granitedude
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- Apr 24, 2018
With the big price increase for Barton garnet, we are looking for a new supplier. Does anybody have experience with both Barton and GMA garnets and are they comparable? I'm currently using Barton 60 HPA.
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Yeah, kind of a felt the sting a little bit in the last 80HPA quote too, but to be honest Barton has been good in keeping me in the supply over the last 12 months where GMA has had problems making good on their delivery. Maybe our 40K pounds a year just wasn't enough to garner interest from GMA to keep our business. GMA seemed to cut OK, but my impression is it is a little more dirty with more fines. Put equal amounts of abrasive and water in two glass jars and give them a shake.
To me a reliable supply stream seems worth the price. However, Last year GMA was supposed to bring online a process and package plant near Philly which might serve you
well.
I've sampled the Staurolite material. I don't hate it, but I'm not in love with it either. It's just my perception, but I feel that it eats through nozzles faster. What I really miss is the Barton MG1 material on our mostly sub 1 inch stainless and aluminum. We are cutting with a Wardjet which we love backed by an older low hour Flow intensifier.
J.
The GMA rep says that they since they are never played with the Indian garnet team that they are free from those suppliers worries.
Tom
Yeah that's what I thought too, but GMA couldn't keep their obligations to me fulfilling a 5 skid 11,000 pound order. My perception is they took advantage of the supply situation to pick up some of the larger Indian garnet user's accounts at the expense of their existing customers. GMA just couldn't keep me in supply when I needed it. It would take a lot to convince me to go back. Hope you have better luck.
I know this is a old thread but.. what is everyone using to extract the garnet? I have had a company come out twice to extract it but looking a other option now. SRs from Omax or the Extractor? Any info? Thanks
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