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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2012
Nilanjan Sarangi, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Renaud Fix, Paris, FR;
Stephen Woods, Stafford, GB;
Jim M. Gaffney, Worcester, MA (US);
John Campaniello, Oxford, MA (US);
John R. Besse, Beacon Falls, CT (US);
Stephen E. Fox, Worcester, MA (US);
Nilanjan Sarangi, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Renaud Fix, Paris, FR;
Stephen Woods, Stafford, GB;
Jim M. Gaffney, Worcester, MA (US);
John Campaniello, Oxford, MA (US);
John R. Besse, Beacon Falls, CT (US);
Stephen E. Fox, Worcester, MA (US);
SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIVES, INC., Worcester, MA (US);
SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIFS, , FR;
Abstract
An abrasive article can include a bonded abrasive body having abrasive particles comprising microcrystalline alumina (MCA) contained within a bond material. In an embodiment, the bonded abrasive body has a porosity of at least about 42 vol % of the total volume of the bonded abrasive body. Additionally, in an embodiment, the bonded abrasive body is capable of grinding a workpiece comprising metal at a speed of at least about 60 m/s at a material removal rate of at least about 0.4 in/min/in (258 mm/min/mm).