Mass Finishing

Despite conscientious attempts to equilibrate vibratory variables such as bowl amplitude, roll angle, media species, media volume, part loading, process liquid concentration and flow rate, what appear to be identically set-up vibratory bowls will nonetheless finish identical loads of parts in varying time cycles.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a settlement with Smith Foundry to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act at its iron foundry in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Burnishing is perhaps the most popular mass-finishing application, but there are several benefits which make it a “go to” operation.

In contrast to plating or electrodeposition of coatings onto a substrate, an important surface finishing technology involves the removal of material from a substrate.

Mechanical plating is also referred to as peen plating and is essentially a tumbling process by which metallic specks of dust are deposited onto a metal substrate.

When it comes to polishing, sometimes less is more.

Certain machined, engineered components are functionally operative because they interact with their complementary partners to transmit energy/motion.

Media content is based on the gear finish desired. High abrasive/low ceramic media leads to higher attrition rate; low abrasive/more ceramic causes less attrition, higher quality ra surface value.

There are multiple methods that can be employed to remove the burrs from a metal part that has undergone the laser cutting process.

The wind turbine, aerospace, and helicopter gear industries recognize the importance of surface finish and surface texture for maximizing component and system performance.