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Cast Steel Shot
High performance
Cast steel shot is a metal abrasive used for roughening surfaces, removing mill scale, cleaning and smoothing castings, and stripping old protective coatings.
Cast Steel Grit (GH)
Properties:
- hardness: 60–68 HRC
- density: 7.0 g/cm³
Grades:
| Shot designation | Nominal size [mm] |
| GH 14 | 1,40 |
| GH 16 | 1,18 |
| GH 18 | 1,00 |
| GH 25 | 0,71 |
| GH 40 | 0,43 |
| GH 50 | 0,30 |
| GH 80 | 0,18 |
Applications of steel grit:
- stripping old protective coatings
- removing mill scale and rolling scale
- roughening metal surfaces before painting
- cleaning cast steel and cast iron castings
Chemical composition:
- carbon (C): 0.8–1.2 (m/m)
- manganese (Mn): 0.35–1.2 (m/m)
- silicon (Si): min. 0.4 (m/m)
- sulfur (S): max. 0.05 (m/m)
- phosphorus (P): max. 0.05 (m/m)
- hardness: 60–68 HRC
- density: 7.0 g/cm³
Cast Steel Round Shot (S)
Properties:
- hardness: 40–56 HRC
- density: 7.0 g/cm³
Grades:
| Shot designation | Size [mm] |
| S 660 | 1,70 |
| S 550 | 1,40 |
| S 460 | 1,18 |
| S 390 | 1,00 |
| S 330 | 0,85 |
| S 280 | 0,71 |
| S 230 | 0,60 |
| S 170 | 0,43 |
| S 110 | 0,30 |
Applications of round shot:
- cleaning and smoothing castings and steel-mill products
- removing mill scale from sheets and sections
- deburring sharp edges from steel-mill products
Chemical composition:
- carbon (C): 0.8–1.2 (m/m)
- manganese (Mn): 0.35–1.2 (m/m)
- silicon (Si): min. 0.4 (m/m)
- sulfur (S): max. 0.05 (m/m)
- phosphorus (P): max. 0.05 (m/m)
- hardness: 40–56 HRC
- density: 7.0 g/cm³
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