Industrial Manufacturing & sanding BLOG

For most woodworking shops and production lines, a wide belt sander (also sometimes referred to as a wide belt sanding machine) provides the dimensions, power, and versatility needed to smooth and finish everything from doors to floors.

There's usually some type of tensioning device on most sanding machines. Weighing mechanisms, screw-type mechanisms, and pneumatic cylinders are some examples. This blog reviews how much tension a belt sander should have, along with how to achieve it.

Since efficiency is a key goal for any woodworking shop or production line, you’ll want to know how much material you can remove in one pass with a wide belt sander. There’s no single answer that applies to all machines and configurations, so in this blog, we’ll review the factors that impact material removal.

When set correctly, hold-down shoes support a more effective sanding or finishing job, so we’ve created this blog outlining their specific uses, how to set them up, and how to check them for wear.

In this blog, the team at Fintech Abrasives reviews four main varieties of sanding heads and a hybrid version that can be used for any type of sanding head with a polishing platen.