Precision shot peening brings an entirely new concept to the field of microabrasive blasting, and it is complementary to its larger cousin. Using glass bead media, several companies have been shot peening for years with microabrasive blasting techno... ArticlePublished: 2/1/2013
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... ArticlePublished: 12/1/2012
For complex parts with high surface finish specs, production deburring and surface prep can be done using the drag finishing process whereby the parts to be deburred and finished are mechanically dragged through the media while attached to fixtures—... ArticlePublished: 10/1/2011
When choosing vibratory media, understand the size, shape, starting roughness condition and metallurgical structure of the part. ArticlePublished: 7/13/2011
It has been shown that the inexpensive chemically accelerated vibratory surface finishing (CAVSF) process can reduce the average surface roughness. ArticlePublished: 5/18/2011
For fabricators, the finishing line is just the beginning of a new era in today's market. The days of simply cutting, bending and welding metal components into assemblies and delivering them to a customer in two to three weeks just don't exist anymo... ArticlePublished: 3/1/2011
Mass finishing refers to any deburring, edge breaking, or surface conditioning process in which the workpieces, although confined in a chamber, are not fixtured. ArticlePublished: 2/21/2011
Almost any pilot will tell you that when it comes to airplane parts like wings or engine blades, failure is unacceptable. That’s why more aerospace companies have sought to reduce the possibility of metal fatigue in such critical parts, and why some... ArticlePublished: 12/1/2010