Extruded and Cut Aluminum Tube
Extruded and Cut Aluminum Tube The picture above shows an extruded and cut aluminum tube that requires both deburring and ... Read MorePewter Polishing – Vibratory Tumbling
Many small-run, decorative pewter manufacturers either hand polish or have smaller equipment for polishing cast pewter parts. While we have detailed ... Read MoreCleaning Heat Treat Scale
Heat treating steel parts is often specified to change the physical properties of the metal. The extreme heating and subsequent cooling ... Read MoreWater Spots on Copper
Copper is a soft metal that is easily oxidized and stained (note previous post re: green color of Statue of Liberty). ... Read More
Deflashing Polypropylene Plastic
Polypropylene is quite a strong and adaptable thermoplastic. It finds rather extensive application in quite some industries. This is due to ... Read MoreSmooth Aluminum Finish
Aluminum is a relatively soft metal that is easily nicked, scratched and damaged by handling – both during the part manufacturing ... Read MoreSteel – Clean & Polish
Removing heavy rust (picture above) off steel can be accomplished successfully using an abrasive blasting process. While effective, the etched finish ... Read MoreRemoving Machine Marks
Machining aluminum parts to create the specified dimensions and geometry of the part leaves light etching, ‘swirls’ and general machine marks ... Read MoreAluminum Edge Rounding
Deburring and edge rounding often go together. Aluminum is generally tumbled with less abrasive and lighter Plastic and Synthetic media ... Read MorePolishing Hardened Steel
The process of hardening steel using heat treatments, annealing and quenching can produce scale and blackening on the surface. In addition ... Read MoreClean & Polish Steel Tubes
Cutting steel tubing can produce heavy burrs on the edges and if done wet can lead to rusting on the surface ... Read MoreTitanium Stents
Finishing medical parts requires very stringent testing and results to ensure that the parts are deburred properly. Titanium stents are inserted ... Read MoreAluminum Pre-Anodize Finish
Creating an appropriate edge and surface finish on extruded and cut aluminum parts that need to be anodized requires both deburring ... Read MoreFinishing Aluminum Parts
Deburred Deburring and polishing aluminum is almost always a multi-step process. The aluminum part pictured above was deburred using an aggressive ... Read MoreFiberglass Deflashing – Alternative
Removing the flash off various types of molded parts (see last post) can be done in a wet or try process. ... Read MoreChoosing Tumbling Media (2)
In addition to choosing the proper type of tumbling media, the shape and size of media is also critical to achieving ... Read MoreDeflashing Plastic Parts
Molded plastics often contain flashing that needs to be removed. This is referred to as plastic deflashing. While there are many ... Read More
Choosing Tumbling Media for Deburring, Deflashing or Polishing
Tumbling media for deburring is a crucial player when it comes to surface finishing. It is used to smooth out much-jagged ... Read MorePowder Aluminum Polishing
Aluminum powder products offer many advantages over other metal powders due to aluminum’s inherent corrosion resistance, lightweight density, machinability and ... Read MoreCleaning Copper
Before After In addition to deburring and polishing, vibratory tumblers can be used successfully to degrease, clean and remove oxidation ... Read More