Our wet milling and grinding glass beads contain NO FREE SILICA, and are made from superior quality hardened soda lime glass. These glass beads are processed with state of the art rotating oven technology, developed originally in Europe. This process involves a unique method of rounding, washing, polishing and sieving, and results in a high quality solid glass sphere. The process uses no hydro-fluoric acid, and thus our glass beads are not only environmentally friendly, they are shiny and uncontaminated.
Please Contact Us For Pallet Pricing Here.
- Our Minimum Order For Medium Glass Beads is 2 bags per order. These beads come in 44 lb containers.
- Packaging: 44 lb bags on a pallet, 50/pallet = one metric ton (2,200 lbs) per pallet is standard packaging.
- Glass Bead Applications:
- Wet Bead Milling
- Wet Grinding and dispersing media in vertical and horizontal perarl mills for the wet grinding of paints, pigments, dyestuff, ink, argo-chemicals, and minerals.
- Dispersion of paints, coatings, chemicals
- Decorative: Used in wall finishes, plasters, and paints for texture and shimmer
- Water Filtration: The beads are being used in place of gravel because of their endurance, roundness, and higher crush strength.
- Grinding paints, pigments and chemicals, minerals, pharmaceuticals, Agro Chemicals, Inks, Dyes, Coatings
- Mechanical and Galvanized Plating
- Road marking reflection beads (0.8mm and larger in diameter), to improve night visiblity in rain, Type II marking
- Filler for use in electronics to protect against explosion
- Filler for the modification of physical properties of duroplast and thermoplast
- Filling for chemical, paper, synthetic materials
- polishing element for optics
- Spacer Beads
- Pricing Quotes: Email us with your destination zip code, quantity, and size of glass bead. We will work up a freight rate for you.
Sizes Available:
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STOCK # |
SIZE (mm) |
NET WT |
Approx. Mesh Size |
|
3 |
0.25-0.5 |
44 LB |
50-60 |
|
5 |
0.4-0.6 |
44 LB |
30-40 |
|
7 |
0.6-0.8 |
44 LB |
20-30 |
|
9 |
0.75-1.0 |
44 LB |
18-20 |
|
11 |
1.00-1.25 |
44 LB |
16-18 |
|
14 |
1.25-1.65 |
44 LB |
13-16 |
|
17 |
1.55-1.85 |
44 LB |
11-13 |
|
19 |
1.7-2.1 |
44 LB |
10-12 |
|
22 |
2.0-2.4 |
44 LB |
08-10 |
|
27 |
2.40 - 2.90 |
44 LB |
7.5-08 |
|
30 |
2.85-3.45 |
44 LB |
06-07 |
|
35 |
3.4-4.0 |
44 LB |
5.5 - 06 |
|
40 |
3.8-4.4 |
44 LB |
05 - 5.5 |
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Chemical Analysis |
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Name |
Method |
Weight
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CAS-No. |
EINECS |
|
|
reference value in Weight-% |
tolerance value in Weight-% |
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|
Silicon dioxide SiO2 |
DIN 51001 |
72,50% |
+/- 0,90 |
7631-86-9 |
231-545-4 |
|
Sodium oxide Na2O |
DIN 51001 |
13,00% |
+/- 0,80 |
1313-59-3 |
215-208-9 |
|
Calcium oxide CaO |
DIN 51001 |
9,06% |
+/- 0,28 |
1305-78-8 |
215-138-9 |
|
Magnesium oxide MgO |
DIN 51001 |
4,22% |
+/- 0,10 |
1309-48-4 |
215-171-9 |
|
Aluminium oxide Al2O3 |
DIN 51001 |
0,58% |
+/- 0,18 |
1344-28-1 |
215-691-6 |
General Specifications and Technical Data:
|
Roundness |
Article 52xx in size 0,1 - 0,8 mm: ≥ 0.89 (ratio width/length (xmin/xmax) Article 45xx in size 1,0 - 3,0 mm: ≥ 0.95 (ratio width/length (xmin/xmax) |
|
Compressive |
strength up to 2.100 N (belonging to diameter) |
|
Refractive index |
1.5188 |
|
Air bubbles inside bead (> 0,3mm) |
≤ 2,5 % Visual test: internal control of 200 Glass beads by Microscope |
|
Size (Diameter) |
Microglass beads in size between 0 and 800 µm |
|
Transformation temperature |
549 °C |
|
Softening point (Littleton point) |
734 °C |
|
Melting point |
1.446 °C |
|
Specific thermal Conductivity |
1,129 W/km |
|
Coefficient of expansion |
9,05 106 (1/K) [20-400 °C] |
|
Specific thermal capatcity |
1,329 kJ/kg K [>600 °C] |
|
Youngs-Module |
63 GPa |
|
Hardness according to Mohs |
≥ 6 |
|
Abraison after 9 h grinding |
23,85 Weight.-% |
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Storage indication |
Store in a dry manner in closed (original) container by room temperature. |
|
Disposal |
There is no type of waste that occurs due to the product that requires special supervision according to the German “Closed Substance Waste Management Act” or the 91/689/EWG and 2006/12/EG guidelines. |
|
Safety advice |
High risk of slipping due to spillage of product |
