4 Whetstone Manufacturers in 2024
This section provides an overview for whetstones as well as their applications and principles. Also, please take a look at the list of 4 whetstone manufacturers and their company rankings. Here are the top-ranked whetstone companies as of November, 2024: 1.Falcon Tool Company Inc., 2.NORITAKE, 3.DISCO Corporation.
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What Is a Whetstone?
A whetstone is, in the broadest sense, a tool, such as "a tool for cutting and polishing rocks and metals."
A whetstone is widely used in a variety of forms, from household to industrial applications.
For home use, a whetstone is commonly used to sharpen kitchen knives, often found in rectangular or block-shaped.
Industrial whetstone is often disk-shaped wheels with a mounting hole in the center that is attached to a power tool.
Uses of Whetstones
Whetstones are used in the following applications.
- Cutting whetstones
Cutting whetstones are often used in the plumbing industry.
A cutter wheel, which is a disk-shaped whetstone, is attached to a pipe cutting machine called a tube cutter.
The whetstones are rotated to cut the required length of piping work. - Abrasive cloth paper (sandpaper)
This is an abrasive tool made by bonding abrasives to cardboard, cloth, or other material with an adhesive.
Principle of Whetstones
There are various types of bonding agents used in whetstones, depending on the application.
The most commonly used resinoid is made by a process called the "bakelite method."
Next, the principle of how whetstones grind workpieces is explained.
- Normal Grinding Process
In normal grinding, when the sharpness of the abrasive grains is worn, the grinding process becomes dull, the abrasive grains drop off and new grains appear on the surface.
This ensures the necessary grinding force at all times.
In this state, chips do not penetrate between the abrasive grains, so the surface roughness of the workpiece is excellent, and high quality can be obtained. - Improper Grinding
If the bond of the whetstones is too soft for a hard workpiece, the abrasive grains will not be able to withstand the workpiece and will break.
If this happens, the grinding surface will become rough, and the finished surface roughness will deteriorate.
Conversely, when grinding soft workpieces such as aluminum or copper, chips can get between the grains and deteriorate the sharpness of the workpiece.
Resistance during grinding increases, resulting in a rougher finished surface.
List of 4 Whetstone Manufacturers
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Falcon Tool Company Inc.
Ruby Degussit Whetstones
Manufacturer Overview
Falcon Tool Company, Inc. is an American manufacturer based in Traverse City, Michigan, providing tools for industrial applications. The company’s product range includes files, commonly used in industrial jewelry, dental, and hobby industries, as well as abrasives and abrasive stones. The company also offers various cutting tools, including carbide burs and tungsten vanadium steel burs, commonly used for deburring, milling, and finishing. It further provides diamond tools, brushes and wood sticks, and related equipment, such as air grinders and air profilers.
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DISCO Corporation
High-Quality Manufacturing
Manufacturer Overview
Disco Corporation is a producer of precision cutting and grinding machines founded in Japan last 1937. Aside from manufacturing services, they also offer maintenance, training, refurbishment, and lease of precision cutting and grinding materials. This company is entirely based in Japan with Tokyo as the location for its Head Office. Its three branch offices are located in Osaka, Kyushu, and Sendai. They also have three plants, two of which are in Hiroshima namely, Kure and Kuwabata, while their Chino Plant is in Nagano.
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NORITAKE
wheels
Manufacturer Overview
NORITAKE CO., LIMITED, established in 1904 as Nippon Toki Kaisha, Ltd., is a Japanese manufacturer headquartered in Nagoya, Aichi, specializing in tableware and technological products. The company crafts fine porcelain and bone china Western-style tableware, glassware, and cutlery, catering to residential and commercial settings. The company also offers ceramics in various forms, including electronic ceramic powder and engineering ceramics, thick film circuit substrates, and vacuum fluorescent displays. Other offerings include provides grinding and polishing tools, such as grinding and cubic boron nitride (CBN) wheels, as well as coated abrasives. The company further offers filtration systems and thin cut master (TCM) machines.
