Finishing Equipment can take on many different shapes, and types of finishing processes. Depending on the parts you are finishing, the quantity of parts, type of material, the cost to produce the finish, and the final finish you are trying to achieve, will determine which
finishing equipment you will use, and the process you will need to achieve the finish you want.
I have listed and shown below just a few of the different types of
Finishing Equipment available today. A brief description of the
finishing equipment, and why you may choose to use that type of
finishing equipment.
Centrifugal disk
Finishing Equipment, is one of the faster pieces of
finishing equipment available today. It is limited to small and medium sized parts, due to the torroidal action developed between the bottom Disk and the Tub side wall. These
finishing machines can be stand alone like the one shown, or complete systems with automatic part loading and unloading, media and part separation and media reloading. Disk
finishing equipment is limited also with the size of media that can be used in it due to the Gap between the disk and tub wall. Most manufactures do not recommend using very small medias. Disk
finishing equipment can be used for aggressive part deburring to very fine jewelry finishing. Disk
finishing equipment can reduce conventional Vibratory bowl process times by as much as 10 to 20 times.
Tub Type
Vibratory Finishing Equipment are used for parts that do not lend them selves to bowl type
finishing equipment, due to the parts size, length, weight, etc. Tub type vibes can have dividers in them, to keep the parts from contacting each other during processing for better finishing. Large parts may be fixtured as to keep the part from bottoming in the tub and to improve the surface finish during processing. Turbine Blades and exhaust headers, are examples of fixtured parts in Tub Type Vibratory Machines.
Horizontal Tumble
Finishing Equipment offers the lowest cost per piece of all
finishing systems available. Fast radius generation as well as low RMS surface finishes may be obtained. Tumble
finishing machines produce a constant free-flowing mass of parts and media resulting in an extremely high rate of cut to remove burrs and improve surface finishes. All parts and medias are constantly in a tumbling circular motion. Both wet and dry processes may be used in Tumble
Finishing Equipment.
Cob Meal Dryers are used for drying parts that have been vibratory deburred or polished or tumble finished thru
finishing equipment. They can be used alone, or in conjunction with other vibratory finishers. A normal system could include one or two vibratory bowl finishers feeding one Cob Meal Dryer. The normal sizing for a Cob Meal dyer is half the size of the
finishing bowl that is feeding it. Cob Meal Dryers may be heated with ceramic core heaters or closed loop heated circulating fluid systems for safety.
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The "g" forces produced in these Centrifugal Barrel machines results in less part on part impingement than often encountered in tumbling barrels or vibratory finishing equipment. Parts can be finished or deburred more than twenty times faster than a conventional tumbling barrel and about eight times faster than vibratory finishing machines. Applications for Centrifugal Barrel Finishing Machines vary from small and miniature pieces to large parts, that would otherwise require extensive hand finishing. Very small abrasive medias that do not work well in tumbling barrels or vibratory machines, because of the very slow cut or finish,are very well suited for High Energy Centrifugal Barrel Finishing Machines.
The Grav-i-Flo Gyra Finish machine is a Centrifugal Barrel Machine. The machine consists of a rotating turret on which four cradles with quick acting locks are mounted, in which either hexagonal barrels or round barrels made of molded polyurethane are loaded into. As the turret rotates, the barrels turn in the opposite direction. This unique motion develops strong centrifugal force in each barrel, resulting in an extremely high rate of work, due to the "weight increase" of the tumbling mass. these machines are heavily constructed to withstand the "g" forces generated by the machine.
Centrifugal disk Finishing Equipment, is one of the faster pieces of finishing equipment available today. It is limited to small and medium sized parts, due to the torroidal action developed between the bottom Disk and the Tub side wall. These finishing machines can be stand alone like the one shown, or complete systems with automatic part loading and unloading, media and part separation and media reloading. Disk finishing equipment is limited also with the size of media that can be used in it due to the Gap between the disk and tub wall. Most manufactures do not recommend using very small medias. Disk finishing equipment can be used for aggressive part deburring to very fine jewelry finishing. Disk finishing equipment can reduce conventional Vibratory bowl process times by as much as 10 to 20 times.
Tub Type Vibratory Finishing Equipment are used for parts that do not lend them selves to bowl type finishing equipment, due to the parts size, length, weight, etc. Tub type vibes can have dividers in them, to keep the parts from contacting each other during processing for better finishing. Large parts may be fixtured as to keep the part from bottoming in the tub and to improve the surface finish during processing. Turbine Blades and exhaust headers, are examples of fixtured parts in Tub Type Vibratory Machines.
Horizontal Tumble Finishing Equipment offers the lowest cost per piece of all finishing systems available. Fast radius generation as well as low RMS surface finishes may be obtained. Tumble finishing machines produce a constant free-flowing mass of parts and media resulting in an extremely high rate of cut to remove burrs and improve surface finishes. All parts and medias are constantly in a tumbling circular motion. Both wet and dry processes may be used in Tumble Finishing Equipment.
Cob Meal Dryers are used for drying parts that have been vibratory deburred or polished or tumble finished thru finishing equipment. They can be used alone, or in conjunction with other vibratory finishers. A normal system could include one or two vibratory bowl finishers feeding one Cob Meal Dryer. The normal sizing for a Cob Meal dyer is half the size of the finishing bowl that is feeding it. Cob Meal Dryers may be heated with ceramic core heaters or closed loop heated circulating fluid systems for safety.
