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There are 81 products releases related to finishing.
Metabo Corp.'s compact W8-125, a 5-in. angle grinder, is suitable for finishing welded seams, rough grinding for weld preparation, and sanding and cutting applications. The grinder employs cooling technology with repositioned brushes for unrestricted airflow and a fan that pulls air through the tool...
11/11/08
Guyson Corp. has introduced a compact, direct-pressure media delivery module available on several sizes of industrial manual cabinets. The 8-EP is the largest blast cabinet to be fitted with the pressure-blast system, the company states. The cabinet's direct-pressure blasting system accelerates medi...
11/11/08
Dynabrade Inc.has introduced the Vacuum Dynafine detail sander, which can sand into corners and tight areas, as well as capture dust and contaminants. The air-powered finishing sander is suitable for use on metal, wood, carbon fiber, fiberglass, and composites.
Running at 13,000 RPM, the tool fea...
10/14/08
Midwest Sandright, a division of Midwest Group One, has introduced the Sidewinder multidirectional deburring and laser oxide removal machine.
The machine is suitable for flat panels of any shape that require deburring, edge radiusing, and removal of laser oxide. Because the disk is mounted hori...
10/1/08
Midwest Sandright, a division of Midwest Group One, offers Rand-Bright™ cylindrical deburring and polishing machines and systems. Applications include steering racks, automotive valves, camshafts, piston rings, brake calipers, transmission components, zirconium tubing, custom stair rail finishing, l...
10/1/08
Weiler Corp.'s AL-tra CUT™ disks, designed to grind aluminum, resist loading to help ensure constant contact with the work surface. The disks also are designed to ensure high cut rates, long service life, and an optimum finish, states the company.
Intended for use on right-angle grinders, t...
9/16/08
CGW-Camel Grinding Wheels offers a line of zirconia flap wheels with cotton-backed flaps for flexibility and 1/4-in. shanks for simplified use.
The flap wheels are available in four diameters (1 in., 1-1/2 in., 2 in., and 3 in.) and three grit sizes (40, 60, and 80). Zirconia flap wheels are reco...
7/15/08
Rex-Cut Products offers a line of round and square finishing sticks designed for controlled hand deburring and finishing for tool, mold, and die repairs.
The finishing sticks are available in several shapes and sizes. In addition to deburring, they are designed for removing mold lines, finishing,...
7/15/08
Dynabrade's new Superfinisher achieves repeatable finishes on a variety of materials. Suitable for wet or dry operation, the unit can be used on tungsten carbide, chilled iron, stainless steel, chrome plating, brass, copper, and other materials.
Using abrasive rolls from 1 in. to 4 in. wide, th...
6/17/08
DSM Desotech has introduced a new line of UV-curable, corrosion-resistant coatings for metal tube and pipe.
Developed by the company's UVention™ group, the UVaCorr™ product line includes both clear and colored coatings. The 100 percent solid coatings cure instantly, contain no VOCs, an...
5/13/08
Rex-Cut Products Inc. has introduced a line of miniature zirconia flap disks in four grit sizes for grinding, blending, and finishing stainless steel, aluminum, and mild steel.
The disks feature a quick-change, Type R fastening system to simplify switching between coarse, medium, fine, and very f...
4/15/08
Metabo Corp. has introduced the W6-115, a 4-1/2-in. angle grinder.
The 4.5-lb. grinder has a 2-3/16-in.-dia. grip and can be used in many different positions, the company reports. It has a 650-W, 6-amp motor and a no-load speed of 11,000 RPM. Maximum torque is 16 in.-lbs.
The grinder features ...
4/15/08
The Durawax rust preventive product from Heatbath Corp. is a multipurpose synthetic wax emulsion that provides coverage over bare steel and conversion coatings, including black oxide and phosphates.
The wax emulsion forms a hard, shiny, dry film that enhances surface appearance and durability, th...
