Accelerated Surface Finishing (ASF)
ASF combines the benefits of low RMS, non-directional mass finishing with chemical accelerants. The chemical accelerants significantly reduce the process time for hardened surfaces compared to mechanical abrasive methods.
This reduced process time enables you to achieve a very low surface roughness without heavy metal removal and radiusing of the part.
Advantages of Accelerated Surface Finishing:
- Achieve low RMS finishes without heavy metal removal or
- radiusing
- Achieve negative skew values by removing surface peaks
- while retaining micro valleys for lubricant retention
- Refine surfaces to mirror-like brightness and very low
- surface roughness
- Reduce friction, lower torque requirements and minimize
- surface wear thereby reducing operating temperatures
- Precision components are imparted with a “Run-In” surface
- condition
- Increase fatigue life
COMMON APPLICATIONS
- Springs
- Valves
- Gears
- Hand Tools
- Levers
- Housings
- Bearings
- Clips
- Bolts
- Implants
- Actuators
- Shafts
- Triggers
100+ APPLICATIONS
INDUSTRIES SERVED
- Firearms
- Performance Automotive
- Aerospace
- Air Transportation
- Agricultural
- Automotive
- Biotech
- Communications
- Construction
- Electronics
- Energy
- Hand Tools
- Medical Devices
- Utilities
The Process
ASF is a highly controlled vibratory mass finishing operation that produces finishes otherwise unattainable in the industry.
The multi-directional finish that is applied by the vibratory process is a major key that no other finishing process can replicate
Results
- Friction Reduction
- Lower Operational Noise
- Increase Part Life
- Eliminate Break-In Periods
- Reduce Operating Temperatures
- Increase Part Efficiency
- Eliminate Handwork
- Process Automation
ASF is a highly controlled vibratory mass finishing operation that produces finishes otherwise unattainable in the industry.
The multi-directional finish that is applied by the vibratory process is a major key that no other finishing process can replicate
ON THE SURFACE
Before vs. After
Because our process uses no abrasive material, we are able to reduce surface roughness to single digit microinch readings without heavy metal removal or heavy radiusing. ASF only works the asperities on the part surface, resulting in an ultra smooth part while retaining micro-valleys for lubricant retention. cause our process uses no abrasive material, we are able to reduce surface roughness to single digit microinch readings without heavy metal removal or heavy ASF only works the asperities on the part surface, resulting in an while retaining micro-valleys for lubricant retention.
FREE SAMPLE PROCESSING
Let Giant Finishing help you create the correct recipe for finishing your parts. Our elite team of metal finishing experts can help you pick the correct size, shape, and composition of media to work with the correct chemistry to create a recipe specifically designed for your parts.
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