The production and manufacturing process of vibratory finishing machines

Let’s take a look at how a Vibratory Finishing Machine changes from a steel plate into a polishing artifacts for deburring and descaling.

Vibratory finishing machine production process
  • 1. Blanking

    The purchased steel plates of standard sizes are cut into small iron plates according to the sizes of different machine models. The factors that affect the quality of machine products in this link are the quality and thickness of the steel plate. Our steel plates are all from the large factory of Shanghai Baosteel, with uniform thickness, and are all 4mm thick plates.
  • 2. Forming

    The cut steel plate is rolled into a cylinder with a plate rolling machine, which is used as the base of the machine and the barrel-shaped cylinder in the middle of the working chamber for installing the motor. Another main component is the bowl-shaped working chamber of the machine, which is pressed out using a hydraulic press and a special mold. In this way, the main components of the machine frame are finished.
  • 3. Welding

    This process is to weld the two ends of the rolled cylinder just now, and at the same time weld the bottom heel under the base to assemble the support of the vibration spring. This process can also affect the quality of the machine. Because the welds are not up to standard, problems such as cracking and falling off may occur during future use.
  • 4. Inspection and Finishing

    Check the surface condition of the weld, remove welding slag and oxide scale, use a grinder to grind the weld, and polish flash and burrs. Everyone knows that details are the devil, especially in the production process of industrial products, some seemingly inconspicuous small details often determine the final quality of the product. Blisters, small cracks in welds, flash and burrs on the surface of accessories will ultimately determine the appearance quality and service life of the machine.
  • 5. PU Casting

    Lining the inner wall of the hydraulically formed working tank with wear-resistant polyurethane colloid is the task of this process. During casting, a mold with a diameter smaller than the external frame body should be placed in the chamber, the external frame body and the mold should be fixed, and then the hot-melted PU glue should be poured into the gap between the frame and the mold. After the colloid cools and solidifies, it can be removed. After molding, the working chamber lined with PU glue is ready. This link is a key process that affects the service life of the machine. The wear resistance, thickness, and hardness of PU glue are factors that affect the length of use. Our polyester raw materials are all products from Dow Chemical (DOW) in the United States, and the casting thickness can reach about 15-20cm.
  • 6. Painting

    The next step is to spray paint on the surface of the working chamber and base, which can protect the iron plate and improve the aesthetics of the machine. Apply putty on the surface of the iron plate first to repair some obvious defects, such as pits, gaps, etc. After the putty dries, you can spray various beautiful colors.
  • 7. Assembling

    All required parts are ready. The next step is to put them together. First, a vibration motor needs to be installed in the middle cylindrical barrel of the machine. Install the motor to the base using a flange. The upper and lower ends of the motor are equipped with eccentric swing arm, commonly known as hammers. This is the main component for adjusting the direction and speed of the machine’s movement.
    Another major installation task is the installation of the base spring. Put the springs one by one on the support tubes on the base, so that the working chamber is suspended and supported on the base. The eccentric excitation force of the vibration motor will be brought to the chamber body to produce a spiral tumbling motion.
  • 8. Self Testing

    After all the installation steps are completed, it is the last step of power-on self-test. Connect the machine’s power cord to the control box and press the start button to start the machine. In this step, you need to check whether the direction of rotation and rolling of the machine is correct, whether the vibration frequency and amplitude are normal, whether there is any abnormal noise, and whether the installation and tightening bolts are loose. If everything is OK, it can be packaged and shipped.
vibratory finishing machine production process-blanking

1. Blanking

vibratory finishing machine production process-forming

2. Forming

vibratory finishing machine production process-welding

3. Welding

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4. Detecting&Finishing

vibratory finishing machine production process-PU casting

5. PU Casting

vibratory finishing machine production process-painting

6. Painting

vibratory finishing machine production process-assembling

7. Assembling

vibratory finishing machine production process-self testing

8. Self Testing

What is stainless steel media?

About Stainless Steel Media

  • 1. What is stainless steel media?
  • As the name suggests, stainless steel media are tumbling media made of stainless steel. This is a kind of mass finishng, tumbling polishing, brightening and smoothing abrasive media mainly used in the finishing industry.
    Stainless steel media act on your product parts and workpieces and have the functions of deburring, cleaning, degreasing, brightening, and mirror polishing. Most metal parts can obtain a shiny surface effect after polishing.
    High-quality stainless steel raw materials produce high-quality stainless steel media. They have a long service life and can be used for a long time. They are the best choice for tumbling, mass finishing and polishing processes. At the same time, the impact of stainless steel media can improve the surface strength of product parts and repair surface defects.

  • 2. What are the uses of stainless steel media?
  • Stainless steel media are widely used in the finishing and polishing industry of tumbling, vibrating, mass finishing and polishing. Specific applications are as follows:

    2.1 Deburring. Stainless steel media also have the function of removing burrs. Some small burrs and sharp teeth on the edges of parts and hole walls can be chamfered and flattened by scraping with stainless steel media with sharp corners or edges to achieve the effect of removing burrs.

    2.1 Turning tool marks removing. This process is similar to deburring. The turning tool marks left after the machining of parts can be removed by the impact and scraping of stainless steel media.

    2.2 Polishing. The main function of stainless steel media is to brighten the surface of product workpieces. Through the tumbling and rotating motion of the machine, the high density stainless steel media impacts the surface of the part, changing the metallographic structure of the metal surface layer. The arrangement of the metal grains is reorganized to form a dense layer, which enhances the diffuse reflection of light, making the surface Becomes shiny and sparkling, achieving a near-mirror polished effect.

    2.3 Degreasing. Through the combined use of stainless steel media and cleaning liquid, dust, sludge, and grease on the internal and external surfaces of parts can be removed. Manual cleaning of oil stains is a time-consuming and labor-intensive process. Using a tumbling finishing machine and stainless steel media for cleaning can improve the brightness and gloss of the surface of the parts while removing oil and stains. It is a process that gets twice the result with half the effort.

    stainless steel media polishing effect
  • 3. What types of stainless steel media are there?
  • International Standards 1Cr18Ni9 0Cr19Ni9 0Cr17Ni12Mo2 3Cr13 9Cr18
    China 302 304 316 420 440C
    USA SUS302 SUS304 SUS316 SUS402 SUS440C
    JP X12CrNi188 X5CrNi189 X5CrNiMn18 X30Cr13
    Germany 1.43 1.4301 1.4401 1.4028
  • 4. What shapes do stainless steel media have?
  • Stainless steel media for polishing come in a variety of shapes:

    4.1 Sphere Ball. Stainless steel balls are the most commonly used stainless steel media, also called stainless steel beads. This is a polishing media with uniform size and smooth appearance.

    4.2 Ballcone. Ballcone is also a commonly used stainless steel media, also called stainless steel ufo media, often mixed with stainless steel balls for polishing. Because the rounded edges on the outside can be polished into grooves, seams, dead corners and other parts of parts, it is very suitable for polishing product parts with complex irregular shapes.

    4.3 Angle cut cylinder. Cutting an end face of the cylinder diagonally is also to polish some hard-to-reach parts. The cylinder part is suitable for polishing some parts with inner holes, teeth and other curved surfaces.

    stainless steel ball media
    ufo-shaped polishing stainless steel media
  • 5. What are the specifications of stainless steel media?
  • Stainless steel ball： 2mm-11 mm.

    Ballcone： 1*3mm，2*4mm，3.5*5.5mm，4.5*7mm，6*8mm，8*11mm.

