Advantages of Sea Garnet Sand for Waterjet Cutting
- Grains edges are slightly rounded
- Hard grain cores
- Clean and low dust
- Reddish / pink color
- High cutting precision
Recommended for: high precision cutting, most demanding materials, and Waterjet machines
Advantages of Rock Garnet Sand for Waterjet Cutting
- Dark red color
- Grain edges are super sharp
- Fast cutting speed
- Price economy
Recommended for: most Waterjet applications, including heavy-duty cutting and blasting
Chemical Composition – Typical
| Silica SiO2 | 34-40% |
| Iron(Fe2O3+FeO) | 25-31% |
| Alumina Al2O3 | 17-21% |
| Magnesium MgO | 5-6% |
| Calcium CaO | 5.0-10.0% |
| Manganese MnO | 0-1.0% |
Physical Characteristics – Typical
Specific Gravity | 3.8-4.1/cm3 |
Mohs Hardness | 7.5+ |
Acid Solubility (HCL) | <1.0% |
Bulk density | 1.8-1.9 g/cm3 |
Chloride | 10-15ppm(25ppm max) |
Colour | Red & Brown |
Melting point | 1300℃ |
Grain shape | Sub angular |
Toxic substances | none |
Conductivity | 25 ms/m |
Mineralogical Content – Typical
Almandine garnet | 97-98 % |
Quartz | ≤0.2% |
Ilmenite | ≤0.5% |
Others | ≤0.1% |
Particle Size Distribution
| MM | MESH | PERCENTAGE RETENTION |
| 1.400 | 12 | 12/24 | 20/40 | 20/60 | 30/60 | 80 |
| 0.850 | 20 | 0 | | | | |
| 0.600 | 30 | 30-40 | 0-5 | 0-5 | | |
| 0.425 | 40 | 40-50 | 50-70 | 10-25 | 0 | |
| 0.300 | 50 | 0-5 | 10-20 | 25-50 | 0-10 | 0 |
| 0.250 | 60 | | 0-10 | 25-45 | 45-60 | 30-40 |
| 0.180 | 80 | | | 0-15 | 10-25 | 40-50 |
| 0.150 | 100 | | | 0-5 | 5-20 | 0-5 |
| 0.125 | 120 | | | | 0-1 | |
Packing:1mt big bag or 25kgs PVC bags+1mt big bag
