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Metalworking

3M keeps metalworking industries on the cutting edge of competitiveness with grinding and finishing systems designed to help 3M customers improve their productivity and throughput. From fabrication to foundries, whether cutting metal or precision finishing, there's a 3M abrasive to get you the job done fast and efficiently.
Builders Hardware Builders Hardware
Hinges, hammers, locks, latches or wrenches....these metalworking industries help build and secure our homes and communities and 3M abrasives are there to help.
Turbine Engines Turbine Engines
High temperatures, pressures, stress and vibration place big demands on the super alloys of investment cast parts. That's why 3M offers high performance abrasives to grind and finish these advanced materials.
Metal Fabrication Metal Fabrication
From prototypes to production, if you cut, weld, stamp, shape, bend, paint or finish metal, 3M can help. Metal meets its match with 3M industry-leading abrasives that cut, debur, grind, finish and polish metal faster, with less rework and uncompromising results.
Metal Implants Metal Implants
Precision finishing of cobalt chrome or titanium implants for orthopedic is an operation with no room for failure. That's why 3M developed Trizact(TM) Abrasives to generate controlled, repeatable finishes. From gate removal to final polish, 3M brings a full range of products to get you to the finish line.
Medical Instruments Medical Instruments
Take on medical grade stainless steel and other metals with confidence using 3M abrasives and surface conditioning products. When your final finish matters most, count on 3M.
Plating & Polishing Plating & Polishing
Get a perfect, repeatable finish prior to plating with an abrasive solution from 3M. 3M's goal is to help reduce rework and get you to the ideal outcome efficiently.
Plumbing Fixtures Plumbing Fixtures
From heavy-duty cutting and grinding to applying a brushed finish to faucets and fixtures, 3M's wide selection of abrasives and finishing systems can help you meet the most demanding finish requirements.