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Glass Beads, for Impact Finishing and Reflective

Manufactured by the process of cascading a granulated soda lime glass powder or grain into a vertical kiln and using the effect of softening the glass and gravity to cause the rounding of the glass grit or cullet. This technique has been refined and mastered by our suppliers to produce a sphere that is almost perfectly round and in the reflective product which produces a prism that can have refractive indices as high as 2.

When introduced into an air stream in a blasting environment the glass beads hammer or peen the surface  of a metallic substrate in so doing they impart a polished or luster finish to the surface. Not with standing this if the intensity of the impact is measured the resultant effect can be used to peen and stress relieve metals.

Beadomac, our trade name for commercial soda lime glass beads for surface finishing and bonded flooring applications

MILBead, our rolls Royce CSS8 and MIL-G-9954 approved specification glass beads for aerospace peening and finishsing

MILBead AGB Series, compliant to AMS 2431/6 a tighter specification glass beads for aerospace and peening work

Beadomac Crush, a crushed glass media.

Beadomac Mix, a pre blended working mix of glass grains and beads for a quicker work rate

Beadomac Crush Recycled, recycled crushed glass, for open nozzle surface finishing.

Beadomac Road, Glass Beads specifically manufactured to BS6088 for road marking applications. In drop on or applied applications.

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