Mumbai-based sahyog industries offers manufactures abrasive tool post belt grinding machines. These belt grinding machines are specially developed designed to grind and polish a shaft centre to centre on lathe. There are some constructional features of this belt grinding machine which include: for rough grinding, the belt-grinding machine should be mounted on the tool post in such a way that the rough grit abrasive belt is pressed over the robber contact wheel against the work. An improvement of surface finish requires [finishing grinding] aa very soft contact wheel is needed for an improvement of surface finish or grinding on the slack of fine grit belt to be used. There is only a screw to be slackened when changing over from working on rubber-contacted wheel to working on the slack of belt. These belt grinding machines are applicable find applications in calender rollers, cylinders for the plastics, hard chrome plated piston rods, and textile screws.