4/15/08
CGW-Camel Grinding Wheels offers a premium and standard line of 6-in. by 9-in., nonwoven hand pads for surface preparation. The premium line contains five types of hand pads for a range of surface preparation applications; the standard hand pad line contains three types.
The premium line includes...
3/11/08
Xiom Corp. says its powder spray gun is designed for high production rates.
With a patent-pending triple venturi, the Xiom 5000 Scorpion sprays up to five times the rate of the company’s previous model, the Xiom 1000. The new gun connects to the existing 1000 control console without modification ...
3/11/08
The LRP 1503 AIR Boa pipe sander from CS Unitec polishes handrails, pipe, and tubing. It has a 1-HP motor, with 20-CFM air consumption at 90 PSI and is lightweight. Operators can wrap the sanding arm up to 270 degrees around the radius of the pipe and rotate the machine slightly for a 360-degree fin...
3/11/08
CS Unitec's PTX Eco Smart surface finishing machine has balanced straight-line handling, high torque, and electronic speed control. It produces matte, satin, mirror, and other finishes on steel, stainless steel, and nonferrous metals. Additionally, it can polish inside corners and remove welds, deep...
2/12/08
Fein Power Tools offers Grit GI belt sanding machines for the metalworking industry. According to the manufacturer, the modular machines can be fitted with add-on modules in minutes.
The machines are available with many options to meet customers' requirements for applications involving rough sa...
1/15/08
The Dynafile abrasive belt machine grinds, deburrs, blends, and finishes typically inaccessible areas on metal and other materials. Applications include light corner weld removal and weld blending. The patented built-in abrasive belt tracking system helps provide trouble-free operation.
More than...
1/15/08
American Trim has installed a coating line from Henkel Corp. at its facility.
According to American Trim, the Alodine®EC2™ coating nearly eliminates corrosion; improves wear resistance; enables the use of lower-cost materials, such as aluminum instead of stainless steel; and has good bo...
1/15/08
ABB's IRB 52 paint robot is compact and can be mounted on the floor, inverted, tilted, or on the wall.
The robot is suitable for various paint applications, including 1k, 2k, and waterborne paints. The 7-kg payload meets most requirements for single-, dual-, and triple-gun products, the company r...
12/11/07
CS Unitec's new line of abrasive flap disks, which use the PLANTEX® high-tech compound, are the first in the world with a backing plate made of natural hemp with a polypropylene binder, the company reports. The abrasive fabric is 100 percent pure zirconium and is available in grits from 40 to 1...
11/6/07
Dynabrade's line of Dynabelter air-powered, abrasive belt tools are suitable for weld grinding, blending, and finishing on metal, stainless steel, and other materials.
Using abrasive belts 1/2 in. to 2 in. wide by 30 ft. long, the tool grinds cylinders, deburrs castings and structural steel, clea...
11/6/07
Exair's stainless steel Super Air Wipe™ system produces a 360-degree air stream that can blow off, dry, clean, and cool material passing through the center. The split design can be clamped around continuously moving material such as pipe, hose, cable, wire, and extruded shapes. The stainless st...
11/6/07
Flexible, cotton fiber-impregnated abrasive grinding disks from Rex-Cut® Products Inc. have multiple layers of cotton fiber, with the layers fully impregnated with aluminum oxide abrasives and pressed and bonded together to constantly expose fresh abrasives as they work.
The Cut-N-Finish...
10/9/07
Extension die grinders from Dynabrade Inc. are designed to work in long pipes, castings, and other locations requiring extended reach.
Available as 3,400- and 18,000-RPM models, the 1-HP straight-line air tools have a rear-exhaust air motor. Three lengths are available: 19¾ in., 28 1/8 in., and 3...
8/7/07
Wheelabrator® Group's WS 4/210 spinner hanger machine cleans paint hooks and prepares odd-shaped parts that do not adapt easily to batch machine processing. Parts loaded onto the hanger arrangement are rotated and blasted from multiple angles to allow chemical-free cleaning for various producti...
