Stainless Steel Tumbling Media
Stainless Steel Tumbling Media is used for burnishing and polishing metals similarly to Carbon Steel Tumbling Media. Stainless Steel Tumbling Media reduces the need for rust inhibitors and limited storage requirements.
Stainless Steel Tumbling Media
Stainless steel tumbling media allows for faster finishing times and reduces the storage, maintenance, and handling costs common to carbon steel media. Rust inhibitors are usually unnecessary and maintenance procedures for overnight and longer-term shutdowns are considerably simplified. Stainless steel media also eliminates iron impregnation of components from the chemical interactions that take place during some finishing processes.
Stainless steel media is used for polishing and burnishing. Its substantial weight exerts added pressure and increased resistance to effectively reduce finishing times. Stainless steel media imparts compressive stress, improves pre-plate finish, and reduces porosity on plated parts.
Benefits
- Easy Handling and Storage
- Rust Inhibitors Unnecessary
- Polished Surface Finish
- Improved Wear Resistance of Parts
- Multiple Shapes and Sizes
- Long Media Lifetime
- Very High Bulk Density
- No Iron Impingement
- Maintains Part Dimensionality
- Short Cycle Times
Tumbling Applications
- Polishing Metals
- Surface Work-Hardening
- Increasing Wear Resistance of Parts
- Reducing Metal Porosity
- Pre-Plate Finishing to Improve Performance
- Highly Polished Finishes
Stainless Steel Tumbling Media Specifications
Selected shapes and sizes are available in 1, 3, 5, 10, 25, and 50-pound packages. All other Stainless Steel Media is packaged in 50 lb boxes. Additional product sizes are available upon request.
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Round Balls |
Cones |
Ovalballs |
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| 1/16” 3/32” 1/8” 5/32” 3/16” 7/32” 1/4” 5/16” 3/8” 7/16” 1/2“ |
1/8″ 5/32″ 3/16” (.155″ x .200″ ) 7/16″ |
1/8” (.245″ x .125″) 5/32” (.320″ x .156″) 3/16” (.380″ x .187″) 1/4” (.445″ x .250″) 5/16” (.535″ x .321″) 3/8” (.325″ x .630″) |
| Round balls without flats for more critical finishing requirements. Produces the best finish. It also creates the best surface. | Center flange and tapered crowns provide contact angles on curved surfaces. Small sizes are ideal for ornamental designs. | This shape introduces an oscillating motion to the finishing mass and provides more surface-to-surface contact than balls. |
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Diagonals |
Ballcones |
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| Overall Size (Size A x Size B x Size C) | Overall Size (Size A x Size B) |
| 3/32” (.093″ x .093″ x .170″) 1/8” (.125″ x .125″ x .225″) 5/32” (.156″ x .156″ x .275″) 3/16” (.187″ x .187″ x .325″) 1/4” (.250″ x .250″ x .445″) 5/16” (.312″ x .312″ x .545″) 3/8” (.375″ x .375″ x .655″)1/16″ x 1/16″1/16″ x 3/32″ |
1/16″ 3/32″ 1/8” (.125″ x .170″) 7/32″ 1/4” (.320″ x .400″) 3/8″ 7/16″ 1/2″ |
| Beveled edges of diagonally cut ends provide effective finishing action in corners. The cylindrical body offers wide area contacts. Good burnishing action with the ability to reach corners and recesses. | This design combines the burnishing abilities of balls and cones into one scientifically proportioned shape. Good burnishing action with the ability to reach corners and recesses. |
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Pins |
Eclipse Balls |
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3/64″ x 1/2″ 1/16” x 9/32” |
3/32” 1/8” 5/32” 3/16” 7/32” 1/4” 5/16” 3/8” 7/16″ 1/2“ |
| Tapering to pointed ends, pins reach into recesses and grooves, de-flash through holes, and clean threaded areas. Strictly for reaching recesses. Must be mixed with other shapes to produce good results. | Round balls with slight flattening at pole ends. Precise roundness is not required for the majority of steel media finishing applications. Thus, two small flat spots at opposite poles are not objectionable. Pole-flattened balls are less expensive to manufacture and customers benefit from these economies through lower prices. |
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Selected shapes and sizes are available in 1, 3, 5, 10, 25, and 50-pound packages. All other Stainless Steel Media is packaged in 50 lb boxes. Additional product sizes are available upon request.
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