We specialise in stainless steel wire brushes for the metal working industry. These have a range of uses in stainless steel fabrication and refurbishment, from removing coatings to aggressive cleaning of welds and splatter.
Wire Or Abrasive?
Whilst the application of wire brush wheels overlaps that of abrasive wheels in many applications, they are a useful addition to surface finishing tooling. Abrasives primarily use hard mineral grains which will abrade the surface of the metal as well as any coatings or oxidation that you might be trying to remove. At a micro-level, wire brushing is a scraping action, with pressure being reduced by the number of wires in contact with the surface at any one time. The tip of the wire strand is usually of similar hardness to the substrate being cleaned and so is less likely to do significant damage to the surface being cleaned. Thus wire brush wheels are generally better for cleaning actions where it is not desirable to change the surface finish other than to brighten it.