8/7/07
Weldcraft has introduced its Triad™ (TTG Plus) tungsten grinder for orbital and hand-held GTAW.
Featuring precision-drilled entries, the grinder accommodates six different tungsten electrode diameters: 0.040 in., 1/16 in., 5/64 in., 3/32 in., 1/8 in., and 5/32 in. It offers 15-, 18-, 22.5-, ...
8/7/07
The LRP 1503 VRA Boa pipe sander from CS Unitec Inc. is suitable for hand rails, pipe, and tubing manufactured from stainless steel and other ferrous and nonferrous metals.
Also suitable for cleaning pipe surfaces before welding, the lightweight machine has an 11-amp motor and variable-speed c...
7/24/07
ITW ROCOL® North America's Rustlick 631 is a thin-film, moisture-displacing, penetrating lubricant and rust preventive. Intended for long-term protection of ferrous parts with indoor storage, the lubricant spreads into scratches and pores to displace moisture.
Rust protection can last up t...
7/10/07
Osborn Intl. offers ATB Uni-Lok® disk brushes that selectively deburr radius corners and edges without changing dimensional tolerances. The brushes are designed for integration into automated machines, transfer lines, and robotic cells.
The company maintains two configurations as standard ...
7/10/07
The Nova-Hutson DF-14 dry-disk finisher from Nova Finishing Systems Inc. has a closed-loop dust-collection system with cover lid and vacuum provisions for cleaner dry media operations and maintenance.
All disk finishers include a new gap guard feature designed to improve life and wear by minim...
7/10/07
CS Unitec's pipe sander conceals weld seams and provides a high-gloss finish on stainless steel. With an 11-amp, variable-speed electric or a 1-HP pneumatic motor with high torque, the sander finishes pipes from 3/8 to 10 in. dia. The ergonomic design provides flexibility, the company reports.
Th...
6/12/07
Weiler Corp. offers crimped wire wide face brushes specially engineered to meet each user's specific requirements. The custom-made brushes are effective for many deburring applications, especially tube end deburring, as well as surface finishing clad materials, conveyor cleaning, coil strip cleaning...
5/8/07
The SmartLine™ Carousel Spinner Hanger blast cleaning system from Wheelabrator Group is suitable for cleaning and shot peening parts that cannot be cleaned in tumble-blast or barrel-blast equipment.
The operator-friendly hanger has a 1,500 pound per hook capacity two-chamber carousel design ...
5/8/07
Dynabrade Inc.'s Comfort Platform now is standard on all palm-style Dynorbital-Sprit and Dynorbital Supreme random orbital sanders.
The platform provides additional hand and wrist support for the tool operator. It also protects the hand from contact with the air coupler and connector, and further...
5/8/07
Norton Abrasives' bonded Gemini wheel line has expanded and now includes segments, cylindrical wheels, centerless wheels, and surface wheels. The products are suitable for small-to-medium-sized manufacturers that need one abrasive product for many different light production and maintenance jobs.
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5/8/07
Dynabrade Inc. has introduced an inflatable DynaWheel. When fitted with proper abrasive and run at optimum speed, the pneumatic wheel allows concentrated grinding for quicker material removal on stainless steel and other metals, the company says.
Offered with a composite hub (or lightweight handl...
4/10/07
Dynabrade Inc.'s wet deburring station is designed to help reduce potential flammability of materials when grinding.
The unit offers a wet filtration system to capture potentially combustible filings and dust in an air/water mixing zone. After the filings and dust are pulled through the mixing zo...
3/13/07
TRUMPF Inc. has introduced two new tools for producing sheet metal parts that come out of the punching machine burr-free. The new roller deburring tool and the deburring MultiTool eliminate the need for a separate manual deburring stage.
In the case of coated sheets and parts with forming, these ...
3/13/07
CS Unitec's Industrial Sander/Polisher is suitable for cleaning welds on stainless steel, aluminum and other metals. With a 4-in.-wide face, it produces shadow-free surfaces, up to a #4 brush finish, quickly and easily. The unit weighs only eight pounds.
