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- Media Lodging
- Ceramic media chips and small media are lodging in the parts during our vibratory process. How can we prevent or eliminate these problems?
Ask an Expert Published: 3/25/2013
- Finishing Aluminum Parts
- We are machining a 6-inch, complex-shaped, 6061 aluminum part. We need to further improve the surface finish from the machined 32 Ra to 12 Ra, maintaining a uniform, pleasant finish. What finish system should we consider?
Ask an Expert Published: 3/19/2013
- Machine Conditions and Cutting Rate
- Has anyone accurately determined the advantages of amplitude versus frequency for deburring?
Ask an Expert Published: 1/8/2013
- Lubricious Compounds
- In a ceramic media deburring operation, what effect does compound lubricity have on deburring rate?
Ask an Expert Published: 1/3/2013
- Applications for Plastic Media
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Ask an Expert Published: 9/28/2012
- Customer Wants Burnished Finish
- A customer has asked us to provide a shiny, burnished finish to powdered metal parts.
Ask an Expert Published: 7/3/2012
- Optimizing Compound Flow Rates
- We operate six round vibratory finishers that range in size from 3 to 25 cu ft. Compound is fed to each machine from a central mixing system, each machine having from one to four nozzles to feed the compound. Four of the machines are hand loaded and...
Ask an Expert Published: 3/30/2012
- Nitrites and Fragrances
- We are using a vibratory finishing compound that has been satisfactory for more than 20 years. Recently, a potential new vendor pointed out that it contains sodium nitrite and said we are violating the law in using it. We checked with our supplier, ...
Ask an Expert Published: 1/26/2012
- Stench!
- When our mass finishing equipment is started after being shut down a week or more, an extreme stench emanates from the entire system. How can we control this problem?
Ask an Expert Published: 1/25/2012
- Thin Parts Stick Together
- The process is acceptable, but the problem is that the parts stack together in the vibrator, and about 15 percent of them have to be reprocessed.
Ask an Expert Published: 9/22/2011
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