MD grinding surfaces
Experience superior results with our unique MD grinding surfaces
With an MD grinding surface dedicated to your specific material, you can reduce your preparation time while meeting high preparation requirements – ideal for high-volume, automated set-ups.
- Achieve high quality results with a grinding surface optimized to your material
- Ensure reproducibility with a robust process
- Maximize your efficiency and reduce your process waste
MD-Allegro & MD-Largo: More than 50 % higher removal in your 9 μm step*
Thanks to an advanced updated pattern, our MD-Allegro and MD-Largo surfaces give you higher and more constant removal when used with our DiaPro All-in-One Allegro/Largo 9 µm suspension. The result? You can reduce the process time in your 9 µm preparation step by more than 50% compared to other products in the market.
- Save time with higher and more constant removal
- Prepare more specimens with a longer surface lifetime
- Accelerate your 9 µm step with increased dosing
*Compared to other products in the market
Longer lifetime, higher removal and greater efficiency
Our updated MD-Allegro and MD-Largo surfaces have a significantly longer lifetime than the previous versions. Combined with the higher removal rates, this gives you up to 135% more removal across the surface’s entire lifetime, depending on your application.
How can MD grinding surfaces support your materialographic process?
Achieve superior preparation results
If you are looking for high quality preparation results with virtually no artifacts, MD surfaces are ideal for you. The rigid MD surface offers no resilience, achieving a plane specimen and avoiding edge rounding. It also ensures uniform material removal with no smearing in soft phases or chipping in brittle phases.
Find a surface optimized to your material
When you work with a specific material, why compromise on an all-round solution? Each of our MD surfaces is optimized for a dedicated material group. You are sure to find an MD surface for your material from our wide range. The unique combination of pattern, abrasives and bonding for each surface provides consistently high removal while causing minimal deformation. As a result, you can reduce the time spent on your following steps by up to 50 %.
Minimize errors and maximize reproducibility
Support a robust, standardized process by eliminating both random errors and human errors. The ready-to-use MD surface reduces the complexity of your process and its consistent removal ensures reproducible results – time after time.
Reduce your process waste in changing surfaces
What if you could free up an operator while your automated equipment does the job? The durable MD surface lasts significantly longer than SiC Foils or Papers, and does not need replacing as frequently which will reduce your process waste and maximize your efficiency.
Do you work with a very hard material?
Our magnetic diamond pads are perfect for you who work with ceramics, minerals, sintered carbides and very hard ferrous metals. The thoroughly tested and documented design of the metal-bonded MD-Diamond pads ensures fast grinding steps with exceptional planeness. No matter your preparation goal you can achieve it even when preparing difficult applications.
- Metal bonded diamond pad on a rigid surface
- For materials with a hardness higher than 600 HV
- Available in 3 grit sizes: 120, 400 and 800
Key features
Rigid surface
The rigid MD surface offers no resilience, ensuring a plane specimen and avoiding edge rounding for superior preparation results
Optimized patterns
Each pattern minimizes the build-up of grinding debris for consistently high removal with minimal deformation, saving time in your following preparation steps
Easy to use
With virtually no need to run in or pre-dress the surface, the MD surface is ready to use and requires practically no maintenance besides the occasional dressing
Consistently high removal
The embedded abrasives stay sharp for a long period of time to provide consistently high removal, ensuring high quality specimens and increasing reproducibility
Long lifetime
MD surfaces have a significantly longer lifetime than SiC Foils and Papers. Each MD surface can replace up to 100 SiC Papers or Foils
Water cooling
MD surfaces with embedded abrasives use water for cooling, which is the ideal coolant for minimizing heat
Exceptional planeness
The thoroughly tested and documented design of the metal-bonded MD-Diamond pads ensures fast grinding steps with exceptional planeness for difficult applications
Flexible steel plate
All our MD surfaces are based on a thin, flexible steel plate which makes positioning, removal and storage easy. Flatness is maintained throughout the surface's lifetime
Unique surface technology
MD-Alto is constructed with a unique resin-bonded aluminum oxide surface, dedicated for ductile materials to provide constant removal
Find the ideal MD grinding surface for you
MD-Piano
• Designed for grinding of materials with a hardness > 150 HV
• Alternative to diamond pads for larger ceramic or sintered carbide specimens
• Particularly suitable for ferrous materials
• Not suitable for ductile materials
• Available in multiple variations to provide a specimen finish comparable to SiC grit 80, 120 or 220 (FEPA P)
• Download technical specifications here
MD-Alto
• Designed for grinding ductile materials such as stainless steel and Ni-based alloys > 120 HV
• Provides a specimen finish comparable to SiC grit 220 (FEPA P)
• Download full product data and test results here
• Download technical specifications here
MD-Mezzo
• Designed for grinding titanium alloys > 150 HV
• Provides a specimen finish comparable to 220 SiC grit Foil or Paper (FEPA P)
• Download technical specifications here
MD-Molto
• Designed for grinding aluminum alloys > 50 HV
• Can also be used for hard materials containing aluminum
• Provides a specimen finish comparable to SiC grit 220 (FEPA P)
• Download technical specifications here
MD-Primo
• For materials in the 40-250 HV range
• Particularly suitable for non-ferrous materials and soft materials
• Provides a specimen finish comparable to SiC grit 120 or 220 (FEPA P)
• Download technical specifications here
MD-Diamond Pad
• Metal bonded diamond grinding pad for materials with a hardness higher than 600 HV
• Available in 3 grid sizes: 120, 400, 800 (FEPA P)
• Download technical specifications here
MD-Allegro
• For materials with a hardness > 150 HV
• Recommended for use with all-in-one DiaPro diamond products
• Can be used with Diamond suspension or spray
• Download technical specifications here
MD-Largo
• For materials in the 40-250 HV range
• For soft materials or for composites with a soft matrix
• Can be used with Diamond suspension or spray
• Recommended for use with all-in-one DiaPro diamond products
• Can provide single step fine grinding
• Download technical specifications here
MD-Piano
• For materials with a hardness > 150 HV
• Particularly suitable for ferrous materials, concrete and ceramics
• Provides a specimen finish comparable to SiC grit 2000-4000 (FEPA P)
• Can provide very short grinding times and reduce preparation times
• Download technical specifications here
See full details and technical specifications
Get a complete overview of all our MD grinding surfaces, organized by material group and grinding step, together with their full details and technical specifications.
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Ensuring certainty
Minimize your supply chain risk and ensure uptime with high quality consumables, reliably delivered when you need them. All consumables ship within 48 hours from our distribution centers across the U.S., Japan, China, Germany and Denmark. Our ISO 9001-certified LEAN production and strict, in-house quality control ensure all consumables perform as promised and contribute to a safer workplace.