Bonded abrasive article including elongate shaped abrasive particles
Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorDwight D. Erickson
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Abstract
A bonded abrasive article includes elongate shaped abrasive particles. The elongate shaped abrasive particles comprise an elongate shaped ceramic body having opposed first and second ends joined to each other by at least two longitudinal sidewalls. At least one of the at least two longitudinal sidewalls is concave along its length. At least one of the first and second ends is a fractured surface.
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A bonded abrasive article comprising a plurality of abrasive particles bonded together by a binder material, wherein at least half of the plurality of abrasive particles comprises elongate shaped abrasive particles each comprising an elongate shaped ceramic body having opposed first and second ends joined to each other by at least two longitudinal sidewalls, and wherein at least one of the first and second ends is a fractured surface;
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- wherein at least one of the at least two longitudinal sidewalls is concave along its length, and wherein said at least two longitudinal sidewalls consist of two longitudinal sidewalls, and wherein the elongate shaped ceramic body has a continuous crescent-shaped cross-sectional shape.
A bonded abrasive article comprising a plurality of abrasive particles bonded together by a binder material, wherein at least half of the plurality of abrasive particles comprises elongate shaped abrasive particles each comprising an elongate shaped ceramic body having opposed first and second ends joined to each other by at least two longitudinal sidewalls, and wherein at least one of the first and second ends is a fractured surface;
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- wherein at least one of the at least two longitudinal sidewalls is concave along its length, and, wherein said at least two longitudinal sidewalls comprise four longitudinal sidewalls, two of which are parallel.
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