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What Is Reclaim And Why Is It Useful?
What is a reclaimer? Simply stated a media reclaimer is a unit or system designed to automatically separate dust and debris from good, reusable blast media. Why is reclaim useful? A reclaim system will greatly improve productivity. A properly adjusted … Continue reading
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What Is Ball Burnishing?
A bright, highly reflective surface can be achieved in a vibratory process commonly referred to as ball burnishing. This specialized process combines the weight and brightness of steel media with compounds designed to produce a specific color and luster in … Continue reading
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Alternatives To Using Black Beauty
A job shop that also has blasting capabilities had been using Black Beauty in one of their blast rooms. Black Beauty is a waste by-product from burning coal, commonly referred to as “coal slag”. The Black Beauty was breaking up … Continue reading
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The Benefits Of Sample Processing
A metals fabricator recently purchased a vibratory bowl from Precision Finishing so that they can tumble parts in-house. This was a new process for them, and they realized that they lacked the expertise to run this efficiently. Precision Finishing … Continue reading
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When Should You Consider Recycling Vibratory Waste Water?
If you are paying for your water and you are operating a large or multiple vibratory pieces of equipment, your water bill could be substantial. Recycling your waste water could significantly reduce your cost of operation. Also, if you are … Continue reading
Why Use An Evaporator For Vibratory Waste
The use of evaporators can be a very easy and simple solution to meet a zero discharge requirement. Whether you want to evaporate straight vibratory fluid out of your machine or evaporate a concentrated solution generated from some type of … Continue reading
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Shot Peening
When metal is machined or formed you actually change the molecular structure of the material. Altering the metal surface actually creates tensile stresses across the surface of the material which increases the chances of fatigue cracking. By applying a residual … Continue reading
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Spray vs. Dunk Tank Washing
Cleaning parts to meet specifications is a critical step in the production process. There are well established methods – Spray washing and Immersion-Agitation Cleaning (also known as Dunk Tank Washing). The key question in cleaning is “what’s the best method … Continue reading
Vibratory Compounds
Our line of Chemtrol vibratory compounds has grown with the finishing industry since 1955 and we continue to specialize in the formulation and manufacturing of compounds for use in the vibratory finishing process. The vibratory finishing process has multiple variables … Continue reading
Precision Finishing Company Overview
Since 1955, Precision Finishing has been supplying creative, cost effective solutions for surface finishing and conditioning to the metal working industry. We take the time to listen, ask questions and truly understand what our customers needs are. Our years of … Continue reading
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