Mechanical Finishing

Lubricious Compounds

In a ceramic media deburring operation, what effect does compound lubricity have on deburring rate?

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In Mechanical Finishing, All That Glistens Is … Or Is It?

Surface finish types for commercially supplied stainless steel sheet are detailed in various standards. ASTM A480-12 and EN10088-2 are two; BS 1449-2 (1983) is still available, although no longer active. These standards are very similar in that they define eight grades of surface finish for stainless steel. Grade 7 is “buff polished,” while the highest polish—the so-called mirror polish—is designated Grade 8

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A Conversation With ...Chris Schlesinger

Chris Schlesinger’s Arizona-based Best Finishing Inc. has thrived delivering tumbling, grinding, deburring, polishing and buffing supplies and products to the metal finishing industries.

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Grinding Out a Polished Finish

Enerquip installed a special two-head OD polisher built by Grinding and Polishing Machinery of Indianapolis, Ind., a specialist in designing and building industrial grinding and polishing machinery. It uses the stainless pipes for the sanitary-grade shell and tube heat exchangers it designs and manufactures for the food, dairy, beverage, pharmaceutical and biotech industries in the U.S. and internationally.

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Transmet Corporation completes Cast Zinc Shot plant expansion

Improvements focused on the collection and classification of cast zinc shot for packaging

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Able Electropolishing Awarded ISO 13485:2003 and ISO 9001:2008 Certification

Chicago company serves domestic and international companies with metal electropolishing, passivating and titanium anodizing services

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Customer Wants Burnished Finish

A customer has asked us to provide a shiny, burnished finish to powdered metal parts.

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Turbo-Charged Abrasive Machining Offers Uniformity, Consistency

Method can deburr, produce edge contour effects rapidly

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