The 8-lb. tool is available with a choice ...
2/13/07
Norton Abrasives' NorZon® Plus RightCut™ wheels are now available in 4-1/2 in. through 6-in. diameters in Type 01 straight and Type 27 depressed center shapes for right-angle grinders.
The ultra-thin NorZon Plus RightCut cut-off wheels are made with a combination of Norton SG® (see...
2/13/07
Kent Corp.'s Burrmaster model 10 automatically deburrs both ends of large-diameter, short-length tubing simultaneously.
Capable of deburring tubing from 1.7 in. O.D. to 4.756 in. O.D., lengths from 2 ½ in. to 60 in., and wall thicknesses from 0.125. 0.750, the machine has quick adjustment mechani...
1/9/07
Abtex Corp. has introduced a deburring system that uses the company's planetary deburring head. Named for its three 10-in. brushes per head, the Tri-Ten series can deburr both sides of a flat part in a single pass without flipping it.
A magnetic conveyor transports parts under the first planetary...
1/4/07
Metabo Corp. offers the WE14-150 electronic 6-in. angle grinder/cutoff machine with Tacho-Constamatic (TC) speed stabilization. The grinder can work at nearly 100 percent of the no-load speed (9,000 RPM) up to the grinder's full rated amp load (12 amps).
The grinder also is equipped with the comp...
1/4/07
Chemetall Oakite offers the Oakite® CrysCoat 2707 detergent that cleans, produces an iron phosphate coating on iron and steel, and prepares metal substrates for paint.
The detergent is biodegradable and uses NPE-free surfactants. It treats mixed runs of metals at low temperatures, saving en...
11/7/06
Birchwood Casey's BC40 TRU TEMP® finishing system utilizes a seven-tank process line and patented two-step chemistry for producing a true black magnetite finish of 0.000020-in. thickness on iron and steel components.
The system operates at 200 degrees F, helping to eliminate splattering and ...
10/10/06
Omegasonics offers the Omega Pro X2 portable, two-stage ultrasonic cleaning system.
The dual-stage washers comprise a heated, ultrasonic primary wash stage with dual cartridge filtration and an optional heated, ultrasonic rinse stage with a single-stage filtration system. The illuminated operator...
10/10/06
The Wheelabrator Smartline™ Y track spinner hanger machine cleans and prepares odd-shaped workpieces that do not fit in table- or tumble-blasting machines.
The self-contained machine includes ducting hoses to the dust collector and an in/out hook spinner drive that reduces operator fatigue, ...
10/10/06
Cold Jet offers a dry ice blasting system that the manufacturer says is an efficient and environmentally safe process for the removal of excessive grease, sludge, sealants, and weld slag from production equipment.
The process uses solid CO2 media and thermal shock and kinetic energy to blast cont...
10/10/06
Dymax Corp. offers SpeedMask® UV- curable masking resins to protect complex, high-performance turbine components, orthopedic implants, implant hardware, surgical instruments, and medical devices during dry or wet chemical surface treatment processing.
The temporary masking resins provide sur...
9/12/06
Technotrade Intl. Inc.'s Deconex® cleaning products for metals are biodegradable, water-based, and suitable for use in ultrasonic cleaning and spray-wash equipment.
More than 30 different formulations are available, and each cleaner is optimized to perform a specific process function such as...
8/8/06
Weiler Corp. offers custom-made brushes in a range of sizes suitable for tube-end deburring.
The brushes allow users to automate the tube-end deburring process and improve user safety, assembly consistency, and process stability and lower production costs, the company reports. Because the tube ro...
8/8/06
Metabo Corp.'s SE 12-115 burnisher for finishing and polishing stainless steel includes the company's VTC (Vario Tacho Constamatic) electronic speed stabilization.
The 6.25-lb. burnisher's motor has a winding protection grid that deflects dust and debris. Overload protection helps to ensure long ...
