With the global manufacturing industry recovering and green transformation accelerating, the abrasive market is experiencing explosive growth. According to MarketsandMarkets, the global abrasive scale will exceed US$55 billion in 2025, among which steel-based abrasives (steel shot/steel sand/steel balls) and hard non-metallic abrasives (silicon carbide/corundum) will form a dual growth pole, reshaping the new ecology of industrial surface treatment and precision machining.

Steel-based abrasives: the “iron triangle” of heavy industry cleaning

• Steel shot: high hardness (HRC45-65) + cycle life of more than 3,000 times, becoming the main force for rust removal of automobiles and ships, with European and American shipyards purchasing 18% more annually;

• Steel grit: angular cutting force accurately peels off the coating, and with intelligent sandblasting equipment, the pretreatment efficiency of engineering machinery is increased by 40%;

• Steel ball: nano-level sphericity error <0.01mm, assists in ultra-precision grinding of bearings and gears, and is suitable for the new energy vehicle motor track.

Hard abrasives: precision manufacturing "super warriors"

• Silicon carbide: Mohs hardness 9.5+ resistant to high temperature of 1800℃, leading the cutting of photovoltaic silicon wafers and semiconductor wafers, and global production capacity is concentrated in China (accounting for 65%);

• Corundum: Brown corundum has upgraded toughness, solving the polishing problems of titanium alloys and composite materials, and the surface roughness of aviation parts can reach Ra0.1μm.

Green revolution drives innovation

EU carbon tariffs force a breakthrough in abrasive recycling technology: steel sand recycling rate exceeds 95%, and silicon carbide wastewater reuse system reduces environmental costs by 40%. From heavy equipment to chip manufacturing, abrasives are using "hard core power" to promote global smart manufacturing to leap forward in efficiency, precision and sustainability. China Yafeite has been deeply involved in the abrasive industry for 20 years, and will also keep up with the changes of the times and drive the development of green industry.