A number of other companies manufacture competing products, but
none offers the overall value and quality of Gator Diamond.
Gator Diamond products were developed based on more than 25 years of hands-on work and experience, and our products were designed to be superior in performance, easier to use, and more cost-effective than others that are available.
Our testing has demonstrated that competing products that cost less generally fail sooner, require more frequent change-out, and produce less consistent finished results.
Competing products that cost more demonstrate comparable material removal rates, but are not as cost-effective as Gator Diamond.
The chart below shows the results obtained when testing Gator Diamond Grinding Pellets against two competitors' products.
Tests were done by Gator Diamond staff under controlled conditions, and results are believed to be accurate and repeatable. However, no warranty or guarantee of performance is implied by these results.
| mrr | Material Removal Rate measured in microns removed per
10-minute grinding operation. A higher mrr is desirable - indicating a faster grinding rate. |
| G-Factor | The ratio of work-removal-rate to
grinding-material-removal-rate. A higher G-Factor indicates that the grinding pellet will last longer. This is a volume to volume ratio; also called a G-Ratio. |
| Relative Price | The cost per cubic volume (inch/cc) of grinding material. A lower Relative Price is desirable, unless performance is sacrificed. |
| Relative Value | The overall value of the grinding pellet, when considering
all other factors. The higher this bar, the better. This is the most important bar on the chart. |
The Material Removal Rate (mrr) of all three products are comparable, with Gator Diamond pellets having a slightly higher mrr than the #2 competitor.
The G-Factor of the #2 competitor is higher than Gator
Diamond, but only slightly.
The less expensive product made by Competitor #1 wears away much too quickly and
will require frequent interruption in order to change-out the grinding
material. Such rapid wearing-away often results in poor quality in the
finished product, wastes operator time, and generates a great deal of waste
material.
The Relative Price of Competitor #1 is by far the lowest. However, the overall performance is so poor that any benefits of cheaper price will be more than offset by sub-standard results.
The Relative Price of Gator Diamond pellets is about half that of Competitor #2's, but performance and quality are not sacrificed.
The Relative Value of the Gator Diamond pellets is
approximately double that of the next best competitor.
This means that, taking all other factors into consideration (cost, mrr, and
durability), the Gator Diamond pellets provide approximately twice the value of
the next best competitor, and almost four times the value of Competitor #1.
Gator Diamond products are your BEST choice for overall value and performance.
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