6/13/06
Viking Blast & Wash Systems has released the RT 9616-SP plate and structural blasting unit. The machine removes rust and scale from exterior surfaces of plate up to 8 ft. wide and 3 in. high and structurals up to 16 in. wide and 24 in. high.
The unit utilizes six 15-HP VC-1 direct-driven, center-...
5/9/06
Interplus® 634 paint disbonder gel from International Paint LLC has low VOCs and is effective on hard-to-remove coatings such as polyurethanes, alkyds, acrylics, and waterborn coatings. It does not contain ozone-depleting components or methlyene chloride, a possible carcinogen.
The gel can b...
4/11/06
The Evapo-Rust™ water-based rust remover from Daubert Cromwell is a soak solution that helps eliminate flash rust in a minimum of 10 minutes and deep rust in hours.
With a neutral pH, the fluid is environmentally friendly and requires no special equipment or protective clothing. It is reusab...
4/11/06
Landa Cleaning Systems offers the Power Scan Wash (PSW) hot water parts washer with a vertical spray column that oscillates, increasing the cleaning action and wash-water dwell time.
Parts are placed on a metal turntable that rotates within the enclosed cabinet while the vertical column oscillate...
4/11/06
J. Walter has introduced the QUICK-STEP™ metal surface finishing system.
The system utilizes a hook-and-loop backing pad for attachment; 40-, 60-, 80-, or 120-grit segmented flap disks; BLENDEX™ extra-coarse, coarse, medium, fine, or superfine conditioning disks; and felt polishing disk...
3/7/06
Motor Guard Corp. has introduced the DD-1008 mini desiccant dryer.
The dryer is a disposable, inline, point-of-use filter that features a color-change indicator when replacement is necessary.
Attached directly to a plasma cutter, air tool, blowgun, or paint spray gun, the dryer removes all tra...
3/7/06
DeWalt offers a new line of 4 ½-in., heavy-duty, small angle grinders in three models.
The D28402, D28112, and D28110 are constructed with a jam-pot gear case—an industry first on a grinder, the company reports—that provides precise gear alignment while reducing gear noise and vibrati...
12/13/05
The Intertherm® Cold Spray Aluminum anticorrosion system from International Paint LLC, an Akzo Nobel company, is designed to prevent corrosion under insulation (CUI) in chemical and petrochemical plant environments.
The formulation’s polymer base can be utilized under insulation or in plant ...
12/13/05
Rex-Cut Products’ Rex-Cut® Grind and Blend Kit removes heavy welds on stainless steel and aluminum.
The kit includes a Sigma Green wheel featuring a zirconia-ceramic grain and proprietary bonding for grinding out cracks and removing welds. The cotton fiber Type 27 blending and finishing whee...
12/13/05
Antiquing gels from Birchwood Casey provide large-part finishing of metal components, including copper, brass, and bronze, without running or dripping.
The gel is available in three types: PRESTO BLACK® gel for blacking iron and steelwork; ANTIQUE BLACK® for blacking copper, brass, and ...
12/13/05
GYG USA Inc. offers Proform dry film lubricant, developed by Xaio Science Group LLC. It is a waterborne polymer system with a combination polar and nonpolar structure and interpenetrating polymer network (IPN), resulting in enhanced adhesion and cohesive energy density (CED).
Dried coating weight...
12/13/05
The Nansulate™ Translucent nanocoating from Industrial Nanotech insulates and protects against corrosion and helps to extend the service life of pipe, tanks, ducts, boilers, refineries, ships, and trucks.
Independent testing by Princeton Polymer Laboratories reports the coating can provide ...
11/8/05
Exair has introduced its Micro Air Nozzle™ that provides blowoff with a directed high-volume, high-velocity airflow.
The nozzle projects less than 1 in. past the mounting surface, which allows for installation where space is limited. The stainless steel construction is suitable for blowoff, ...
