Stone Engraving

Question: I am thinking of purchasing a small business doing stone engraving. My only concern is blasting with the silica sand ... Read More

Non-Skid Flooring

Non-skid or anti-slip flooring is generally created by embedding an abrasive grit into a floor coating. The most versatile and durable ... Read More

Compressed Gas Cylinder Cleaning

Question: I’m interested in ceramic and glass sphere media for tumbling compressed gas cylinders to remove rust and organic contaminants. I ... Read More

Abrasive Blasting Media – Steel

Steel is one of the strongest and most dependable materials that can be used for blasting work. When it is made ... Read More

Abrasive Blasting Media – Silicon Carbide

Silicon Carbide has quite a name in the world of abrasive blasting. It is a mineral abrasive, not just admired but ... Read More

Abrasive Blasting Media – Aluminum Oxide

Aluminum Oxide Grit is probably one of the most versatile and widely used blasting media. Virgin Aluminum Oxide is refined from ... Read More

Tumbling with Abrasive Grit

Tumbling parts to achieve a deburred, deflashed or rounded edge is a common process. Both vibratory and barrel tumblers are used ... Read More

Beijing Olympics

Wow! An impressive show by the Chinese with these 2008 Olympics. Many of the controls the government put in place to ... Read More

Polishing Aluminum

Bringing machined aluminum into a highly polished finish is a multi-step and sometimes challenging process. The first step is to tumble ... Read More

Aluminum Oxide – Stabilized?

A couple of months ago I put a post explaining some of the basics of Aluminum Oxide Grit. What I did ... Read More

Mass Finishing Basics (Part 4)

The art of mass finishing really shows itself when trying to select a tumbling media. Media is the material (‘stones’) that ... Read More

Aluminum Oxide

Aluminum Oxide (a.k.a. aluminium oxide, alumina, aloxite, corundum) is generally sourced from bauxite ore. While bauxite is the primary ore for ... Read More

Polishing Eyes

An interesting thread (edited slightly) on the ShopTalk Forum: Question: We are looking to for a way to polish parts made ... Read More

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