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Industry
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Innovation

Problems Solved

Critical to improving a process, reducing cycle time, extending abrasive product life, increasing productivity, or reducing total cost is having a partner like Norton | Saint-Gobain.

Problems Solved
Surprising Solutions Norton Races To Finish
Innovation

Surprising Solutions: Norton Races to Finish

Students at the University of Michigan participating in MRacing, the university’s Formula SAE (FSAE) racing team, find Norton products useful in shaping both their creations and their careers.

Surprising Solutions: Norton Races to Finish
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Innovation

Surprising Solutions: Norton Runs for the Roses

When you hear the sound of thundering hooves as you watch the Kentucky Derby, have you ever wondered about the critical role of the horses' feet in racing to the finish line? Did you know Norton Abras...

Surprising Solutions: Norton Runs for the Roses
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Safety

Using Quick‑Mount Hubs on Portable Grinding Wheels

Learn the benefits of quick-mount hubs and how to safely mount and remove a portable grinding wheel with a quick-mount hub.

Using Quick‑Mount Hubs on Portable Grinding Wheels
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How To

Top 5 Questions to Answer When Sanding on Composites

Master composite sanding with these tips on choosing the right abrasive, maintaining your tools, following proper grit sequencing, and matching your approach to the material and surface size.

Top 5 Questions to Answer When Sanding on Composites
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Product

Small Size, Big Benefits

When a major aerospace manufacturer approached Norton two years ago, machining fuselage pockets for aircraft bodies and unhappy with the time and cost involved with deburring and finishing, Norton was...

Small Size, Big Benefits
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Innovation

Surprising Solutions: Norton Partners Big

Norton | Saint-Gobain created a Texas-sized partnership with local distributor Total Safety based on the companies’ shared philosophy: focus on the customer.

Surprising Solutions: Norton Partners Big
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Innovation

Surprising Solutions: Norton Goes For Gold

As you watch the 2026 Winter Games, you’ll be experiencing how Norton products play a role in making USA Luge athletes’ medal-winning dreams come true.

Surprising Solutions: Norton Goes For Gold
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Innovation

Surprising Solutions: Norton Cuts the Mustard

The next time you spread mustard on your burger, hot dog or sandwich, you'll experience how Norton products play a role in our daily lives. Learn how.

Surprising Solutions: Norton Cuts the Mustard
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Technical

Beyond Price: A Technical Approach to Comparing Grinding Wheel Value

See how technical metrics such as G-Ratio, Q' (specific material removal rate), chip thickness, specific grinding energy, and grind cycle design reveal the true value of a grinding wheel in terms of p...

Beyond Price: A Technical Approach to Comparing Grinding Wheel Value
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Technical

Setting Expectations

Hear how the Norton Abrasive Process Solutions (APS) program can help you automate your abrasives operation in this Modern Abrasives and Deburring interview with Nathan Jackson, automation application...

Setting Expectations
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Technical

A Primer for Automating Grinding

Improve your weld grinding processes with these tips for automating weld preparation and finishing.

A Primer for Automating Grinding