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High-performance Type 1 grinding wheel designed for precision material removal, shaping, and finishing at 40 m/s.

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Grinding Wheels

Durable diamond dressing tool designed to restore and maintain grinding wheel sharpness and precision.

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Grinding Wheel Dressing Tool

Strong and reliable brown aluminium oxide grinding wheel for heavy-duty steel grinding and stock removal.

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Grinding Wheel Regular Blue Brown Aluminium Oxide

Versatile silicon carbide grinding wheels for carbide tools, cast iron, and piston ring applications.

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Green & Grey Silicon Carbide Grinding Wheels

Premium white aluminium oxide wheel for cool, precise grinding on hard and heat-sensitive steels.

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Bench & Pedestal White Aluminium Oxide Grinding wheels

High-efficiency 35-micron coolant filter paper roll for cleaner coolant, longer tool life, and smoother finishes.

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Coolant Filter Paper Rolls

Centerless grinding workflows, thread rolling is performed after grinding the blank to ensure dimensional accuracy and surface quality

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Thread roller

Centerless Machines for sale. Call us for prices and availability.
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Centerless Grinding Machines

Guide blocks, commonly referred to as linear guide blocks or carriages, are essential components in tooling and automation systems

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Guide Blocks

Durable rubber-bonded control wheel for precise and stable centreless grinding operations.

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Centreless Rubber Control Grinding Wheels

High-precision diamond and CBN mounted point for maintaining, shaping, and restoring grinding wheels.

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Diamond CBN Mounted point

Work rest blade is a critical component used in centerless grinding.

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Workrest Blades

Advanced ceramic aluminium oxide grinding wheel offering sharp, cool cutting and long life for precision grinding.

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Ceramic Grinding Wheel

Durable cup grinding wheel for efficient surface grinding, shaping, and material removal on hard surfaces.

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Cup Grinding Wheels

Cubic Boron Nitride, a superabrasive second only to diamond in hardness

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CBN Wheels

Bench & Pedestal Silicon Carbide Grinding wheels

High-performance silicon carbide grinding wheel ideal for piston ring and mining applications.

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Bench & Pedestal Silicon Carbide Grinding wheels

Precision non-reinforced cutting wheel for controlled, high-speed slitting and clean cut-off applications.

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Cutting wheel Non Reinforced

Sharp and cool-cutting pink aluminium oxide wheel for precision grinding of tool steel and H.S.S.

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Grinding Wheel Pink Aluminium Oxide

Track rollers or support rollers in the regulating wheel assembly and sometimes in the work rest blade mechanism.

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Cam Follower Bearings

Bench & Pedestal Aluminium Oxide Grinding wheels

Durable aluminium oxide grinding wheel ideal for heavy-duty steel work and general-purpose grinding.

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Bench & Pedestal Aluminium Oxide Grinding wheels

Reliable white aluminium oxide dressing stick for truing, cleaning, and maintaining grinding wheels.

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About Us Workblades & Formers

With over 70 years of expertise in the Centreless Grinding industry, Workblades and Formers is a trusted partner for sectors including Medical, Aerospace, Automotive and many more. Our knowledge of abrasive tools, abrasive grinding wheels, centreless wheels and precision tooling allows us to support customers with reliable solutions for every stage of the grinding process.

We service and support all types of Centreless Grinders, including world-renowned brands such as Cincinnati, Ghiringhelli, BSA, Jainnher, Paragon, Tschudin, Wickman Scrivener and Lidkoping. Our experience ensures that machines using grinding wheels, diamond wheels, cup grinding wheels or dressing grinding wheels continue to run smoothly and efficiently.

Our Products & Services

Centreless Grinding Services – Precision grinding solutions supporting a wide range of industries.

Tooling Design & Manufacture – Custom tooling created to suit many brands of Centreless Grinding machines and a variety of abrasive tools.

Consumables Supply – A complete range of abrasive grinding wheels, control wheels, diamond dressers, coolant filter paper, thread roller workblades, dressing sticks, blue aluminium oxide ceramic abrasives, diamond wheels, CBN mounted points, centreless cam followers and bench grinding wheels, helping customers maintain consistent quality in their processes.

Tooling Repair & Regrind – Skilled refurbishment of worn workblades, cams and diamond tools, restoring accuracy and extending tooling life.

Maintenance & Spares – Professional servicing, spindle refurbishment and a wide selection of spare parts to keep Centreless Grinding machines operating at their best.

Training – Hands-on centreless training delivered by qualified engineers, covering setup, safe operation and correct use of abrasive tools and grinding wheels.

We also maintain a stock of toolroom wheels for both surface and cylindrical grinding, ensuring fast, dependable supply and reduced downtime for our customers.

Thank you for choosing Workblades and Formers – your trusted specialists in Centreless Grinding and abrasive tooling.

Abrasive Wheel Modification

We are pleased to introduce our Fast Non-Standard Grinding Wheel Conversion Unit. Operating our own grinding wheel conversion unit allows us to machine standard shelf stock items to non-standard sizes within just 24 hours, should the need arise. For an additional cost of labour time only, we strive to meet your specific requirements promptly. This service has proven invaluable to many customers who benefit from ordering small batches of wheels tailored to their exact measurements. Our fast and efficient service offers unparalleled flexibility when urgent delivery times are of the essence.