    Angle cut cylinder： 2*8mm，3*8mm，4*8mm

  • 6. Which parts can be polished with stainless steel media?
  • If your product parts are made of metal and have a hardness equal to or less than 304/302 stainless steel, then polishing with stainless steel media is the best choice. While polishing, stainless steel media can also remove surface oxide scale, turning tool marks and other defects on brass, copper, aluminum, zinc and other products.
  • 7. How do stainless steel media polish product parts?
  • Put the stainless steel media into the working barrel of the finishing polishing machine, add water and an appropriate amount of polishing liquid. After the machine is started, the stainless steel media and the workpiece will have a tumbling and rotating motion in the machine. The abrasive media and the parts rub against each other, which will cause the surface to change. Scrape off the scale, burrs, residue, etc. In addition, stainless steel media have an impact force on the parts, which will change the grain structure arrangement on the surface of the parts, forming a dense layer and achieving a shiny surface effect.
  • 8. What is the best stainless steel media?
  • The best stainless steel media should look like this:
    Fully self-grinding, the curved surface is round and smooth, and the cut surface is neat and straight.
    The specifications and sizes are uniform and the dimensional tolerances are reasonable.
    The material matches the stainless code and the anti-rust performance meets the standard.
    If you don’t know where there is the best stainless steel media, please follow our ShineTec related products. We are committed to becoming the best brand in the stainless steel media industry.

    shapes of stainless steel media
  • 9. Which finishing and polishing machine is suitable forv stainless steel media?
  • ShineTec recommends using a vibratory polishing machine with stainless steel media for polishing. The reasons are as follows:

    9.1 To achieve a good polishing effect with stainless steel media, the product parts need to be put into as much tumbling media as possible. The vibratory finishing machine can be equipped with a high-power vibration motor and a large-capacity working chamber to obtain a larger amplitude, allowing the workpiece to fully tumble in the machine and collide with the abrasive media to obtain a better surface effect.

    9.2 Because the size of the centrifugal barrel is limited, the centrifugal barrel finishing machine has a small loading capacity of tumbling media and is not very efficient. Moreover, due to the large proportion of stainless steel media, the centrifugal force generated when the barrel is loaded with abrasive media and rotates at high speed will increase many times, which greatly exceeds the design strength of the centrifugal barrel finishing machine and creates potential safety risks.

    9.3 The barrel of the centrifugal disc finishing machine also does not meet the capacity requirements compared to the vibrating finishing machine. If it is operated at full load, it will greatly exceed the design strength of the machine, and it is not suitable to use stainless steel media to polish product parts.

    9.4 The polishing efficiency of the tumbling barrel finishing machine is too slow, and the design capability of the machine itself is not suitable for heavy-duty use, and it is not suitable for polishing with stainless steel media.

    vibratory polishing of stainless steel media
  • 10. What are the benefits of polishing with stainless steel media?
  • If you don’t know how to improve the surface gloss and brightness of metal product parts and workpieces, then using stainless steel media for tumbling and polishing is the best polishing process and method.

    10.1 High polishing efficiency. Compared with polishing media such as high-alumina porcelain media, high-density porcelain media, and zirconia balls, stainless steel media have the highest specific density (7.8 g/cm3) and can obtain the highest brightness in the shortest time.

    10.2 High cleaning efficiency. Stainless steel media have very little wear and do not pollute the surface structure of metal product parts. With the assistance of cleaning agents and brighteners, they can fully clean away oil, sludge, and impurities on the surface of workpieces automatically, in large quantities, quickly, and solve the problem of manual cleaning. Time-consuming and labor-intensive problem.

    10.3 Non-destructive polishing. 不Stainless steel media have no cutting force, will not finish the surface with great force, and will not affect the dimensional accuracy of the product. It is a non-destructive polishing process.

    10.4 Extra long service life. Stainless steel media have almost no wear, and a single purchase can last almost a lifetime. There is almost no wear cost, which can greatly reduce your direct polishing costs.

    10.5 Easy to use. Ceramic polishing media will stick to each other, break, and become dirty after use. They need to be fully self-polished and cleaned before they can be used again. There are no breakage or bonding issues with the stainless steel media. After polishing, you only need to simply rinse it with water and it can be used continuously again.
  • 11. Do stainless steel media require maintenance for daily use?
  • Good maintenance habits can extend the service life of stainless steel media. Although stainless steel media is an tumbling polishing media that is easy to use and store, its service life will be accelerated if not properly maintained.

    11.1 Correct usage. After polishing, if it is not used for a long time, you need to rinse the stainless steel media with water and dry it before storing it.

    11.2 Proper mixing ratio of stainless steel media, product parts and polishing liquid. A corresponding ratio needs to be maintained among the above three. In order to save procurement costs, many people want to use as little stainless steel media as possible and put more product workpieces. However, too little abrasives will cause the product parts to collide with each other during polishing or the workpieces to directly scratch the working chamber wall of the machine and damage the lining PU. This results in reduced polishing efficiency, reduced polishing quality and possible damage to product parts and machines.

    11.3 Replacement of damaged stainless steel media. Ensure that every one of stainless steel media in the machine is intact. If some of the media are deformed or damaged, the damaged media must be replaced immediately. The damaged media surface will produce cracks, edges, and cutting edges. These parts will affect the surface effect of product parts during polishing, and even damage the product.

  • 12. In which industries can stainless steel media be used for product parts and workpieces?
  • Stainless steel abrasives can be used for finishing and polishing metal parts or workpieces in most industries.

    12.1 Professional finishing and polishing processing job shop. Stainless steel media are the most cost-effective tumbling media in the polishing process of polishing job shop. There is no wear on the abrasive, and only a small amount of chemical polishing liquid needs to be added for each processing to complete the polishing process. This abrasive media is available in many polishing processing job shop.

    12.2 Jewelry industry. After long-term storage or use, the surface of jewelry will produce an oxide layer, which will darken and turn black. Polishing with stainless steel media can restore jewelry to its original luster.

    12.3 Auto parts industry. The auto parts industry is an area where stainless steel media are widely used. Includes deburring and polishing applications. Such as engine cylinder heads, pistons, motorcycle wheels, mufflers, fasteners, gears and other products. It also has a good polishing effect on the refurbishing of some forged or cast auto parts.

    12.4 Aerospace and defense fields. The strength and reliability of product parts in the aerospace and defense fields are the most critical indicators. The impact of stainless steel media during the polishing process can increase the strength of the product surface and produce a uniform surface polishing effect.

    12.5 Medical equipment and devices. Product parts for the medical device and device industry must be guaranteed to be zero-defect. After metal parts are polished with stainless steel media, the strength and surface quality of the product will be improved. For example, titanium, chromium, stainless steel, cobalt and other materials and their alloy products are very suitable for polishing and brightening with stainless steel media.

    12.6 Motorcycle Accessories. Motorcycle accessories require high-quality products and glossy product surface quality. Using stainless steel media for polishing can quickly achieve satisfactory polishing results.
  • 13. What are the benefits of using stainless steel media for tumbling polishing?
  • 13.1 Improve the wear resistance of parts. Stainless steel media can remove components from the microstructure that affect the corrosion resistance of product parts. It can completely remove the oxide layer on the surface, eliminate cracks and other defects on the surface of parts that are easily affected by oxidation, and improve the overall corrosion resistance.

    13.2 Improves strain hardening of parts. After tumbling finishing and polishing with stainless steel media, the surface hardness of the parts can be increased. Compared with unpolished parts, the surface hardness can be increased by 50-100%.

    13.3 Brightening and burnishing effect. Stainless steel media can not only improve the strength of parts, but also improve the brightness and gloss of the product surface. After the fine polishing process, it can achieve an effect close to mirror polishing.

