According to reports, industry sources said last week that with the start-up of several new phenol plants in China in the second half of the year, Asian demand will be boosted, and the operating rate of equipment in the region will also increase. Ewe Ee Foong, vice president of ICIS Consulting Asia in Asia, said at the ICIS Asian Chemicals Market Symposium held in Seoul: “The low utilization rate of equipment in Asia** at the beginning of this year is expected to improve by the end of the year, and production in Northeast Asia will increase. Some 5.5 million tons in the first quarter surged to nearly 5.8 million tons at the end of the fourth quarter of this year." Electroplated Diamond Abrasive Products Superabrasives are tools used in precision grinding,precision cutting,precision polishing and precision drilling,like flexible diamond abrasive.Superabrasive materials attach to a wheel,blade and drill to make Superabrasive grinding wheels,cutting balde and drilling bit.The reason some abrasives are Superabrasives is due to their extraordinary hardness,unparalleled performance,and longevity. diamond abrasive products,continental abrasives,Superabrasives Precsion Polishing,Superabrasive Grinding Wheels,Profiled Superabrasive Grinding Wheels,Flexible Diamond Abrasive Hans Super Abrasive Diamond Tool Co.,Ltd , https://www.hansuperabrasive.com
According to market sources, the phenol production in the Chinese market will increase significantly in 2015, and three world-scale phenol/** units will be built in the first quarter. The three new installations increased the phenol production capacity in China by 46% to 2.53 million tons per year. At the same time, the average utilization rate of equipment in Northeast Asia is expected to rise steadily, from about 77% in the first quarter of this year to about 80% in the fourth quarter.
According to Ewe Ee Foong's report, compared with the same period of last year, the demand for pure benzene from downstream styrene grew at a low rate because of the weak demand for polystyrene and styrenic resin in China. According to the ICIS data, due to the high inventory levels in April, China's spot demand for pure benzene has slowed down and prices have been suppressed. Afterwards, the price of pure benzene in Asia is expected to increase. With the improvement in the demand for styrene monomer in the downstream of May, many styrene producers in the region will gradually complete the overhaul of the equipment, thus driving the demand for benzene to warm up.
According to the ICIS analysis, the profitability of the local styrene plant was improved in the second quarter due to the profitability of the downstream industry in Taiwan, which is expected to drive the activity of pure benzene spot trading. In other aromatics markets, Asia's toluene prices will continue to follow the trend of downstream p-xylene (PX) in the second quarter of this year, because the price gap between PX and naphtha will narrow, and this correlation may be weakened. The Asian toluene market players are still basically positive about June price hikes, and most of them are hoping that the Chinese market will drive buying. However, other market participants are cautious and believe that the downstream market is unlikely to drive a sharp rise in prices.
As for the PX market, most market participants believe that the current PX spot price trend is mainly influenced by the downstream PTA prices and market sentiment.
What are Superabrasives?
Abrasives that belong to the Superabrasive family includes,Industrial diamonds: an industrial diamond is a non-gem quality small diamond that is for abrasives,cutting,and drilling tools.
Cubic boron nitride (CBN): Usually called CBN it is the second hardest cutting tool material after a diamond.
Polycrystalline: Is an abrasive material that has a multiple collection of crystal grain structures with individual orientations
CVD Diamond: These are synthetic diamonds made by a process known as chemical vapor deposition.CVD diamonds grow from a hydrocarbon gas mixture. They are extremely hard,have a high thermal conductivity that is five times that of copper. They also have broadband optical transparency,are chemically inert,and only reach graphitization at very high temperatures.
Nanodiamonds: These tiny diamonds are the product of a controlled explosion. Sometimes called a detonation nanodiamond (DND) or an ultradispersed diamond,as this is how they form.
Industries That Use Superabrasives
A great number of industries use Superabrasive grinding wheels and the coated abrasives subsection of the abrasives industry continues to grow. Industries that are prime buyers of Superabrasive grinding wheels are,
Aerospace
Aluminum Mills
Leather Tanneries
Automotive
Machinery
Bearings
Marble
Boat Building
Medical Instruments
Brick & Tile
Metal Fabrication
Broaches
Metallurgical Labs
Ceramic Products
Motor Vehicle Parts
Construction
Oil Field Equipment
Contract Machining
Paper Mills
Copper Mills
Plastics
Cutlery
Precision Gages
Cutting Tools
Railroad Equipment
Dental Equipment
Rubber
Forest Products
Saw Blades
Foundries
Ship Building
Gears
Springs
Glass Products
Steel Mills
Golf Clubs
Valves
Granite
Welding
Advantages of Superabrasives
The advantages of Superabrasive grinding wheels are more than extraordinary hardness,unparalleled performance,and longevity. These three features of Superabrasives are the core of many advantages manufacturers gain by an aggregation of services that normal abrasives simply cannot deliver.
These include:
Less expensive tooling and fixturing costs
More wheels on the spindle,smaller wheels,multiple operations
Less floor space needed for manufacturing
Virtual elimination of wheel wear
Automated CNC machines,less labor intensive operations requiring less training
Consistent surface speed from part to part
Better overall throughput with fewer machines needed
Improved Material Removal Rates,Lower Per Part Abrasive Costs and higher speeds
With Superabrasives,production increased by automated CNC equipment,industries have found one way to compensate for the lack of availability of skilled labor. With fewer machines needed,so is fewer workers. With Superabrasives CNC,automation is more concerned with defining a manufacturing process using machine capabilities and mechanization. There is less concern on operator technique. A properly defined process,combined with automatic loaders make for equipment that is almost running itself.
Industry Outlook
Future growth of the abrasives industries will primarily be in Superabrasives. Currently,research and development of Superabrasives are taking place in the following areas.
Custom designed [hard to grind" materials in an increasing number of industries
Creep or deep feed grinding
High-speed,high-performance grinding of hardened steel
Form grinding,sometimes with electroplating,in high precision,high-removal,and high-surface quality applications
CNC-control of line grinding machines
Other abrasive technology developments with Superabrasives are likely to occur in using CVD for the best bonding of coatings to diamond wheels
Jewelry