Finishing systems provide a way to improve the finish on metal parts by cleaning, deburring, deflashing, descaling, polishing or otherwise smoothing and refining surfaces. Finishing metal components can make them safer to work with, more suitable for manufacturing standards and shinier for marketing purposes. When you need to finish parts, you should choose the right finishing equipment system and media to do the job right.

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Metal finishing incorporates multiple processes and serves many purposes. Manufacturers use this technique to prime metal parts for painting, remove defects, improve the appearance of a component or limit part-on-part friction. The versatility of finishing — and finishing machines — lends itself well to many manufacturing applications. However, sometimes there may be defects that are too small for you to catch — these often appear as micron-sized particles.

What is a micron, what role does it play in metal production, and how small is a micron? Read on to discover the definition of a micron, how it can affect the process of finishing metal parts and what you can do to combat it.

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All stainless steel, multistage, conveyor belt washer with adjustable spray manifolds returns parts back to the operator.

High powered cleaning  of locomotive, transit, freight, aircraft wheels, axles, wheelsets. Application of this washer effectively removes grease and road dirt from locomotive or car wheelsets as shown.

Fluorescent Penetrant inspection is a widely applied method used to locate surface-breaking defects in all non-porous materials (metals, plastics, or ceramics). FPI is used to detect casting and forging defects, cracks, and leaks in new products, and fatigue cracks on in-service components. Ramco has built manual Semi-Automated and Fully Automated FPI Systems.