Abstract: A repositionable abrasive disc mounting assembly comprises a backup pad and a clamp assembly. The backup pad has a rotational axis of use and a major surface with projections extending outwardly therefrom. The backup pad further comprises an inwardly facing centrally disposed first fastening member, and also an outwardly facing centrally disposed second fastening member. The clamp assembly comprises inner and outer clamp members for securing an abrasive disc. The inner clamp member comprises an inwardly facing centrally disposed third fastening member adapted to repositionably engage the second fastening member in a discrete number of rotational orientations. The inner clamp member further comprises an outwardly facing centrally disposed fourth fastening member. The outer clamp member comprises an inwardly facing centrally disposed fifth fastening member adapted to securely engage the fourth fastening member. A method of abrading a workpiece using the repositionable abrasive disc is also disclosed.

Abstract: A shaped abrasive particle is presented. The shaped abrasive particle has a first and second surface. The first and second surfaces are substantially parallel to each other and separated by a thickness. Each of the first and second surfaces have a surface profile, which includes a plurality of corners and a plurality of edges connecting the plurality of corners. The shaped abrasive particle also includes a recess included wholly within one of the plurality of edges, wherein the recess is a concave void extending into the surface profile. The shaped abrasive particle also includes a magnetically responsive coating. The magnetically responsive coating causes the shaped abrasive particle to be responsive to a magnetic field. The shaped abrasive particle, when exposed to the magnetic field, experiences a net torque that causes the shaped abrasive particle to orient with respect to the magnetic field such that each of the first and second surfaces are substantially perpendicular to a backing.

Abstract: A bonded abrasive wheel comprises magnetizable abrasive particles retained in an organic binder. The bonded abrasive wheel has a central portion adjacent to a central hub, an outer circumference and a rotational axis extending through the central hub. The magnetizable abrasive particles adjacent to the central hub are aligned at an average angle of less than 35 degrees with respect to the rotational axis, and the magnetizable abrasive particles adjacent to the outer circumference of the bonded abrasive wheel are aligned at an average angle that is from 35 and 90 degrees, inclusive, with respect to the rotational axis. Methods of making a bonded abrasive wheel are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a shaped abrasive particle is disclosed. The method includes filling a cavity of a tool with an abrasive particle precursor material. The cavity has at least an interior surface that extends downward from a tool top surface at an angle. The method also includes leveling the abrasive particle precursor material such that a top surface of the abrasive particle precursor materials is flush with the tool surface, such that a sharp portion is formed along the intersection between the sloped wall of the tool cavity and the tool surface and the sharp portion is within the same plane as the tool surface. The method also includes removing a dried abrasive particle precursor from the cavity of the tool. The abrasive particle has a sharp portion formed along the intersection between the interior surface and the tool surface.

Abstract: A method of aligning abrasive particles on a substrate. The method comprises providing a substrate. The method also comprises providing abrasive particles. The method also comprises generating a modulated electrostatic field. The modulated electrostatic field is configured to have a first effective direction at a first time and a second effective direction at a second time. The electrostatic field is configured to cause the abrasive particles to align rotationally in both a z-direction and a y-direction.

Abstract: A bonded abrasive wheel is disclosed comprising a plurality of abrasive particles disposed in a binder, a first grinding surface, a second surface opposing the first grinding surface, and an outer circumference. The wheel comprises a rotational axis extending through a central hub and a circuit configured as a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) unit coupled to the abrasive wheel. The circuit comprises an antenna configured to communicate with one or more external devices and comprising a first end and a second end, wherein antenna has a radius of curvature about an axis along at least a portion thereof such that the first end is disposed adjacent to but is spaced from the second end, and an integrated circuit (IC) operably coupled to the antenna and configured to store at least a first data.

Abstract: Abrasive articles and associated methods are shown that include one or more camouflaging layers that can be applied to a portion of the abrasive article. The one or more camouflaging layers can be applied over the size coat layer as a discontinuous colored layer covering a portion of the size coat layer. In an example, the camouflaging layer can be applied as a repeating pattern of one or more colors on the abrasive article. In an example, the camouflaging layer can be applied randomly to the abrasive article. The discontinuous layer can have a color markedly different than a color of the size coat layer and can be used to mask or minimize an appearance of particle imperfections or voids on the abrasive article. The discontinuous layer can be applicable to coated and non-woven abrasive articles in the form of sheets, discs, belts, pads, or rolls.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to, among other things, a method of making a coated abrasive article, the method comprising sequentially: locating a plurality of shaped abrasive particles in a tool comprising a plurality of cavities, wherein the plurality of shaped abrasive particles is held in the plurality of cavities, at least in part, electrostatically; and disposing the plurality of shaped abrasive particles onto a make layer precursor of a backing having first and second opposed major surfaces, wherein the make layer precursor is disposed on at least a portion of the first major surface.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a shaped abrasive particle. The shaped abrasive particle includes a plurality of polygonal faces bound by respective polygonal perimeters and joined by at least one edge or sidewall to form the shaped abrasive particle. The shaped abrasive particle further includes a serration configured to generate a fracture along a fracture plane extending at least through the serration.

