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For nearly 50 years, Standard Abrasives has manufactured innovative, high-quality, abrasive products used by the metal-working trades and industries and has continued to be the leading supplier of premium abrasive specialties.
The SocAtt®, metallic, quick-change attachment system revolutionized the abrasives business in the late-1950s. Even today, it remains the overwhelming choice in heavy industry for mounting abrasive discs to power tools. The socket is on the discs and accepts a threaded pin on a "holder pad" mounted in the power tool. SocAtt® is a simple, quick and secure method of disc attachment.
One of Standard Abrasives most significant innovations was its 1959 introduction of the SocAtt® system of attaching abrasive discs to power tools. This patented, all-metal, quick-disconnect fastening system is the most common method of mounting discs in manufacturing, aerospace and other industrial environments.
Standard Abrasives’ very successful, BriteRite® line of non-woven, abrasive discs debuted in 1979. Since then, it has grown to over 70 products and has become Standard Abrasives’ flagship brand.
In 1983, after years of sustained growth, the company enhanced its presence in the eastern U.S. with its first major acquisition, a coated abrasives manufacturing facility in Ohio.
Nineteen ninety-four was a pivotal year for Standard Abrasives. It opened a dedicated, BriteRite® manufacturing plant in Hesperia, California and, in an aggressive move into the automotive market, formed the Motor Sports Division.
In 1997, Standard Abrasives dedicated a large, modern facility in Simi Valley, California which combined part of its manufacturing along with research and development, testing, warehousing, training operations, Motor Sports Division and corporate offices at one location. In 1998, the Hesperia facility achieved ISO9001 certification and, in 2002, it was doubled in size.
The Standard Abrasives Motor Sports Division was founded to market specialty abrasives to a wide range of automotive industry segments, such as: component re-manufacturers and re-builders, professional race teams, automotive dealer service departments, independent garages, truck and bus fleet maintenance departments, professional race engine and chassis builders, classic car restorers, custom motorcycle fabricators, car hobbyists and amateur racers.
All Standard Abrasives Motor Sports Division products are designed to make automotive work easier, cleaner and more productive. Many of our products offer unique construction and labor-saving features. All are field-tested by professionals. There are scores of applications for the Motor Sports Division's specialty abrasives. Among them are:
- Cylinder head porting and polishing
- Engine block deburring
- Cleaning and polishing of carburetor parts
- Deburring of crankshafts, connecting rods, pistons and other parts
- Removal of gaskets, RTV silicone and other sealing compounds
- Creating non-directional scratch patterns on brake rotors
- Weld removal and blending on all types of metals used in vehicle-related fabrication tasks
- Rust and corrosion removal
- Surface preparation prior to painting
- Flywheel and clutch disc surface preparation
Standard Abrasives Motor Sports Division products are available for a wide variety of automotive tasks such as refinishing clutch pressure plates for Top Fuel Dragsters using a Standard Abrasives Quick Change Sanding Disc.
Gasket Removal Kit and Deluxe Engine Porting Kit.
All of Standard Abrasives' line of industrial products are available through the Motor Sports Division but there are certain products marketed specifically for automotive use, such as: the Cross-Buff® Kit, the Gasket Removal Kit, Carburetor Cleaning Kit and last, but certainly not least, our best-selling Deluxe Porting Kit.
Standard Abrasives has a select group of service technicians, engine re-builders and racecar chassis fabricators who advise on products and assist in their development and testing. All members of the Motor Sports Division staff are either racers or automotive hobbyists. Several senior executives at parent Standard Abrasives, are also racers or car enthusiasts. In short, at Standard Abrasives Motor Sports Division, we understand the abrasive products needs of the automotive market, from professional engine builders, service technicians and racecar chassis fabricators to custom motorcycle builders, Saturday night drag racers and classic car buffs. We are changing the way the automotive trade works.
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