A multilayer circular grinding wheel includes at least three substantially planar layers including an inner layer and two outer layers immediately adjacent to the inner layer, of which at least the inner layer has a proportion of diamond abrasive grit, the proportion of diamond in the abrasive grit being greater in the inner layer than in the outer layers.

An abrasive article including a substrate; and an abrasive layer overlying the substrate, where the abrasive layer includes a blend of abrasive particles including a first type of abrasive particle comprising a polycrystalline material and having a first average friability F.sub.1, and a second type of abrasive particle comprising a polycrystalline material and having a second average friability, F.sub.2, where the blend comprises an average friability difference, ΔF=|F.sub.1−F.sub.2|, within a range of at least 0.5% to not greater than 80%.

An abrasive article includes a backing, abrasive particles secured to the backing, and a size coat provided over the abrasive particles, the size coat comprises a binder resin, at least one filler material and at least one lubricant material having a melting temperature of at least about 200 degrees F. A method of grinding aluminum using such an abrasive article is also described.

An abrasive article can include a body including a bond material, abrasive particles contained in the bond material, and an impact modifier. In an embodiment, the impact modifier can be in a content of at least 1 vol % of and at most 10 vol % for a total volume of the body. In another embodiment, the impact modifier can include particles having an average particle size (D.sub.50) of at least 10 microns, a particle size D.sub.10 of at least 2 microns, a particles size D.sub.90 of at most 2 mm or any combination thereof.

A coated abrasive article comprises a backing having first and second opposed major surfaces, a make layer disposed on at least a portion of the first major surface and bonding abrasive particles to the backing, a size layer overlaid on at least a portion of the make layer and the abrasive particles, and a supersize layer disposed on the size layer. The supersize layer comprises an at least partially cured water-based epoxy resin and an organic polymeric rheology modifier, and wherein the amount of the at least partially cured epoxy resin comprises from 75 to 99.99 weight percent of the combined weight of the at least partially cured epoxy resin and the organic polymeric rheology modifier. A method of making the coated abrasive article is also disclosed.

Systems and methods include providing a coated abrasive article with an enhanced anti-loading composition in a supersize coat. The anti-loading composition includes a mixture of a metal stearate, at least one performance component, and a polymeric binder composition.

A method of making a coated abrasive article comprises sequential steps: disposing a curable composition on a major surface of a backing b) adhering abrasive particles to the curable composition; c) at least partially curing the free-radically polymerizable component; and d) at least partially curing the phenolic resin component to provide an at least partially cured composition. The curable composition comprises a phenolic resin component, a free-radically polymerizable component, and an organic polymeric rheology modifier, wherein the organic polymeric rheology modifier comprises an alkali-swellable/soluble polymer, and wherein, on a solid basis, the organic polymeric rheology modifier comprises from 0.001 to 5 weight percent of the phenolic resin component, the free-radically polymerizable component, and the organic polymeric rheology modifier combined. A variant wherein step b) effectively occurs after step c) is also disclosed. Abrasive articles made according to the methods are also disclosed.

An abrasive article comprises abrasive particles adhered to a substrate by a binder material. The binder material comprises an at least partially cured resole phenolic resin and an organic polymeric rheology modifier. The amount of the at least partially cured resole phenolic resin comprises 99.01 to 99.98 weight percent of the combined weight of the at least partially cured resole phenolic resin and the organic polymeric rheology modifier. Methods of making the abrasive article are also disclosed.

This method for manufacturing a cutting blade includes: a mixing step of adding a liquid dispersion medium to a mixed powder containing a resin powder of a thermocompression-bondable resin, abrasive grains and fibrous fillers; a compression step of cold pressing, in a forming die, the mixed powder to which the dispersion medium has been added to form an original plate of a blade main body; and a sintering step of hot pressing and sintering the original plate.

A method for electrostatically scattering an abrasive grain includes applying at least one electro-conductive material to the abrasive grain. The electro-conductive material is in the form of at least one organic compound.