Abstract: Coated abrasive articles having spacer particles are formed by providing a production tool having a dispensing surface with a plurality of cavities, guiding the production tool past an abrasive particle feeder, dispensing shaped abrasive particles onto the dispensing surface and into the plurality of cavities of the production tool, guiding a resin coated backing sheet adjacent the production tool past a spacer particle feeder, and dispensing spacer particles onto the resin coated backing sheet and/or the production tool after the abrasive particle feeder prior to a deposit point for the shaped abrasive particles. The spacer particles are selected to have a thickness that is greater than a thickness of a resin coating of the resin coating backing sheet and a thickness and density once dispensed that are sufficient to substantially prevent the production tool from contacting the resin coated backing sheet at the deposit point.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a shaped abrasive particle transfer assembly. The shaped abrasive particle transfer assembly includes a substrate including an adhesive and a plurality of shaped abrasive particles adhered to the substrate and forming a predetermined pattern thereon.

Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed relate to a tooling apparatus and method for providing multiple orientation cavities in tooling for abrasive particles in an abrasive article or structure. An example method includes aligning a plurality of shaped abrasive particles into a pattern, including collecting the plurality of shaped abrasive particles at least partially into cavities arranged on a dispensing surface, where at least one of the cavities is configured to allow for multiple orientations of one of the plurality of shaped abrasive particles. The pattern is transferred to a backing substrate containing a layer of adhesive, and the adhesive is cured.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems, devices, and methods for abrasive articles and manufacturing the same.

Abstract: A structured abrasive article comprises a plurality of shaped abrasive composites disposed on and secured to a major surface of a backing. The shaped abrasive composites comprise magnetizable abrasive particles retained in an organic binder. On a respective basis, each of the magnetizable abrasive particles has a ceramic body with a magnetizable layer disposed on at least a portion thereof. Methods of making and using the structured abrasive articles are also disclosed.

Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed relate to an abrasive article and method of forming abrasive articles using backfill to secure orientation of shaped abrasive particles. An example method includes aligning a plurality of shaped abrasive particles into a pattern, and transferring the pattern to a backing substrate containing a layer of adhesive. Prior to curing the adhesive, a plurality of backfill particles are transferred to the backing substrate, where at least some of the plurality of backfill particles are disposed between the plurality of shaped abrasive particles.

Abstract: A system and method for producing an abrasive article includes a production tool configured to provide shaped abrasive particles to a resin coated backing. A first end and a second end of the production tool are spliced together to form a spliced area. The production tool includes a dispensing surface that includes a plurality of cavities formed between the first end and the second end and configured to receive and hold the shaped abrasive particles. The resin coated backing is configured to receive the shaped abrasive particles from the dispensing surface of the production tool and configured to receive further shaped abrasive particles to fill gaps in the shaped abrasive particles caused by an absence of the plurality of cavities in the spliced area.

Abstract: Abrasive articles and associated methods are shown that include abrasive particles arranged in one or more symbols on a backing substrate. Examples include shaped abrasive particles arranged into one or more symbols. Other examples include one or more wear particles with a height less than other abrasive particles, such that when exposed, the wear particles indicate a wear condition of the abrasive article.

Abstract: Apparatus includes a production tooling having a dispensing surface with a plurality of cavities and formed into an endless belt. An abrasive particle feeder dispenses shaped abrasive particles onto the dispensing surface and into the plurality of cavities. A resin coated backing receives shaped abrasive particles from the cavities of the production tooling at a deposit point. A detecting device detects a pattern transition zone as the production tooling moves in the direction of travel and provides pattern transition zone detection data to one or more controllers to control a speed of the production tooling and/or a speed of the resin coated backing as the detected pattern transition zone passes the deposit point to change a pattern density of the shaped abrasive particles in a portion of the resin coated backing corresponding to the pattern transition zone of the production tooling.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems, devices, and methods for abrasive articles and manufacturing the same. An abrasive article can include a substrate shaped particles disposed on the substrate, wherein the shaped particles include first shaped abrasive particles and second shaped particles, and wherein a characteristic of the first shaped abrasive particles is different from a corresponding characteristic of the second shaped particles, and at least one binding agent securing the shaped particles to the substrate.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems, devices, and methods for abrasive articles and manufacturing the same. A shaped abrasive particle placement tool can include a substrate including an abrasive particle receiving surface defining an x-y plane including an x-axis and a y-axis and a back surface opposite the abrasive particle receiving surface, cavities formed in the substrate, the cavities including one or more sidewalls, the cavities including a width and length at the abrasive article receiving surface, and a depth defined by a distance the first cavities extend from the abrasive article receiving surface towards the back surface in a direction parallel to a z-axis perpendicular to the x-y plane, and respective protrusions between two or more proximate cavities, the respective protrusions extending from the abrasive article receiving surface in a direction parallel to the z-axis and away from the back surface, and shaped abrasive particles situated in the cavities.