11/8/05
Viking Blast & Wash Systems has introduced the GC72 high-pressure, pass-through washer that incorporates a powered, galvanized, chain-belt conveyor with variable speeds from 3 to 18 FPM.
The 12-ga. cabinet is fully insulated, energy-efficient, and quiet. Features include an automatic float/fill r...
11/8/05
Weiler Corp. offers the Nylox® line of abrasive nylon brushes designed to deburr and finish in one setup.
Abrasive grain-impregnated nylon filaments act like flexible files, deburring and edge blending as they wipe. Suitable for automated, in-machine processes, the brushes remove burrs and f...
10/11/05
Birchwood Casey offers its TRU TEMP® low-temperature, black oxide tool finish for long-term corrosion the protection of tool surfaces.
The system's process operates at 200 degrees F and uses mild solutions that help prevent the formation of red coatings and white salt leaching. Small parts can be...
10/11/05
Rex-Cut Products Inc. offers test kits that include eight cotton-fiber quick-change abrasive disks in coarse to fine grit sizes in a single holder for grinding, deburring, blending, and finishing most metasl.
The disks are made from reinforced nonwoven cotton fiber impregnated with abrasive grains ...
9/13/05
J. Walter Inc. offers PURE SHOT™, a nonflammable solvent cleaner and degreaser.
The noncorrosive, nonconductive, chlorine-free solvent has no flash point, evaporates quickly, and leaves no residue. It is suitable for cleaning electrical contacts, warm engine parts, and areas to be welded.
Th...
7/12/05
Quick-change cotton fiber abrasive disks from Rex-Cut Products are designed to grind and finish aluminum without loading.
Constructed with multiple layers of nonwoven cotton fiber impregnated with either aluminum oxide or silicon carbide grains, the disks reveal fresh abrasives as they grind and wi...
7/12/05
Safe Scrub® OS split cleaner from Birchwood Casey is designed for removing difficult-to-emulsify oils and surface soils.
The cleaner lifts oil from iron and steel parts and then floats the oil residue to the liquid surface for removal from the tank by an oil skimmer or coalescing filter. Suitab...
6/14/05
Even Cut Abrasive Co. offers flap brushes made from flexible, open-structured nylon web with embedded resin and aluminum oxide grain. The brushes are suitable for removing surface contaminants and oxidization and for blending and producing fine scratch patterns on aluminum, brass, and stainless stee...
6/14/05
Even Cut Abrasive Co. offers balanced flap wheels designed to produce consistent cuts and finishes.
Radially mounted around a metal shank or hub, the wheels are suitable for contouring, blending, finishing, deburring, and polishing both ferrous and nonferrous metals. Smaller, shank-mounted wheels a...
4/12/05
Arc-Zone.com offers the hand-held Sharpie™.DXV vacuum tungsten grinder that includes a built-in dust collection system.
The grinder has an adjustable grind angle/taper collet assembly.
3/8/05
Viking Blast and Wash Systems' MR 2412 pass-through airless blaster integrates with the paint system monorail for continuous blast and paint operations.
The heavy-duty, hands-free system operates at multiple speeds. It has four standard VC1 blast wheels and achieves 360-degree coverage.
Abrasive c...
12/7/04
Cuda Cleaning Systems offers a front-load, automatic parts washer large enough to accommodate engine blocks and other automotive components.
The Cuda 2840 features a 40-in.-high wash cabinet and a 28-in.-wide rotating turntable. The washer comes in 17 models with varying configurations of electri...
5/4/04
The Scotch-Brite™ radial bristle disks and brushes from 3M are designed for industrial applications, such as cleaning metal before welding, removing discoloration and sealant, and deburring, without damaging the underlying surface. The plastic rotary tools are embedded with the company’s...
4/27/04
TRUMPF has introduced the quicksharp® ITM grinding machine to maintain punching machine tools. The machine features updated electronic controls, a touch-sensitive keyboard, and LCD. A signal lamp indicates operating status, and operators can watch the grinding process through a front window.
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4/8/04
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