  • 14. How long is the service life of stainless steel media?
  • If you take appropriate daily maintenance measures, you can use it for a long time. Of course, poor usage habits will definitely reduce the use time of stainless steel media. In comparison, compared to porcelain polishing media, its service life is far longer than other abrasive media.
  • 15. Can brass parts be polished with stainless steel media?
  • Yes, brass parts can be polished with stainless steel media.
  • 16. Can nickel-plated metal parts be polished with stainless steel media?
  • Yes, stainless steel media can be used to polish nickel plated metal parts. However, the polishing time needs to be shortened to 40-60% of the ordinary polishing time.
  • 17. Can stainless steel media be used for dry and wet finishing?
  • Stainless steel media cannot be used for dry polishing. During the polishing process of product parts, metal shavings, oil stains and other impurities will be produced. If these sludge is not cleaned during the finishing process, it will adhere to the surface of the product to form a layer of oil stains, making the parts black and dull. The result is that the workpiece will become darker. The darker you throw it, the brighter it will never be.
  • 18. Do stainless steel media need to be dried when stored?
  • If you need to store it for a long period of time, such as months or years, you need to let the stainless steel media dry before packaging and storage. If it is for a short period of time, it is not necessary because stainless steel itself is rust-proof and anti-corrosion.
  • 19. Will stainless steel media damage my parts?
  • As long as the proper matching ratio of media, water, and polishing liquid is maintained during the polishing process, and the size of the media matches the size of the parts, there will be no damage.
  • 20. Do stainless steel media require special lubrication?
  • Unnecessary. When polishing with stainless steel media, you only need to add clean water and an appropriate amount of polishing liquid. There is no need to add external lubricating grease and other substances.
  • 21. Are stainless steel media magnetic?
  • Yes, stainless steel media are weakly magnetic. You can use this feature to use magnets to collect media scattered on the floor around the machine during the polishing process.
  • 22. What are the proportions of media, parts, and water when polishing with stainless steel media?
  • Generally we recommend this matching rate:

    Media : Parts : Water = 3 : 1 : 2

  • 23. Where should stainless steel media be placed when stored?
  • Please place stainless steel media in a dry, clean indoor space. Although stainless steel media themselves are anti-corrosive and anti-rust, low-grade materials will also rust if they are exposed to humid, acidic and alkaline environments for a long time.
  • 24. How long does it usually take to polish with stainless steel media?
  • It usually takes about 30 minutes to polish with stainless steel media. If the surface brightness does not improve significantly after more than 1 hour, extending the polishing time will have no effect.
  • 25. Can jewelry be polished with stainless steel media?
  • Yes, jewelry can be polished with stainless steel media.
  • 26. Why does the surface of the part become darker and lose its luster after being polished with stainless steel media?
  • When polishing with stainless steel media, it is found that the surface of the part becomes black and dark because the oil on the surface of the media or the carbon in the impurities is deposited on the surface of the product. The solution is to clean the stainless steel media with cleaning liquid before polishing.
  • 27. Which stainless steel media should I buy?
  • 27.1 Choose the appropriate stainless steel media according to the shape and size of your product parts and workpieces. Please do not use large-sized media to polish small-sized parts to avoid damage. If you use small-sized media to polish large-sized parts, it will take more man-hours and have a big impact on the service life of the media.

    27.2 Make sure that the internal and external surfaces of your parts, as well as holes, gaps, corners, etc., can be polished with stainless steel media.

    27.3 According to the actual usage environment of your product. If your use environment contains acid and alkaline substances, you need to choose high-grade stainless steel media. The following is the corrosion resistance of various grades of stainless steel media:

    440C < 420 < 302 < 304 < 316
  • 28. Why do my product parts turn black after being polished with stainless steel media?
  • The main reason is that the stainless steel media needs to be pre-cleaned before polishing. If there are some residual brighteners, sludge, debris and other impurities attached to the media surface after the last polishing, polishing again will contaminate your product parts with these impurities, causing the product surface to turn black.
  • 29. Do stainless steel media need to be cleaned before each use?
  • We recommend cleaning stainless steel media once before use. This ensures that the surface of the part will not turn black or dull during the polishing process.
  • 30. How much stainless steel media is required to complete a polishing process?
  • Depending on the machine capacity used. It is recommended that the total volume of materials does not exceed 2/3 of the working chamber.
    The general ratio of parts to media is 1:3, and this ratio can also be adjusted according to the shape and size of the workpiece.

  • 31. What is the best machine for polishing with stainless steel media?
  • We recommend using a vibratory polishing machine to polish with stainless steel media. The advantages are: easy to load and unload, you can check the polishing effect at any time, large loading capacity, and simple to use.
  • 32. Do stainless steel media need rust inhibitors?
  • Unnecessary. Because stainless steel media are made of anti-corrosion and anti-rust stainless steel materials, there is no need to add additional anti-rust liquid.
  • 33. Can other types of finishing machines be polished with stainless steel media?
  • Centrifugal disc finishing machines, centrifugal barrel finishing machines, and barrel tumbling finishing machines can all use stainless steel media for polishing. It’s just that other machines need to reduce the loading of media when polishing. Generally, the amount of media is reduced by half compared to using porcelain polishing media.
    tumbling polishing, brightening with stainless steel media
  • 34. Is polishing with stainless steel media faster than using other polishing media?
  • Yes, because the density of stainless steel media exceeds that of porcelain polishing media, it is easier to obtain a bright surface effect in a shorter time.
  • 35. Can plastic parts and workpieces be polished with stainless steel media?
  • No. The material of plastic products is not suitable for deburring and polishing with stainless steel media. You can use ceramic deburring media or resin media to remove burrs, and use brightening media to polish the brightness.
  • 36. What is the price of stainless steel media?
  • The price of stainless steel media varies according to grade, shape, and size. The larger the size, the lower the price. Of course, its price will be much higher than tumbling media such as brown corundum ceramic media, white corundum ceramic media, and silicon carbide ceramic media. However, in terms of service life, the cost of using stainless steel media is far lower than that of other abrasive media. Maybe you are concerned about where to find the cheapest stainless steel media, please contact us now, ShineTec will give you a satisfactory offer.
What is resin media?

About Resin Media

  • 1. What is resin media?
  • Resin media are also called plastic media, polyester media. It is a resin abrasive media specially used for deburring, descaling, deflashing, derusting, charmfering, finishing for product parts and workpieces made of soft metal or non-metallic materials.
    Parts made of aluminum, copper, zinc, plastic, acrylic and other materials have a soft surface texture. If they are finished with high-hardness tumbling media such as ceramic deburring media, they will leave scratches, pitting, etc. on the surface of the product. However, resin media It contains a large amount of resin, and its texture is soft and elastic, which can avoid such problems, so it is suitable for processing such products. This is also the advantage of plastic media.
    The hardness of resin media is much smaller than that of brown corundum, silicon carbide, white corundum and other ceramic media, and the cutting force will be smaller accordingly. It is also easier to control the cutting force for deburring some precision parts, and it is also a very good choice for such products.

    deburring,descaling,deflashing,derusting,finishing of resin media
  • 2. What are the main components of ShineTec’s resin media?
  • Resin media are made by mixing abrasive sand and resin in a certain proportion. Microsilica powder is the most commonly used abrasive sand for resin media, and there are also formulas that add zirconia, corundum sand, alumina powder, etc. Among them, the type, particle size and content percentage of abrasive sand are the key factors affecting the finishing and polishing effect. The larger the particle size and the higher the content of the abrasive sand powder, the greater the deburring strength of the polyester media, but it cannot be higher, because the larger the particle size and the higher the content of the sand powder, the lower the wear resistance and the service life. Therefore, it is best not to use resin media for heavy cutting for a long time.
    plastic media production process-molding
    polyester media production process-forming
  • 3. What can resin media be used for?
  • Plastic media, with their elastomer abrasive material properties, can be used in various surface treatment processes to create a low roughness on the surface of the part. It is an excellent process choice for surface pretreatment, finishing and polishing of product parts such as anodizing, coating, painting, and electroplating. The main functions are as follows:

    3.1 Deburring. The surface of product parts is finished to remove defects such as burrs, flash, edges, quick-cutting, pouring gates, etc.

    3.2 Descaling. When metal materials are exposed to the air for a long time, an oxide film will form on the surface. For example, iron will rust, aluminum will turn black, copper will develop patina, etc. Plastic media can be used to remove rust and scale from these products and restore the original luster of the metal.

