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Norton is committed to supporting our customers' manufacturing strategies and initiatives through innovations in material removal and surface finishing processes and products. We provide many engineering services to our customers as part of our normal sales process. Investigate our Product Specification and Product Testing Services pages to learn more.

 

We also have dedicated resources within our Higgins Grinding Technology Center (HGTC) focused on the development and commercialization of product and application innovations in material removal and surface finishing. The HGTC collaborates with Saint-Gobain Abrasive's (SGA) research and development teams, product management, and local and national product engineering and sales to deliver these innovations to your operation.

 

The guiding principle of the the HGTC's is the use of the systems approach. The systems approach utilizes the science, theory and engineering of material removal and surface finishing and applies it to each unique grinding, sanding or finishing operation to achieve the desired economic and process outputs. This comprehensive effort delivers unsurpassed advances in systems to meet the needs of all industries and market. Learn more about the Grinding System Services and Coolant System Services that Norton and the Higgins Grinding Technology Center has to offer!

 

Expert Advice

Quote from Kurt J. Johannes, Field Sales Representative, Franklin, TN
“We (Norton Sales Representatives) are trained to provide not just the right product for our customer's applications, but to ensure that it is used in the most optimal way. We are also backed by our regional and application-specific engineers with years of practical and theoretical grinding and abrasive knowledge and a worldwide and world-class applications and product research and development group.” 

 

Find Out More

Contact your local distributor or Norton sales representative to find out more about how our services can help you achieve your operational and economic goals. 

Coolant System Services

The Coolant Systems Services has been established as a service to grinding process end-users as well as machine tool companies, coolant suppliers and other related industries.

Grinding System Services

The Grinding Systems Services of the Higgins Grinding Technology Center, Saint Gobain Abrasives, Worcester MA, USA, has been established as a service to grinding process end-users as well as machine tool companies, coolant suppliers and other related industries. 

Product Testing

Whether you are developing a brand new process in the manufacture of an orthopaedic hip replacement part, or simply testing a new wheel on your toolroom surface grinder for D2 steel, Norton can help with the determination of your test scope, preparation of your test, development of a test methodology, collection of operating parameters and results, analysis of your data, determination of conclusions, and recommendations for next steps.

Using the Systems Approach for Abrasive Product Testing

Establish the OBJECTIVE.
PREPARE for the test.
RECORD the results.
EVALUATE the results.