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Gesswein Co, Inc.
Finishing Stones
Distributor Overview
Gesswein Co, Inc., established in 1914 and headquartered in Bridgeport, Connecticut, is a distributor of jewelers' tools and supplies. The company offers a wide range of products, including additive manufacturing tools, abrasives, bench tools, burs & drills, casting tools, cleaning tools, dust collection tools, engraving tools, power tools, and more. These products are utilized by professionals in the jewelry and metalworking industries for precision work. Gesswein Co, Inc. also provides various services, such as operations review, product sampling, account maintenance, quality control, and price matching.
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Whetstone Manufacturer Ranking
*Including some distributors, etc.Ranking as of November 2024
Derivation Method| Rank | Company | Click Share |
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| 1 | Falcon Tool Company Inc. |
40.0%
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| 2 | NORITAKE |
26.7%
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| 3 | DISCO Corporation |
20.0%
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| 4 | Gesswein Co, Inc. |
13.3%
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Derivation Method
The ranking is calculated based on the click share within the whetstone page as of November 2024. Click share is defined as the total number of clicks for all companies during the period divided by the number of clicks for each company.Number of Employees
- NORITAKE: 4,831
Newly Established Company
- NORITAKE: 1904 (120 years ago)
- Gesswein Co, Inc.: 1868 (156 years ago)
Company with a History
- Gesswein Co, Inc.: 1868 (156 years ago)
- NORITAKE: 1904 (120 years ago)
Whetstone Manufacturers in United States
*Including some distributors, etc.
Global Distribution of Whetstone Manufacturers by Country
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| Country | Number of Companies | Share (%) |
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Japan
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2 | 66.7% |
United States of America
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1 | 33.3% |
List of Whetstone Products
47 products are listed.
Tie Sea Ins
WES Wes
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Almighty cutting whetstone. For 100 mm grinder. It is also characterized by less burrs and burns. Since the dust is 1/3 (compared to our company), ...
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Both cut whetstones
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In 1947, the serious small cutting whetstone challenged by the grinding grinding whetstone tax, a single -handed whetstone tax, collaborated with b...
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Third generation of whetstone
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A serious small cutting whetstone challenged by the grinding grinding whetstone tax, a grinding grinding whetstone in 1947. The number of limit cut...
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Wellken
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"Welken" is a significant increase in durability and sharpness. Work efficiency increases at 35% grinding (compared to our company). The grind dust...
Tie Sea Ins
Powered Masamune
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The ultra -high -performance cutting whetstone "Powered Masamune", which boasts an outstanding cutting power and durability of cutting whetstone. M...
Tie Sea Ins
NEO Masamune
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The ultra -high -performance cutting whetstone "NEO Masamune", which boasts an outstanding cutting power and durability of cutting whetstone. Made ...
Tie Sea Ins
Super Masamune
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Super high -performance cutting whetstone "Super Masamune" that realizes the best sharpness and durability. It is a cutting whetstone made in Japan...
Tie Sea Ins
Super Masamune Eco
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This is a new product "Super Masamune Eco", which has become more affordable with the contents of the ultra -high performance and cutting whetstone...
Glow Engineering Co., Ltd.
Whetstone
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Grinders, which are excellent in wear resistance, greatly contribute to running costs.
Sanko Made Co., Ltd.
New ceramic whetstone composition that beats the world metal thinly cut -type cutting whetstone speed technique
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This one that arrived from the attachment of cutting ■ What is fast technique? ・ We have created the concept of the concept of cutting work faste...
Sanko Made Co., Ltd.
Standard cutting whetstone sun cut with sharpness and durability
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A good cut -sew that is not found in metal cut -and -sews that make use of the softness of the bond, which is a characteristic of the coding of the...
Sanko Made Co., Ltd.
Double -sided reinforcement thinning whetstone NEX'US (Nexus)
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Thin cutting whetstone series. There is an all -rounder type and a sharp -oriented type.
