Grinding tools for shipyards

But rust forms on sharp edges, which is where protective coatings are first abraded. For this simple reason, over 8,000 working hours or more are expended on grinding work for a single vessel. This means that process-optimised grinding tools can potentially offer some truly substantial savings. At RHODIUS, we see ourselves as your partners.

Our goal is to offer the best – the most cost-effective – grinding tools for your shipyard. The first step here is a detailed needs assessment and an extensive series of trials. Following this, we calculate the most cost-effective product for you or start development on a new, made-to-measure solution.

The RHODIUS JUMBO LONGLIFE and RHODIUS JUMBO SPEED are highly specialised products that have been developed in the flap disc segment for use in shipbuilding. Their extended flaps provide a boost to their cost-effectiveness for professional use. Precise measurements have been performed in endurance testing: the JUMBO LONGLIFE was only used up in full after 56 minutes of continuous operation and 2036 g of stock removal. That is 500 g or 30% more stock removal than for a comparable tool.

With its extremely long lifetime, the flap disc is therefore the ideal tool for performing many grinding tasks around the shipyard. If a flap disc with ceramic grain is selected, this extremely aggressive grain ensures even higher stock removal. In addition, a grinding tool with ceramic grain also offers another, decisive advantage: only moderate contact pressure needs to be used when working with these discs around the shipyard. More pressure just creates more heat, after all, but not a faster cut.