Blanchard Grinding Services

Anchor Danly has been Blanchard grinding steel plate for almost 40 years. Because of consistent high quality and experience, our Blanchard grinding and steel plate services supply a wide range of tool & die and OEM manufacturers.

Today, Anchor Danly has one of the largest Blanchard grinding and steel plate service facilities in North America.

Blanchard Grinding Facilities

Anchor Danlyā€™s modern facilities offer Blanchard grinding of steel plate as a core service. Thirty-four (34) Blanchard grinders are available. In addition to Blanchard grinding, we offer in-house CNC machining, thermal & vibratory stress relieving, metal fabrication, and finishing.

Our Blanchard grinders can accommodate single part weights up to 30,000 lbs and a part size envelop of 144 inches across the diagonal x 35 inches high. Our Blanchard grinding service is ideally suited for grinding large steel plate and steel plate fabrications.

Anchor Danlyā€™s secondary processing and finishing capabilities for Blanchard ground steel plate includes CNC milling capacity of 138 inches x 320 inches and ovens to anneal or stress relieve steel plate.

Customer supplied material is accepted or choose from our extensive steel plate inventory.

Stress Relieving for Ground Steel Plate
Metal stress relieving for steel plate and metal fabrications is offered in both vibratory and thermal stress relieving methods. Our metal stress relieving ovens have approximate load dimensions of 8 ft. x10 ft. x 30 ft. in length (2400 mm x 3000 mm x 9000 mm).
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Blanchard Grinding Capabilities
Anchor Danly can Blanchard grind different materials apart from the ground steel plate typically processed in our plants. Anchor Danly has experience Blanchard grinding both ferrous and non-ferrous parts. Various clamping and holding methods are used for Blanchard grinding non-ferrous materials
Blanchard Grinding Tolerances

Anchor Danly is able to achieve the following general tolerances for Blanchard ground steel plate:

  • Dimensions to plus or minus 0.002 inch
  • Parallelism to 0.0015 inch per foot (maximum of 0.006)
  • Flatness to 0.0015 inch per foot (maximum of 0.006)
  • Surface finish 125 rms
  • Other tolerances and finishes available upon request
Should your specification require better tolerances for Blanchard grinding,Ā contact Anchor Danly.
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Blanchard Grinding Benefits
Blanchard Grinding removes large amounts of stock quickly and efficiently because of the greater horsepower over other grinding methods. This results in considerable time savings over surface grinding. As a result, Blanchard grinding is an economical method for finish sizing large steel plate, metal fabrications, and castings ā€“ ahead of surface grinding and CNC milling for large plate finishing. Blanchard grinding multiple small parts in batches results in consistent thickness and surface finish, eliminating mismatches.
Blanchard Grinding at a Glance
  • For large stock removal
  • Surface finishes to 125 rms (3.1 microns)
  • Grinding of annealed or hardened steel plate up to 62 Rc
  • Multiple parts ground simultaneously
  • Blanchard ground finish has a cross-hatched swirl type pattern
  • Rotary surface grinding
  • One side is ground at a time
  • Ferrous materials are held on a magnetic chuck
  • Vacuum chucks or special fixtures for grinding non-magnetic materials
  • In-house thermal and vibratory stress relieving
  • SecondaryĀ CNCĀ machining
  • Roughing for subsequent finishing operations
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