Honing Tools & Consumables
PSS-Abrasive & Tool Division was founded in 1985, offering a core product line of honing stones and tooling. In 2005, the company acquired the tooling and abrasive line of products from Micromatic, adding to the Bates legacy nearly 80 years of honing and bore finishing innovation. Bates Technologies was aquired by Lapmaster in 2009, adding to it's large product group and capabilities.Our core product line of honing stones, honing machine tools, mandrel tools, CMC honing equipment and commercial honing products. We also provide superabrasive honing products and mandrel tools for air-gage-monitored honing systems and honing machines for almost all renowned Honing brands. Our honing stones, honing tools and honing machine products are engineered and manufactured to optimize the performance of a variety of finishing processes.
Our Products
- Conventional Microabrasives
- Superabrasives (CBN and Diamond)
- Superabrasive Honing Stones for use in virtually every honing machine on the market.
- Production Honing Stones
- Honing Mandrels and Tooling
- Microhone®, Microsize®, Micro-Mold® Bonded Tooling
- Electro-Plated Expandable Mandrels and Tooling
- CBN and Diamond Electro-Plated Products Wheels, Wears and Gripping Surfaces
- Gaging and Size Control Systems
- Microhone® CNC Tooling and Abrasive Systems
Our Services
Our relationship extends through your process. Bates has created a one-stop-shop in order to accommodate best practices for our customers:
- Stock and Custom Honing Stones and Tooling
- Applications Technology Center (ATC)
- Test Drive Trial Program
- Process Application Analysis
- Service Department
- Tool Reconditioning