    3.3 Turning tool marks removing. Machined parts can easily leave turning marks on the surface of the product due to wear of the turning tool or position adjustment. These marks can be easily and quickly removed using plastic media, but it will not affect the product’s appearance accuracy and dimensions.

    3.4 Degreasing. During the processing of parts, sludge, dirt and other dirt will adhere to the surface of the product. Manual cleaning is difficult to remove and inefficient. Using plastic media, water and finishing liquid to tumbling in a finishing machine can remove oil stains and quickly clean product parts.

    3.5 Fine finishing. Parts finished with plastic media can achieve very low surface roughness. On this basis, using stainless steel media, high alumina porcelain media, zirconia media or biological abrasive media, combined with the barrel polishing process, a very bright surface effect can be obtained, even close to a mirror polishing effect.
  • 4. How is resin media used for tumbling deburring and finishing?
  • Like the finishing method of other tumbling media, the vibration of the machine, high-speed centrifugal motion, eddy current rotation, barrel rotation, etc. are used to drive the plastic media to tumble and rotate together with the parts. The media rub on the surface of the product parts to remove the burrs and flash on the surface. Flash, oxide layer, rust spots, etc. are cut away to achieve polishing.
    Since the texture of plastic media is softer and more elastic than ceramic media, it will not cause damage to parts made of soft materials. It is especially suitable for deburring and finishing workpieces made of aluminum alloys, copper, zinc and other products.
    Plastic media finishing experience and problem solving is a process that requires long-term experience accumulation. If you don’t know how to quickly deburr and finish copper, aluminum, brass, handicrafts and other product parts to achieve the best results, what is the best brand of resin media you are looking for? Please contact us and ShineTec will provide you with professional consulting services.

  • 5. What are the different shapes of resin media?
  • ShineTec’s plastic media come in a variety of shapes and sizes. The main shapes are cone, tri-star, pyramid, tetrahedron, cannonball, triangle, etc.
    You need to choose the appropriate plastic media shape based on the shape of your product parts. Cones and tetrahedrons are suitable for finish general product parts and are more commonly used shapes. Cone and cannon-shaped (bullet-shaped) shapes are relatively smooth in appearance. Generally, the grooves, seams, holes, and holes of the parts will not get stuck during the finishing process. Other shapes have sharp corners. If the size is not selected properly, jamming will occur. If it gets stuck, it will take a lot of time to clean the blocked part.

    Plastic media such as tetrahedrons, triangles, and tri-star shapes can finish complex-shaped product parts. The sharp corners and edges of this type of abrasive media can reach hard-to-reach parts, and this is also the reason why plastic media are not wear-resistant (compared to for ceramic media). Sharp corners are easily damaged and broken during high-speed movement. In addition, the production process of plastic media is relatively simple. They are hardened by the curing reaction of resin and abrasive sand powder, and are sintered with ceramic media at a high temperature of 1,000 degrees. The difference is several times, and the wear resistance of plastic media is definitely not as good as ceramic media.

    The size of the plastic media is also a key factor affecting finishing quality. The contact area between small-sized media and parts is definitely smaller than the contact area between large-sized media and parts, and the surface treatment will be more delicate. Therefore, the finishing and polishing effect of small-sized media is better than that of large-sized media. Choose a larger size plastic media if you need to cut the part aggressively. Sometimes, you can also mix plastic media of different shapes and sizes together for use. This can be determined according to the actual condition of the part.

    Cannonball (bullet) shaped plastic media
    plastic media shapes
  • 6. Which finishing machine is resin media suitable for?
  • Polyester media are suitable for all ShineTec’s finishing and polishing machines. Vibratory finishing machines, centrifugal barrel finishing machines, centrifugal disc finishing machines, barrel tumbling finishing machines or automatic mass finishing system can all use polyester media for finishing and polishing.
  • 7. What industries can resin media be used in?
  • Polyester media have the characteristics of medium and low strength cutting performance, light and soft elastic impact force, and no pollution to the surface color of the workpiece. They are widely used in machining, precision molds, auto parts, aerospace, medical equipment, mechanical parts, plastic products, 3C digital, metal casting, electronic devices, hardware parts, kitchen supplies, 3D printing, textile workpieces, powder metallurgy, electrical components, minting, jewelry, instrumentation, handicraft accessories and other industries. With professional tumbling finishing machines, large quantities of product parts and workpieces can be efficiently removed from burrs, flash, sharp edges, rust spots, flattening, rounding and other surface treatments.
  • 8. Which parts are suitable for deburring with resin media?
  • The material with cutting force in polyester is abrasive sand powder such as silica powder and brown corundum, and the other main component is resin. Compared with ceramic media such as brown corundum deburring media and white corundum precision finishing media, the content of abrasive sand is lower, so polyester media are tumbling media with medium and low cutting force. It is most suitable for parts requiring medium to low cutting forces. It can be used very well to polish soft and fragile product parts. For example, workpieces made of copper, aluminum, zinc, brass and other materials.
    Polyester media can also be used to deburr hard product parts such as iron, stainless steel, and alloys. However, compared with brown corundum ceramic deburring media, the finishing efficiency will be lower, it will take more time to finish, and the media wear will be higher.
    For some small and medium-sized precision parts, fine finishing polyester media is the suitable finishing and polishing material. The cutting force generated by fine finishing polyester media is small, the impact on dimensional accuracy is subtle, and over-grinding will not occur.

    deburring with polyester media
  • 9. What is the difference between resin media and other tumbling media?
  • Polyester media, like other ceramic media such as brown corundum deburring media, silicon carbide deburring media, chrome corundum finishing media, and white corundum finishing media, can be commonly used in tumbling finishing machines such as vibrating, centrifugal barrel, disc, barrel finishing and smoothing. The main differences from other abrasive media are as follows:

    9.1 Differences in raw materials. In addition to corundum sand, ceramic media also include alumina powder, alumina, clay and other micro-powders. Except for corundum sand, all micro-powders naturally have a small amount of cutting force, so brown corundum deburring media can be made into heavy cutting forces. The main components of polyester media are silica powder, quartz powder, and polyester. The cutting force of these powdery sand powders is not as good as that of corundum sand, so the overall cutting force of the media is medium or light.

    9.2 Differences in production processes. Ceramic media are made from various micro-powders through processes such as mixing, vacuum mud refining, shaping, cutting, and sintering. The temperature of high-temperature sintering can reach about 1300 degrees, and the hardness of the finished product is close to that of natural stone. The production process of polyester media is to mix resin, silica powder, quartz sand and other raw materials, and then make them through batching, stirring, vacuum, gelling, curing molding, demoulding and other processes. The curing temperature is about 180~190 degrees. After the finished product It has certain elasticity and low hardness. How to make the polyester media wear-resistant is to test the production process quality control level of the polyester media manufacturer.

    9.3 Differences in minimum sizes. Spherical ceramic media, due to the rounding process, can have a minimum diameter of 1 mm, and for a triangular shape, with manual cutting technology, the side length can also be 2 mm. The polyester media is formed by mold casting, so the current smallest specification can be 6mm.
  • 10. How long is the service life of resin media?
  • The service life of resin media depends on your usage scenario, and there is no standard wear time. Factors such as the shape and size of the parts and the shape and size of the resin media will affect the wear resistance of the media.
    Resin media with sharp corners or edges will definitely have a shorter service life than media with smooth surfaces. Large-sized resin media are more wear-resistant than small-sized resin media and have a longer service life.
    If you find that the finishing time is much longer than usual, or the worn media often gets stuck or blocked, you need to replace it with new resin media.
    In short, compared with ceramic media, the wear resistance of resin media is much smaller, and the corresponding service life is also shorter. If you want to know where to find the best resin media or plastic media or polyester media, you might as well pay attention to our ShineTec’s resin tumbling media.
  • 11. What is the cost of using resin media?
  • 11.1 The price of resin media is generally more than five dollars per kilogram. As for the resin media themselves, the smaller the media, the more expensive they are. At present, domestic resin media all use manual molding, demoulding and other processes. The smaller the specifications, the lower the output, and the more expensive the price.

