MECHANICAL FINISHING

Mechanical Finishing

Cleaning Used Hooks & Racks—Dec. ’01

Question: Mr.

Mechanical Finishing

Metal Cleaning

Question: In our business we sometimes have to send parts (old gas tanks, boat tanks, rusted or heavily scaled pieces, etc.) out to be cleaned, stripped or derusted.
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Mechanical Finishing

Switch Media?

Question: My customer is asking for a five to ten thousandths radius (0.005-0.010 inch) on the outside diameter of a round steel forging that is 2.4 inch diameter × 0.375 inch.

Mechanical Finishing

Ceramic Media

Question: I am confused by all the ceramic media compositions.

Liquid Coating

Rusting after Vibratory Finishing

Question: We are the leading company in our country in mass-finishing.

Powder Coating

Stripping Powder

Question: What is the best media to use if I have to strip cured powder coating using abrasive blasting?

Mechanical Finishing

Aluminum Oxide Impregnation Article

Question: I found your article on “aluminum oxide impregnation” most interesting.

Mechanical Finishing

Cleaning Used Hooks & Racks

In my column for December 2001, I outlined some possible paint stripping solutions for R.R.

Mechanical Finishing

Used Media

Question: We use 5/8 x 1 inch ceramic cylinders.

Mechanical Finishing

Damage of Heavy Parts in Vibratory Finisher

Question: We make bronze castings that have two flat ground surfaces and several drilled and tapped holes.