Tools and wheels for glass processing
The tools, mainly the wheels are very important to have a good machine working ( quality, productivity, speed..).
They are several different wheels for differents using and goals
1/The diamond wheels
This wheel must remove the glass to reach the final dimension required and give a good surface conditions to prepare the polishing.
There are 2 diiferent types:
-The cup wheels ( wheels with a bowl shape) working with the top flat part
-The peripheral wheels working with the throat
With cup wheels you can only obtain flat edge with arises. With peripheral wheels you can obtain all kind of edges, the shape of the throat wheels giving the shape for the glass edge.
There are segmented wheels to process laminating glass or when an important removal is required and wheels with continuous crown in other cases