    11.2 The more complex the appearance, the more expensive the price. Of all shapes, the cone is the easiest to demold and therefore the cheapest resin media. Pyramid shape, using a lot of materials, low demoulding efficiency, and the highest price.

    11.3 Compared with brown corundum ceramic deburring media, because they have lower wear resistance, greater wear and tear, and are more expensive, the cost of use will be much higher.
  • 12. How to choose the appropriate resin media?
  • There are some factors to consider when choosing the right resin media:

    12.1 Determine the shape and size of the resin media. Make sure that the media does not get stuck or block the inner hole, and ensure that all parts of the internal and external surfaces of the part can be finished.

    12.2 If you want to use a small-gauge resin media, you may also consider adding some larger-gauge resin media. This mixing method speeds up the finishing process. The mixing ratio of large and small media can be a 2:1 ratio.

    12.3 Determine what your main needs are? If you use a large resin media, the finishing will be faster but the surface of the part will be rougher. If you are concerned about surface roughness and want a finer, smoother surface, use smaller media.

    12.4 Also consider that the size of the resin media can easily separate from the finishing and polishing parts. In other words, the size of the media must be significantly different from the size of the parts, otherwise the two will be mixed together and it will be difficult to separate them.

  • 13. What is the size of ShineTec’s resin media?
  • ShineTec can provide cone and tetrahedral resin media up to 100mm. Minimum size is 6mm pyramid and cannonball shaped resin media.
    We can customize special sizes according to the shape and size of your product parts.

What’s the polishing media?

About Polishing Media

  • 1. What’s the polishing media?
  • polishing media, also called polishing chip, polishing stone, and vibratory polishing media. Compared with ceramic deburring media, polishing media are a kind of abrasive media that does not contain abrasive sand with finishing function. Its main function is to improve the gloss and brightness of the surface of product parts. Its operating principle is to use its own pressure with high density to hit the surface of the product during the tumbling, rolling, throwing and rotating processes, changing the grain structure of the surface of the workpiece to form a dense layer, thereby achieving a shiny decorative effect on the surface.
    ShineTec's porcelain media
  • 2. What are the polishing media?
  • Polishing media are classified according to materials into porcelain media, stainless steel media, and bio-degradable polishing media.

    2.1 Porcelain media. Porcelain media are artificially made mass abrasives with various shapes, shaped like stones, so they are also called polishing stones. There are high-alumina porcelain media, high-density porcelain media, and zirconium bead polishing media.
    The main component of high-alumina porcelain media is alumina. Its appearance and internal physical properties are similar to those of porcelain bowls used for eating at home. They are generally white, hard in texture, and have a specific density of up to 2.6 g/cm3, and the ceramic media for deburring has a specific density of about 2.3 g/cm3. There is a significant difference in weight between the two.
    The material of high-density porcelain media is actually the same as that of high-alumina porcelain media, except that the proportion of alumina power contained in it is higher, up to more than 95%, so the specific density is larger than that of high-alumina porcelain media, up to 2.9 g/cm3, the surface of the polished workpiece is brighter than that of high alumina porcelain.
    Zirconium polishing bead use zirconia powder or zirconium silicate powder instead of alumina powder. The main shape is spherical ball. Due to different materials, they are generally called zirconia beads, zirconia balls or zirconium silicate beads, zirconium silicate balls. The density can reach 6.0 g/cm3 and 4.0 g/cm3 respectively, which shows that the surface brightness of the polished workpiece product is even higher.

    2.2 Stainless steel polishing media. Mainly produced from stainless steel, the materials are divided into 201, 304, 316, 316L, 402, etc., and are used in environments with different anti-corrosion requirements. It is required that the polished workpiece be a metal product, and non-metallic workpieces will have no effect. The shapes include spherical, ballcone, ufo, pins, angle cut cylinder, etc. Because the shape has sharp corners or edges, it can touch holes, seams, corners and other parts of product parts to achieve polishing of the internal and external surfaces.

    2.3 bio-degradable polishing media. It uses the crude fibers of animal and plant materials and the oil contained in them to polish, imitating the cloth wheel and adding polishing paste for polishing, which can achieve a mirror polishing effect. At present, the most widely used materials include corn cobs, walnut shells, wood pellets, bamboo chips, sawdust, shredded felt, shredded leather and other materials. This kind of mirror polishing method generally uses a barrel (tumbler) polishing machine to dry polish without adding water. The workpiece after initial polishing or fine polishing is put into the barrel together with the biological polishing media, and an appropriate amount of polishing paste is added. It may take more than ten hours, and the final result will be sparkling, close to the mirror polishing effect of a handmade cloth wheel.

    ballcone/ufo stainless steel polishing media
    zirconia ball polishing media
  • 3. How to choose the appropriate polishing media?
  • 3.1 Depending on the material of the product parts that need to be polished. The harder the workpiece itself is, the higher the hardness of the polishing media required. In layman’s terms, only head-on confrontation will produce results. The harder the polishing media, the better the polishing effect. The following is the order of hardness of various polishing media:
    High alumina porcelain media < High density porcelain media ＜ Zirconium silicate ball polishing media ＜ Zirconia ball polishing media ＜ Stainless steel polishing media.
    3.2 According to the shape of the polishing media. The following is a comparison of the polishing effects of different shapes of polishing media: spherical > oval > cylindrical > triangular.

    3.3 Some metal workpieces or non-metallic parts require a barrel polishing process, so bio-degradable polishing media must be selected.

  • 4. Is polishing media expensive?
  • The price of polishing media is much higher than the price of deburring ceramic media for rough or fine finishing. The price generally ranges from more than five dollars to tens of dollar per kilogram, but its wear resistance is several times higher than that of deburring media. Like stainless steel polishing media, it can be said that there is basically no wear and tear. You can buy it once and use it for life. Therefore, in terms of unit wear cost, the use cost of polishing media is low.
  • 5. What is the service life of the polishing porcelain media?
  • The higher the hardness of polishing media, the stronger the wear resistance. Generally speaking, the service life of polishing media is at least one year. The polishing media produced by ShineTec are durable abrasives that have been fired through dozens of sample tests using exclusive process formulas. After wear resistance testing, the wear resistance of our polishing media is comparable to the performance of world-renowned manufacturers such as German Roesler and Japanese manufacturer Tipton. If you don’t know where to find the best polishing media, you can take a closer look at our ShineTec products.
  • 6. Is it necessary to add polishing compounds when using polishing media?
  • Polishing compound is a product that does not contain sulfur, phosphorus, or chlorine additives Water-soluble polishing liquid, also called polishing liquid, brighteners, have good degreasing, rust-proof, cleaning and gloss-enhancing properties, and can make metal products show true metallic luster. It has the advantages of stable performance, non-toxicity and no pollution to the environment. Adding an appropriate amount of polishing compound during polishing can improve the polishing efficiency and effect. It has a significant effect on the surface polishing of stainless steel, aluminum alloy, copper and other products, so it must be added.

    6.1 Softening effect. Polishing compound can soften the oxide film on the surface of metal products and is easily removed by polishing media to accelerate polishing.

    6.2 Lubricating effect. Polishing compound can provide lubrication. It acts as a lubrication between polishing media and metal parts to reduce scratches on the surface of the workpiece caused by impurity particles.

    6.3 Cleansing effect. Polishing compound can clean the oil stains on the surface of the workpiece and restore the original luster of the metal.

    6.4 Buffering effect. The tumbling motion of polishing compound and water in the polishing machine can buffer the collision between workpieces and polishing media and protect the workpiece.

