mesh offers fast cutting speed and right edge quality. Use to cut metals, composites, ceramics, and glass.
- Garnet sand 120 mesh offers perfect edge quality and cutting speed. They are used for net shape cutting applications to eliminate secondary finishing. Use to cut steel, aluminum, glass, and other brittle materials.
Typical Applications of Black Garnet sand
- As an abrasive garnet can be broadly divided into two categories, blasting grade and water jet grade. The garnet, as it is mined and collected, is crushed to finer grains; all pieces which are larger than 60 mesh (250 micrometers) are normally used for sand blasting. The pieces between 60 mesh (250 micrometers) and 200 mesh (74 micrometers) are normally used for water jet cutting. The remaining garnet pieces that are finer than 200 mesh (74 micrometers) are used for glass polishing and lapping. Regardless of the application, the larger grain sizes are used for faster work and the smaller ones are used for finer finishes.
- Garnet sand is a good abrasive, and a common replacement for silica sand in sandblasting. Alluvial garnet grains which are rounder are more suitable for such blasting treatments. Mixed with very high-pressure water, garnet is used to cut steel and other materials in water jets. For water jet cutting, garnet extracted from hard rock is suitable since it is more angular in form, therefore more efficient in cutting.
- Garnet paper is favored by cabinetmakers for finishing bare wood.
- Garnet sand is also used for water filtration media.
- Used in non-skid surfaces and heavily as a semi-precious stone
