The addition of Schmeier delivers an extended portfolio for internal wheels and superfinishing products, adding to Master Abrasives’ range of vitrified precision internal grinding wheels. Both brands, Meister and Schmeier, will remain and will be sold side-by-side by Master Abrasives.
Master Abrasives says that its product portfolio and that of Schmeier offer potential for future joint innovation, and with this acquisition “the group expands its global presence and cements its position as the world market leader in precision internal grinding”.
The Schmeier and Meister brands, alongside a range of MASTER® precision abrasive products, the Micromatic brand of precision grinding machines, and Cool-Grind coolant nozzles, sees Master Abrasives able to offer a complete precision package.
Says Paul Batson, managing director of Master Abrasives: “Our relationship with Meister Abrasives and Schmeier provides access to the complete range of vitrified and hybrid-bonded CBN and diamond grinding wheels for internal and external grinding applications. Wheels can be manufactured in sizes from just 0.75 mm to over 1,200 mm diameter. Our engineers work closely with customers and with the teams at Meister and Schmeier to custom-design each grinding wheel to suit the specific application. At its facilities in Switzerland, Meister specialises in vitrified products and has its own in-house development team who are constantly working on products and process development.”
Schmeier’s product offering includes internal grinding wheels in CBN, silicon carbide, ceramic and corundum in vitrified bond, as well as tools for the super finishing process. Their individual solutions and products are used worldwide, from automobile to aircraft and from miniature ball bearing to turbine, and their success is evidenced by the 2016 preferred supplier awards from Schaeffler and Bosch Group.
Meister’s latest developments have focused on the dressing tool market, with both stationary and rotary precision tools featuring hybrid bonding available.
