Deburring Stainless Steel

Deburring stainless steel parts is a well established process that can be accomplished in a variety of different ways. Vibratory tumbling ... Read More

Increasing Tumbling Abrasiveness

There are a number of strategies that can be used to increase the abrasiveness of both barrel and vibratory tumbling operations. ... Read More

Precision Aluminum Deburring

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 More

Water 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

Polishing Pewter

Molded pewter, rough surface finish Pewter parts can be cast into a large variety of shapes. The casting process often results ... Read More

Deburring Aluminum Slots

Selection of media shape and size is critical when trying to deburr slots and holes. The material type (i.e., aluminum, steel, ... Read More

Removing Machine Marks

Machining aluminum parts to create the specified dimensions and geometry of the part leaves light etching, ‘swirls’ and general machine marks ... Read More

Clean & 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 More

Aluminum 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 More

Finishing 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 More

Deburring Small Slots

Choosing the proper tumbling media is critical when the geometry or configuration of a part provides a specific challenge. Elements ... Read More

Choosing Tumbling Media for Deburring, Deflashing or Polishing

Choosing the proper tumbling media (vibratory tumbling or barrel tumbling) for any deburring, deflashing or polishing application requires balancing the aggressiveness ... Read More

Powder Aluminum Polishing

Aluminum powder products offer many advantages over other metal powders due to aluminum’s inherent corrosion resistance, lightweight density, machinability and ... Read More

Stainless Steel Deburring and Polishing

Question: I modify stainless steel flatware and dinner service pieces for other uses. In the process of modifying I use heat ... Read More

Tumbling with Abrasive Grit

Tumbling parts to achieve a deburred, deflashed or rounded edge is a common process. Both vibratory and barrel tumblers are used ... Read More

Mass Finishing Basics (Part 3)

Vibratory tumblers come in all different shapes and sizes. Bowl style vibes include both round bowl and oval-bowl shapes. Tub style ... Read More

Getting Aggressive with Tumbling

Barrel tumbling is a time tested method to deburr, polish and create a desired surface finish. Vibratory tumbling is a new ... Read More

Mass Finishing Basics (Part 1)

There are two basic types of mass finishing – barrel tumbling and vibratory tumbling. Each of these mass finishing methods have ... Read More

Deburring Aluminum Tube

A client asked us for a process that would remove the burrs from an aluminum part consisting of an assembled tube ... Read More

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