Speedfam [india] provides lapping/polishing machines includes model 15b-5l, model 15b-5p etc. .This type of lapping/polishing machines find most of its application for industrial knives and slitters. Various industries like plywood, paper, steel plants, rayon and telerene fibre cutting, packaging and plastic, etc, where knives and slitters are used very extensively, may find this machine very useful for maintenance of these cutting tools, improving their functional accuracies and performance. Speedfam double side lapping machine model 15b-5l produces a good parallelism, thickness, tolerance and surface finish of the component. Model 15b-5p further improves the tolerances which are sometimes required in specific cutting applications. Both these models have 1016 mm dia plate, 10 hp motor and can accommodate five components of a maximum dia of 300 mm each, at a time. The minimum part thickness can be 0.35 mm and maximum 25 mm. Suitable consumables are supplied by the company after studying the requirements and conducting the in house trials on the sample components.