Thank you so much for your concern about our CEO, Ken Rakusin, his family, and their home. Fortunately, his family was able to evacuate safely and are now staying together at another property. While Ken’s home did sustain significant damage, estimated between $30,000 and $50,000 without insurance as State Farm dropped their coverage a few months ago, we truly feel it was a miracle that the house is still standing.
To give you an idea of the destruction around us: if you exit the home and look to the right, just four houses away, you'll see complete devastation stretching for about a mile and a half. However, to the left, there's minimal or no damage at all. It's truly astonishing how random and unpredictable this fire has been.
Our factory and offices are located 15-20 miles away from the nearest fire, so they are completely safe and secure. All of our team members are also living a similar or greater distance from the fires, so everyone is out of harm’s way.
We’re grateful to be safe and look forward to continuing business as usual.
Spiral abrasive power brushes are made with galvanized steel wire, and come with either a single spiral or double-stem, filled with Silicon Carbide abrasive Nylon or Aluminum Oxide abrasive Nylon. These materials provide for a high degree of stiffness, a fast cutting rate, and can be used for both wet and dry applications, manually or in power tools.
Single spiral, double stem brushes use one layer of filament twisted between double stem wires for added strength. It is always important to operate a spiral brush in the same direction as the twist in the stem because rotating the brush in the opposite direction may loosen the stem wire and cause it to separate and come apart.
Abrasive power brush lengths range from 1-1/2" to 2", with overall lengths ranging between 4" to 5-1/2", and brush diameters from ¼" to 2".
These durable spiral abrasive power brushes come in a choice of abrasive Nylon fill materials where the Nylon has been impregnated with an abrasive mineral such as silicon carbide or aluminum oxide. The sides of the Nylon filament act as flexible files to reach surfaces where wire bristles might not be as effective. Silicon carbide grit is coarse and acid resistant, with a range from 80 to 320, whereas aluminum oxide is much finer having a grit of 600. Silicon carbide grit adds hardness to the Nylon filaments having a Mohs value between 9 and 10. Gritted aluminum oxide is a very popular abrasive choice being both fracture-resistant and strong.
The wire stems are made of galvanized steel. Galvanized steel has superior resistance to heat, rust and corrosion and is excellent for both wet and dry applications. Galvanized steel is coated with a thin layer of zinc that helps guard against corrosion and unwanted damage through chlorine exposure.
Selecting the correct size of brush for an application can be challenging, when multiple specifications need to be met. Gordon Brush® has addressed this need with its state-of-the-art Wizard feature. By using the Wizard, a customer can search for multiple detailed specifications simultaneously to find the exact brush needed.
If you do not find the exact abrasive power brush to meet your specific needs within our extensive inventory, please contact Gordon Brush® today for your custom brush manufacturing needs such as scratch and plater brushes, bore brushes, abrasive nylon cylinder brushes and more! If we are not already manufacturing a brush to fit your needs, our experienced engineers can custom design, custom make or modify a brush to meet your precise specifications. Whether you need a stock brush or custom made inudstrial cleaning brush, you can count on Gordon Brush® for the best brush ideas in America.
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