The wide use of technical glass beads is practically in all areas of industry. Tradicionaly beads are used in paint and coating industry in pearl mills. Technical beads are part of ink cartridge of fountain-pens, perfume aerosols or as just decorative infill of perfumes.
Large volume of technical glass beads is used in for traffic road marking.
Technical beads from borosilicate glass have wide usage in chemical, food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industry.
Precise grinded technical beads are used in engineering industry for construction of special valves and bearings. We talk mainly about application in aggressive media and surroundings (technical glass is more resistance again acids and lyes) or where we face large temperature differences (temperature stretchability of glass is very low).