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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 24, 2012
Applicants:
Muthu Jeevanantham, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Xavier Orlhac, Saint Chely d'Apcher, FR;
Inventors:
Muthu Jeevanantham, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Xavier Orlhac, Saint Chely d'Apcher, FR;
Assignees:
Saint-Gobain Abrasives, Inc., Worcester, MA (US);
Saint-Gobain Abrasifs, Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, FR;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B24B 1/00 (2006.01); B24D 3/00 (2006.01); B24D 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A self-bonded foamed abrasive article and a method of machining using such an article. The machining method includes providing a workpiece having a worksurface and removing material from the worksurface by moving an abrasive relative to the worksurface, wherein the abrasive comprises a foamed abrasive body consisting of abrasive grains and a porosity of at least about 66 vol %.