Surface Finish

Annealing: A Heat Treatment Process for Improved Strength and Ductility

December 30, 2022 December 30, 2022

Annealing is a heat treatment process that alters the microstructure of a material and thereby changes its mechanical properties. It is often used to improve the material’s strength and hardness or to make it more malleable and easier to work with. Annealing is common in various industries where metals must be worked into complex structures …

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Overview of PVD Coating

December 19, 2022 December 29, 2022

PVD coating is an environmentally friendly vacuum coating process. Due to its excellent wear and corrosion resistance, PVD is often used to give parts enhanced performance and a brilliant decorative finish. PVD coating processes are common in industrial, non-industrial, and cosmetic applications. It is a very important surface finishing process in the modern manufacturing industry. …

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Powder Coating: A Commonly Used Surface Finish Process Overview

December 13, 2022 December 14, 2022

Powder coating is a high-quality surface finish process in modern manufacturing industries. Powder coating offers a more attractive appearance to the finished products and keeps the product surface from scratches, corrosion, abrasion, chemicals, and detergents. This article covers the powder coating process, its advantages and disadvantages, and its applications. In addition, we also provide you …

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Anodized Aluminum Colors: Knowing Anodizing Color Matching

November 9, 2022 November 9, 2022

An appropriate surface finish to the product is essential after the manufacturing process. Many manufacturers choose anodizing as one of the ideal surface finish processes. Anodizing is an electrochemical technique that imparts a decorative, durable, and corrosion-resistant finish to a metal surface. Anodizing provides a micro-thin aluminum oxide layer completely bonded to the aluminum substrate. …

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Bead Blasting Overview

November 4, 2022 November 4, 2022

Bead blasting is a flexible and multi-purpose surface finish process. It involves applying tiny glass beads under high pressure to remove surface deposits without destroying the surface. Bead blasting makes parts clean, smooth, and more aesthetically appealing. A bead blast finish can clean the surface of your part and improve its overall look by generating …

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Anodized Aluminum Parts Basics: Process, Benefits, Design Tips, And Applications

September 19, 2022 September 19, 2022

Anodizing is one of the most common surface finishes, as it protects against corrosion, improves aesthetic qualities, and resists scratching. Anodizing is an electrolytic passivation process to thicken the oxide layer on the metal’s surface. Because this oxide layer occurs naturally on aluminum alloys, anodizing is most commonly applied to aluminum and aluminum alloy surfaces. …

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A Complete Guide to Understand Surface Roughness in Manufacturing

August 4, 2022 December 21, 2022

Surface roughness is an excellent predictor of mechanical part performance because irregularities on the surface can produce nucleation sites for fractures or corrosion. In tribology, rough surfaces wear faster and have greater friction coefficients than smooth surfaces. Roughness may be needed in some applications to facilitate adherence to cosmetic finish coatings such as plating, powder …

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Corrosion Resistant Metal Alloy Selection Guide

April 14, 2022 April 20, 2022

Metal alloy selection is easy when you understanding what properties matter to your application. The most common properties considered include corrosion resistance, strength, weight, machinability and formability. When it comes to metal materials selection, corrosion-resistant metals are widely used in a variety of applications ranging from the culinary industry to aerospace. They provide structural strength …

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Typical Surface Finish Process for Consumer Products

April 5, 2022 May 5, 2022

Surface finishing is a variety of industrial processes that can alter the surface of a manufactured item, product, or component in order to achieve or improve a property or characteristic. Surface finish has a large impact on how a part looks, feels, and functions, and it is critical to designing a successful product. While learning …

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