Eclipses Spherical Steel Balls

Spherical steel balls with slight flattening at the poles are recommended wherever exact roundness is not essential, as in many grinding and steel media finishing processes. Spherical steel balls because of their excellent rolling action are most commonly used shape for polishing and grinding media. However, in some polishing applications where the component profile is not flat, the rolling of spheres is interrupted. Hence, steel spheres and eclipses provide similar results. In other applications where high luster is not required, use of eclipses is preferred. The advantage of using steel eclipse balls is its cost-effectiveness i.e., cost of an eclipse is substantially lower than spherical steel balls.