    6.5 Anti-rust and anti-corrosion effect. Parts treated with polishing compound can have anti-rust and anti-corrosion effects in a short period of time. Of course, the best anti-rust measure is to treat it with anti-rust agent and then dry it.

  • 7. What are the functions of different types of polishing media?
  • Usually, hard polishing media are used when polishing metal parts, such as high-alumina porcelain media, high-density porcelain media, zirconium balls, stainless steel and other abrasives. Marble polishing should choose high-alumina porcelain polishing media. It is best to choose zirconium ball polishing media for metal mold polishing. Soft parts such as plastics are polished using a mixture of bio-degradable media and hard media.
  • 8. What effect does the shape, size and angle of polishing media have on the polishing effect?
  • The smoother the surface of the polishing media, the better the polishing effect on the parts. Therefore, when polishing, choose spherical polishing media as much as possible. The size of the media should be smaller than 1/3 of the inner hole of the part, but not too small to prevent the hole from being blocked by the media.
    Some parts with edges, folds, steps, etc. can be mixed with spherical polishing media and polishing media with sharp corners or edges, so that parts that cannot be touched by balls can be polished.
    Polishing media exceeding 80mm will not have very good brightness after polishing, so the size of the polishing media selected is generally below 80mm.

    polishing media selection
  • 9. What is the difference between the polishing effects of natural polishing abrasives and polishing media?
  • Natural polishing media refer to abrasives obtained directly from nature without artificial processing, such as quartz sand, pebbles, garnets, etc. Because of their size and materials, their application range is very narrow, and it is difficult to obtain a satisfactory surface effect when polishing. Artificial polishing media are customized according to the shape and material of the parts. The products are rich in variety and specifications, and can quickly obtain satisfactory surface quality.
What is the ceramic media?

About Ceramic Media

  • 1. What is the ceramic media?
  • Ceramic media is used for tumbling finishing and polishing of product parts and workpieces, also called tumbler media, vibratory media, tumbling chip. It is a melting reaction between sand powder abrasives (such as brown corundum abrasive sand, white corundum abrasive sand, chrome corundum abrasive sand, silicon carbide abrasive sand, alumina powder, zirconia powder, etc.) and other ceramic bonding agents at high temperatures, artificially sintered mass finishing and polishing materials with various shapes. Because its hardness is close to that of stone, it is called tumbling stone. It can repair defects on the product surface, improve surface physical properties, and has a variety of finishing or polishing uses.
    ceramic media producing-cutting&shaping
    ceramic media producing-sintering
  • 2. What types of ceramic media are there?
  • There are many types of ceramic media, each suitable for different surface treatment purposes.
    Depending on the type of sintered abrasive sand powder, the commonly used ones are ceramic deburring media, silicon carbide deburring media, White corundum finishing media, chrome corundum finishing media, porcelain polishing media, High density porcelain media, zirconia polishing ball, Resin media.
    According to the use effect, there are rough finishing media, fine finishing media and polishing media. Both rough and fine finishing media have cutting force, but the cutting force is divided into light and heavy. The polishing media does not have cutting force and is only used to improve the surface gloss and brightness of the workpiece.
    According to the material, there are ceramic media and resin media. Among them, ceramic media are the collective name for deburring media such as brown corundum, silicon carbide, white corundum, chrome corundum, high-aluminum porcelain, high-density porcelain, and zirconia abrasive media.

    angle cut cylinder porcelain media
    cone resin media
  • 3. What is the use of ceramic media?
  • The operating principle of the ceramic media is to mix the workpiece or part with the tumbling media, add an appropriate amount of water and finishing compound, and load it into tumbling finishing machine In the working barrel, mechanical movements such as tumbling and rotation are carried out through vibratory (vibration), centrifugal disc, barrel, and tumbling barrel, so that the ceramic media and the workpiece impact and rub against each other, finishing the surface to achieve the effect of deburring and polishing.
    The role of ceramic media is reflected in two aspects:
    The ceramic media with cutting force can perform functions such as deburring, descaling, deflashing, chamfering, derusting, degreasing, cleaning and smoothing of parts and workpieces.
    The ceramic media without cutting force improves the density of the skin layer by impacting the product surface, and can polish and brighten the surface of parts and workpieces.

    heavy cutting ceramic media
    porcelain polishing media
  • 4. How long is the service life of the ceramic media?
  • The service life of a ceramic media can usually be from a few months to a few years, depending on the hardness, shape, and size of the finishing workpiece. Workpieces with sharp burrs and edges, sharp edges, flash edges, higher hardness and larger appearance will cause greater loss to the media. The service life is shorter.
    Of course the most basic factor depends on the quality of the ceramic media. High-quality tumbling media will enhance wear resistance while ensuring finishing efficiency. ShineTec’s ceramic media is a mature and stable formula formed on the basis of dozens of process tests. Corundum sand and ceramic bonding agent have the strongest matching performance, and the wear resistance of the product is longer than other products on the market in terms of service life. There is a 3 times improvement.
  • 5. What are the different functions of ceramic media made of different materials?
  • 5.1 Brown corundum deburring media is suitable for finishing and cutting product workpieces made of general metal or non-metal materials such as burrs, oxide scales, flash edges, turning tool marks, cutting edges, mold closing lines, etc.

    5.2 Silicon carbide deburring media are suitable for finishing and cutting hard, highly brittle and low-strength materials, such as cast iron, brass, bronze, zinc, tin and other products, especially magnetic materials such as rubidium iron boron, with very good results.

    5.3 White corundum and chrome corundum deburring media are suitable for finishing and cutting some precision parts and components because of their fine grit size. Also, because of their low surface roughness after treatment, they also form a very bright surface effect, so It is often used to finish and polish these products in one process at the same time.

    5.4 High alumina porcelain polishing media do not contain abrasive sand inside, so they have no deburring effect. The main component is alumina powder. The abrasive has high density. When it moves with the workpiece, it has a strong impact on the surface of the workpiece, forming a thick surface dense layer, which can improve the surface gloss and brightness of the part.

    5.5 The function of high-density porcelain polishing media is the same as that of high-alumina porcelain media. The difference is that the content of alumina powder in high-density porcelain media is higher, and its alumina content can reach more than 95%. Therefore, the density is larger, forming the surface brightness is higher.

    5.6 There is no abrasive sand inside the zirconia polishing ball. The main component is zirconia powder. The density of the zirconia media is higher than that of high-density porcelain media. The surface brightness of the workpiece after natural treatment is the highest.

    5.7 Resin media contain abrasive sand inside. Depending on the grit size of the sand, they can be divided into heavy cutting, medium cutting, and light cutting. They are suitable for finishing some soft metal workpieces, such as aluminum alloy products.

  • 6. What is the finishing efficiency of the ceramic media?
  • The finishing efficiency of the ceramic media depends on the grit size of the abrasive sand contained in it and the type of deburring and finishing machine. Specifically in terms of finishing time, the time required for a single finishing treatment can range from a few minutes to a few hours.
    The larger the grit size of the abrasive sand, the stronger the cutting force and the higher the finishing efficiency. But the larger the grit size, the greater the surface roughness and therefore the worse the surface finish.
    Depending on the operation mode and speed of the tumbling finishing machine, the finishing efficiency can be arranged in the following order:
    centrifugal disc finishing machine > centrifugal barrel finishing machine > vibratory finishing machine > tumbling barrel finishing machine。
    In addition, for the same type of machine, the larger the machine, the larger the volume of the working barrel, and the higher the finishing efficiency.

    ShineTec fully automatic polishing machine for hardware
  • 7. Does the shape and size of the ceramic media affect its finishing performance?
  • The shape and size of the ceramic media are key factors affecting finishing performance. The purpose of making the ceramic media into shapes such as triangles, cubes, spheres, cylinders, and three-star shapes is to make certain sharp corners, cut surfaces, and curved surfaces of the ceramic media better match the irregular and complex shapes of product parts, so that some parts that are difficult to reach can be parts can also be polished. If the selection of the ceramic media is incorrect, some parts will never be polished, which will definitely affect the finishing performance.
    The size of the ceramic media is also an important factor to consider. If the size is too large, it will also cause the inner holes, dead corners, gaps and other parts of the workpiece to be unable to be polished. If the size is too small, on the one hand, it will cause the abrasive to wear too fast, and on the other hand, it will block certain holes in the product, and may even result in defective products.

