The Kramer Industries’ product development team has been busy working on a number of new projects during these crazy, pandemic times. …
Read MoreMay 29, 2020
Sanitizer vs Disinfectant
The terms sanitizer (or antiseptic) and disinfectant are often used interchangeably. While sanitizers can often disinfect, there are some technical and …
Read MoreMay 22, 2020
How to Use Sanitizer
Using sanitizers to clean surfaces may not be as simple as it seems. When cleaning a surface, spray the sanitizer on …
Read MoreMay 15, 2020
Giving Back during COVID-19
As we mentioned in last week’s post, Kramer Industries has started offering Hand Sanitizer to businesses and individuals to help them …
Read MoreMay 5, 2020
Pivoting in a Time of Crisis
In addition to the tragedy and death caused by COVID-19, this pandemic has created extreme disruption in many industries and for …
Read MoreApril 23, 2020
Burnishing Aluminum Diecast Parts
The next two posts are a pair of tests that we did for a customer. Both posts are the same part, …
Read MoreApril 20, 2020
Blasting Aluminum Diecast Parts
Different from last week’s post, in this test, the customer wanted a uniform, matte surface finish. In order to provide some …
Read MoreApril 16, 2020
Granite Tile Tumbling
To create showroom samples or small granite tiles, larger pieces of granite are saw cut to the desired size and shape. …
Read MoreMarch 28, 2020
Polishing Acrylic Tubes
We have covered polishing acrylic pieces multiple times on this blog. These parts provide some additional challenges. Specifically, there an ID …
Read MoreMarch 21, 2020
Remove Heat Treat Scale from a Worm Shaft
Heat treating steel parts is used to change the physical (sometimes chemical) properties of the metal. This process can harden the …
Read MoreMarch 14, 2020
Cleaning Saw Cut Wood
Often when wood parts are cut out, they have sharp edges, saw cutting marks, and burrs on the edges (see picture) …
Read MoreMarch 7, 2020
Prepping Steel for Paint
Many metals are naturally susceptible to oxidation. This is the reaction of the metal with oxygen to form an oxide. Steel, …
Read MoreFebruary 28, 2020
Phenolic Canvas Fiber Removal
Phenolic canvas is a composite material consisting of layers of fabric fibers that is impregnated with a phenolic resin. This type …
Read MoreFebruary 21, 2020
Polishing Tool Steel
Polishing hardened tool steel to a low Ra value often requires more than one step and long cycle times. Ra is …
Read MoreFebruary 14, 2020
Optical Clarity on Acrylic
Acrylic plastic is poly(methyl methacrylate) commonly known as plexiglass and commercially as Lucite and Plexiglas among others. When polished it can …
Read MoreFebruary 7, 2020
Deburring Brass
Brass is relatively soft metal that oxidizes easily. Care needs to be taken to not damage the surface and to ensure …
Read MoreJanuary 31, 2020
Tumble Blasting
Tumble Blast systems remove hard to reach burrs, remove rust and scale, and prepare a surface for bonding while producing either bright …
Read MoreJanuary 24, 2020
Tumbling Parts with Complex Geometry
Tumbling Complex geometry parts The after picture of this highly polished part looks like the results were excellent in achieving a …
Read MoreJanuary 17, 2020
Cleaning and Polishing 3D Printed Titanium
3D Printed Titanium Polishing Additive manufacturing or more commonly, 3D printing, provides a significant challenge for surface finishing. These challenges revolve …
Read MoreJanuary 10, 2020
Brass Parts Cleaning
Brass Parts Cleaning When soldering brass, the welded joint needs to be cleaned from excess flux and from discoloration of the …
Read MoreJanuary 3, 2020
Polishing Acrylic Plastic
Polishing Acrylic Plastic This test had multiple objectives. When the part was made, it had sharp edges and a lightly scratched …
Read MoreDecember 21, 2019
Crushed Glass vs. Glass Beads
Glass Media Differences Probably the most important aspect of any finishing project is deciding on the proper blasting media to use. …
Read MoreDecember 13, 2019
The Best Way to Remove Old Paint
Surface Finishing Guide Surface finishing is a necessary step for more than just new products. Old, neglected items that need a …
Read MoreDecember 4, 2019
Heat Treated Tool Steel Polishing
Heat Treated Tool Steel Polishing Steel is often heat-treated for a variety of reasons. Heat treatment involves heating the metal to …
Read MoreNovember 25, 2019
Cleaning Paint Plugs
Cleaning Paint Plugs Paint plugs and masks are used in paint lines to protect areas of a part against being painted. …
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