Which lapping plate to use?
A general guide to which Kemet Plate and Abrasive to select to lap or polish a given material.
Key:
L = Typical Lapping Plate and Kemet Diamond Micron Size
P = Typical Polishing Plate and Kemet Micron Size
P* = Mirror finish polish
PP = Prepolish
C = Cerium Oxide
* = Kemox 0-800 Abrasive
+ = No Abrasive Required
| Material | Plate Type | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASFL-A Pol. Cloth | Col-K | Kemet LP | Kemet XF | Kemet XP | Kemet Copper | Kemet PR3 | Kemet BP | Kemet Iron | Cast Iron | |
| Altic | P < 1μ | L 6μ | L 6μ | |||||||
| Aluminium | P 3μ | P* | L * | |||||||
| Brass | P 3μ | P 3μ | L * | |||||||
| Technical Ceramic | P 3μ | L 6μ | L 14μ | |||||||
| Carbon | P 3μ | L 6μ | L * | |||||||
| Ferrite | P 1μ | P 3μ | L 8μ | |||||||
| Ni Resist | P 3μ | L * | ||||||||
| Plastics | P 3μ | L* | ||||||||
| Hard Steel | P 3μ | P* | P 3μ | P 3μ | L 14μ | |||||
| Soft Steel | P 3μ | P 3μ | L 14μ | L * | ||||||
| Mould Steel | P 3μ | P* | P 3μ | L * | ||||||
| Sapphire | P 1μ | |||||||||
| Silicon Carbide | P 3μ | L 14μ | ||||||||
| Stellite | P 3μ | P* | P 3μ | L* | ||||||
| Tungsten Carbide | P 3μ | P 3μ | P 3μ | L 14μ | L 14μ | |||||
| Stainless Steel | P 3μ | P* | P 6μ | |||||||
| Optics | C 1μ | |||||||||
| Cobalt Chrome | P* | L 10μ | PP 6μ | L 14μ | ||||||
| Titanium | P* | L 10μ | PP 6μ | L14μ | ||||||