  • 8. What are the benefits of finishing and polishing with ceramic media?
  • Are you still looking for manual polishing methods? Let us recommend to you this large-volume, high-efficiency automatic finishing and polishing process. Its comparative advantages over manual finishing methods are as follows:

    8.1 Compared with manual finishing and deburring, the efficiency can be improved dozens of times. Using some large-scale tumbling finishing machines, ceramic media mixed workpieces can feed hundreds or even thousands of kilograms at a time, and can be completed within dozens of minutes or hours. This processing efficiency is incomparable to manual polishing.

    8.2 The surface effect after finishing is uniform and controllable. The quality of hand polishing depends on the personal skill proficiency of the worker. Some products may have burrs polished cleanly, while others may still have some residue. The surface quality of each product is different. Sometimes it may also cause product damage, resulting in a relatively high scrap rate.

    8.3 The running costs of tumbling finishing are extremely low. The one-time purchase cost of the machine starts from a few thousand dollars, and it can generally be used for many years. The choice of ordinary ceramic media depends on the actual conditions of the product parts that need to be processed, and the price ranges from a few dollars to more than ten dollars per kilogram. Buying a few hundred kilograms at a time can usually take several months. The amount of polishing compound is very small and the cost is almost negligible.
    Ordinary finishing machines can feed dozens of kilograms of workpieces at a time, and the finishing time for a batch is generally 30-60 minutes. The direct cost of finishing and polishing when evenly distributed to each product is minimal.
    On the other hand, in terms of saving labor costs, the advantage of using ceramic media for batch deburring and polishing is even greater. As long as workers need to handle it when loading and unloading materials, the machine can be operated unattended, which greatly saves labor costs.

    8.4 By customizing ceramic media with special shapes and sizes, they can be used to process some deburring and polishing areas that cannot be completed by manual finishing. They have powerful functions and wide applicability.

    8.5 It is a safe and environmentally friendly deburring and polishing process. Compared with processes such as chemical polishing and electrolytic polishing, the sludge produced by ceramic media can be directly treated as solid waste after filter press, which is environmentally friendly.
  • 9. Can the ceramic media be used for dry finishing?
  • Not allowed.

    The water and finishing compound during the polishing process can provide lubrication. Buffer the impact force generated by the workpiece and ceramic media during high-speed movement. Without the lubrication and buffering effects of water and finishing liquid, the debris and impurities shed during the finishing process will scratch the surface of the workpiece and leave pits on the surface.

    At the same time, these metal or non-metal debris and impurities will accelerate the wear of the PU lining in the working barrel, greatly increase the temperature rise generated during work, and greatly reduce the service life of the PU.
    If the dust generated during the grinding process is not moistened with water, it will produce dust and pollute the surrounding air and environment.
  • 10. What kind of ceramic media is the best quality?
  • If you don’t know where to find the best ceramic media, here are some tips to help you decide:

    10.1 The shape of the ceramic media. The forming process in the production process of ceramic media is a link that reflects the manufacturing process level of the manufacturer. Good quality control capabilities determine that the ceramic media’s mixing, mud refining, shaping, cutting, and sintering processes all have qualified quality control capabilities. The ceramic media produced in this way have uniform shapes, consistent sizes, smooth surfaces, and sharp corners, these performance indicators ensure that cracks, mud occur rarely.

    10.2 The hardness of the ceramic media. This indicator reflects the sintering temperature control level of the kiln. If the kiln temperature is too low, the melting reaction of various micro-powders inside the ceramic media is insufficient, the tumbling media is too tender, the hardness is not up to standard, and the wear is very high during use. If the kiln temperature is too high, it will cause over-burning. Corundum sand on the surface of the ceramic media will precipitate, resulting in a porridge-like surface and the product will be scrapped.

    10.3 Durablity of ceramic media. Excellent product raw material quality, strict production process control, and just the right formula combination can produce high-quality ceramic media. The wear resistance of ShineTec’s tumbling media can reach about 3 times that of other manufacturers on the market. You can compare the use cost, which can reduce the direct cost of your product finishing and polishing process by 3 times.

    high quality ceramic media
  • 11. How to choose a suitable ceramic media?
  • 11.1 Choose the material of your ceramic media based on the effect you want to achieve. If you want to deburr, descale, deflash, derust, chamfer and other finishing effects on your product parts, then you should choose ceramic deburring media, silicon carbide deburring media, white Corundum finishing media and chrome corundum finishing media are abrasives with cutting force. If you just want to improve the surface brightness of your product, you need to choose polishing porcelain media, high-density porcelain media, and zirconia polishing bead, which are non-cutting and high-density tumbling ceramic media. If your product is made of soft metals such as aluminum alloy, copper, and zinc, you need to choose a resin media.

    11.2 Choose the appropriate ceramic media based on the size and surface condition of your product. If your product does not have holes, or cracks, then choose a larger deburring media so that it has a long service life and will not produce stuck holes or clogging even after its shape becomes smaller.

    11.3 Choose the appropriate ceramic media based on surface roughness. For rough products, choose a tumbling media with strong cutting force and sharp product corners. For precision parts, choose a abrasive media with fine abrasive grit and low cutting force.

What is the finishing media?

About Finishing Media

  • 1. What is the finishing media?
  • All materials that are naturally produced or artificially produced and have high hardness, cutting ability and certain strength and toughness, and are used for grinding, finishing or polishing, can be finishing media, abrasive media. Finishing media are a diverse category, and many people have questions of one kind or another, such as: What are finishing media? What are the commonly used finishing media? What are finishing media used for? What are the types of finishing media? Let’s talk about these issues in detail below.
    natural abrasives
  • 2. What are the types and uses of commonly used finishing media?
  • According to the source, abrasives can be divided into two categories: natural abrasive media and artificial finishing media.

    2.1 Natural abrasive media include diamond, natural corundum (also called emery), garnet, quartz sand, diatomaceous earth, pumice, flint, silica, feldspar, chalk, lime for polishing, etc.

    2.1.1 Diamond. Diamond is the hardest substance currently known. The main ingredient is carbon, which is expensive because of its limited origin. Mainly used for manufacturing resin, ceramic or metal bonded abrasive tools. Diamond has a sharp shape and is the best abrasive tool for grinding hard and brittle materials such as cemented carbide, optical glass, and ceramics. It has a better polishing effect on alloys of different phases with huge differences in soft and hard. In addition, diamond polishing abrasive media have the characteristics of long finishing life, high cutting ability, and strong wear resistance. However, because it is easily carbonized at 700℃~800℃, it is not suitable for finishing steel materials and ultra-high-speed grinding.

    2.1.2 The main components of emery are aluminum oxide (Al2O3), a small amount of iron oxide (Fe2O3) and other impurities. It can be used for finishing and polishing all metals.

    2.1.3 Garnet is the oldest type of polishing abrasive media. It was called Ziyawu in ancient China. It has been used to grind gemstones since the Bronze Age. It gets its name because the crystal particles are shaped like pomegranate seeds. It is mostly used for sandblasting, waterjet cutting, manufacturing coated abrasive tools, filter materials, wear-resistant floor aggregates, etc. It is used in hardware, steel, castings, ceramics, aluminum, wood, and leather industries.

    2.1.4 The main component of quartz sand is SiO2, which is the earliest grinding wheel material and can be used for grinding, polishing, tumbling and sandblasting. The main component of diatomite is also SiO2, which is an ingredient in the manufacture of polishing powder and whetstone. Suitable for finishing and polishing soft metals such as brass, aluminum, and zinc.

