Approvals and checks
All GLOBE products are continuously tested and homologated according to international safety standards. Our laboratory daily carries out crash tests (pic. 1-2-3-4) and side load tests (pic. 5). All products are visually checked one by one before packing them, in order to guarantee safety, quality and reliability to customers and users. GLOBE wheels are produced in full compliance with safety requirements, and they are subject to strict tests in order to guarantee a safe use also in difficult situations. Layers of abrasive mixture are alternated with fiberglass reinforcements (certified European production) soaked with resins. The strong adhesion between reinforcements and binder of the mixture gives suitable features of endurance to the wheel. Safety has always been a priority for GLOBE: during production, check and use of products, and putting into every box complete and detailed instructions about storage and use, to support customers to work in full safety.
From top left clockwise burst test machines:
1. for discs with Ø from 50 to 230 mm
2. for discs with Ø from 115 to 350 mm
3. for discs with Ø from 300 to 500 mm
4. for discs with Ø from 600 to 800 mm
5. Machine for side load test and impact test.
FEPA (FEDERAZIONE EUROPEA DEI PRODUTTORI DI ABRASIVI)
FEPA is an association of the most important European manufacturers of abrasives and the national category associations in this sector. The associated companies manufacture high quality abrasives and of all types: bonded, coated, non woven, super abrasives… for every sector and activity (automotive, aerospace, electronic, building construction, maintenance…). Using the knowledge of its members, FEPA was able to publish useful and thorough manuals that can be ordered on the website www.fepa-abrasives.org
Here you can find publications addressed to users of bonded and coated abrasives such as the safety code for bonded abrasives and precision super abrasives as well as the one for coated abrasives and the FEPA information brochure. Besides the information that you will find in the FEPA website, we remind you to consult section www.fepa-abrasives.org. In addition to the information you will find on the FEPA website, we would like to remind you to consult the safety section of our website where you will find many topics for the safe use of abrasive products.
OSA (ORGANIZATION FOR THE SAFETY OF ABRASIVES)
Leader manufacturers of high quality abrasives gathered in this international organization to document the high safety standards
of their products. The only aim is to guarantee that products’quality is always at very high levels in the interest of end-users. OSA
members guarantee the observance of regulations about abrasives and the standard verification through strict tests, approved by the organization itself, that put a strain on products.
The OSA website www.osa-abrasives.org gives particular importance to every aspect of safety. OSA addresses in particular manufacturers, end-users and focuses on standards to be followed both for production and for products’ tests and it supplies information material for end-users.
