Title:
ABRASIVE PRODUCT, METHOD OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME, AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING THE SAME
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2006069179
Kind Code:
A8
Abstract:
The invention provides a method and apparatus for making an abrasive product comprising providing a substantially horizontally deployed flexible backing (10) having a first surface (12) bearing an at least partially cured primer coating and an opposite second surface (13); providing a dry flowable particle mixture comprising abrasive particles and particulate curable binder material; depositing a temporary layer comprising said particle mixture (24) on the at least partially cured primer coating of the first surface (12) of the backing (10); softening said particulate curable binder material to provide adhesion between adjacent abrasive particles; embossing the layer comprising softened particulate curable binder material and abrasive particles to provide a pattern of raised areas and depressed areas and curing the softened particulate curable binder material to convert the embossed layer into a permanent embossed layer comprised of cured particulate binder material and abrasive particles and cure the at least partially cured primer coating on the first surface (12) of the backing (10). The invention also provides an abrasive product having an embossed surface made by the method.
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Inventors:
WELYGAN DENNIS G (US)
CHESLEY JASON A (US)
MOREN LOUIS S (US)
CHESLEY JASON A (US)
MOREN LOUIS S (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2005/046437
Publication Date:
August 02, 2007
Filing Date:
December 20, 2005
Export Citation:
Assignee:
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO (US)
International Classes:
B24D11/00; B24D3/00; B24D3/28; B24D18/00; B24D99/00
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