    2.1.5 Pumice comes from volcanoes and is the raw material for making polishing powder. Suitable for finishing and polishing soft metals and their alloys, wood, glass, plastic, leather, etc.

    2.1.6 Flint, is a relatively common siliceous rock. Because flint is hard and produces sharp fractures when broken, it was first favored by primitive people in the Stone Age and used to strike and make stone tools. The striking of flint and iron tools will produce sparks, so it was also used as a fire-making tool by ancient people. In ancient China, a small piece of flint and a steel “fire sickle” were often struck to make fire, so flint is also called flint. The modern grinding industry utilizes its hard and sharp edges as grinding materials.

    2.1.7 Silica is the general name for vein quartz, quartzite, and quartz sandstone. The main component is also SiO2. Silica has a wide range of uses. When used in the grinding industry, it can be used to make grinding stones, oil stones, and sandpaper. It can also be used to polish glass, Surface of metal products, sawing and grinding stones, polishing jewelry, etc.

    2.1.8 Feldspar is the general name for feldspar minerals. There are many types, such as albite, anorthite, barium feldspar, barium adolite, microcline feldspar, orthoclase, feldspar, etc. The main component is feldspar. Silicon oxide, aluminum oxide, K2O, sodium oxide, calcium oxide, etc. When used in the grinding industry, it is often used as a bond component in the production of bonded abrasive tools, such as grinding wheels.

    2.1.9 Chalk is calcium carbonate and has a wide range of uses. It is used in the grinding industry as a raw material for tooth powder, toothpaste and other cosmetics.


    2.2 Artificial abrasive media. It is an abrasive material that does not exist in nature and is entirely artificially produced. The main types are:

    2.2.1 Sintered abrasives. Mainly divided into corundum abrasive media, silicon carbide abrasive media and CBN (cubic boron nitride) abrasive media, the varieties are divided into:

    Brown corundum abrasive media. The main component is Al2O3, which has medium hardness, high toughness, sharp particles, relatively low price, and is suitable for processing metals with high tensile strength.

    White corundum abrasive media. Its hardness is slightly higher than brown corundum, but its toughness is poor. It is easy to cut into the workpiece during finishing. It has good self-sharpening, low heat generation, strong finishing ability and high efficiency. Chrome corundum abrasive media is its derivative.

    Single crystal corundum abrasive media. Its particles are composed of a single crystal and have good multi-edge cutting edges, high hardness and toughness, strong grinding ability, and low grinding heat. The disadvantage is that the production cost is high and the output is low, so the price is relatively high.

    Silicon carbide abrasive media. Divided into black silicon carbide abrasives, green silicon carbide abrasives, cubic silicon carbide abrasives, and cerium silicon carbide abrasives. The main component is SiC, which has high hardness, high brittleness, sharp abrasive grains, good thermal conductivity, and strong wear resistance. It is more suitable for processing hard and brittle metal and non-metallic products. At present, the finishing and cutting of most NdFeB magnetic materials is widely used.

    CBN (cubic boron nitride) abrasive media. It is a synthetic super-hard material, its hardness is second only to diamond, and it is an excellent grinding material. Compared with traditional grinding materials, CBN abrasives have excellent grinding performance, especially when grinding cemented carbide, and are more efficient. CBN abrasive media are known as one of the greatest technological advances in the history of the abrasives industry due to their high strength, high wear resistance, excellent hardness close to diamond, and excellent thermal stability. The wear resistance and hardness are more than four times that of traditional abrasives, and its unique chemical properties also make it particularly suitable for grinding ferrous metal materials.
    The thermal integrity of CBN abrasive media and their ability to maintain a sharp cutting edge when machining ferrous materials makes them the product of choice for advanced grinding systems. When grinding ferrous metals, they do not react with each other; when grinding steel alloys, they are not easily oxidized. This makes CBN abrasive media the first choice for high-performance grinding wheels for grinding different materials such as cast iron and hard steel.
    CBN abrasive media can withstand high temperatures of 1300℃~1400℃, are chemically inert to iron group elements, have good thermal conductivity, have high removal rates when grinding steel, have large grinding ratios, and have long tool life. They are ideal for grinding hardened steel, The best abrasive for metals with high hardness and toughness such as high-speed steel, high-strength steel, stainless steel and heat-resistant alloys. In addition, CBN abrasive tools are also suitable for ultra-high-speed grinding, and metal-based CBN abrasive tools will not break even if the linear speed exceeds 250m/s.


    2.2.2 Preformed finishing media.
    There are two types of such finishing media: One is sintered ceramic media; also known as ceramic deburring or polishing media. Corundum sand or silicon carbide powder, quartz powder, alumina and other materials are melted at a high temperature of more than 1,000 degrees and sintered into a finishing media with very high hardness. The other is abrasives media bonded with resin, called resin media, polyester media or plastic media. This type of abrasives media can be made into triangular, spherical, square, conical, cylindrical and other shapes. Each shape of abrasives media has different sizes.


    2.2.3 Steel finishing media.
    It can be made into hard steel balls, stainless steel balls, ballcone, ufo, needles, pins, angle cut cylinder and other shapes. This type of abrasive media has high strength and is not easily broken. It is mainly used for polishing surface brightness.


    2.2.4 Bio-degradable finishing media.
    Commonly used ones include corn cobs, walnut shells, sawdust, shredded felt, shredded leather, etc. It is mainly used in the tumble polishing process. It is used for the final polishing and drying of parts that have been treated with light finishes, and can achieve an effect close to mirror polishing.

    diamond abrasive media
    Artificial brown corundum abrasive media
  • 3. What is tumbling finishing media?
  • Tumbling finishing mediaalso called tumbling abrasive media and mass finishing media, refer to abrasive media that use tumbling, vibrating, rotating and other motion methods to finishing the surfaces of product parts and workpieces. It can be natural abrasive media such as river sand, stones, and plants, but most of them use artificial abrasives, including abrasive media with cutting force and polishing media without cutting force. This artificial abrasive media comes in a variety of shapes, including tri-angle, ellipses, spheres, cylinders, tri-star shapes and other clumps, so it is also commonly called tumbling media. It can be said that tumbling abrasive media are one category of abrasive media, but because natural abrasive media are rarely used now, tumbling media actually refer to tumbling abrasive media in most cases.
    angle cut tri-angle ceramic tumbling media
    sphere ceramic tumbling media
  • 4. What can tumbling finishing media be used for?
  • Tumbling media can deburr, descale, deflash, chamfer, derust, degrease, clean, polish, brighten on metal and non-metallic parts and workpieces. The advantage of this kind of finishing media is that it can quickly finish products in large quantities, automatically, and has the characteristics of low cost, high efficiency, safety and environmental protection.
  • 5. What are the types of tumbling finishing media?
  • Tumbling media are divided into three types of abrasive media: rough finishing, fine finishing and polishing:

    5.1 Rough finishing media, mainly includes brown corundum ceramic media, resin ( plastic) media, divided into heavy cutting force, medium cutting force and light cutting force.

    5.2 Fine finishing media, includes white corundum ceramic media, chrome corundum ceramic media, 3P abrasive media, etc. Because the grit size of the micropowder contained in it is very fine, some of which are nearly 2000-3000 mesh, it can continuously perform micro-cutting on the surface of the workpiece to form a more delicate surface roughness, which is suitable for finishing and polishing precision parts.

    5.3 Polishing abrasive media include high-alumina porcelain media, high-density porcelain media (high-alumina porcelain media with an alumina content of more than 95%), stainless steel media, walnut shell abrasive media, corn cob abrasive media, etc. The main purpose is to improve the gloss and brightness of the workpiece surface.

  • 6. How does tumbling finishing media work?
  • The shapes of tumbling finishing media include triangles, spheres, cubes, cylinders, three-star shapes, etc. The cutting surfaces are straight and angle to form acute angles at different angles. The specifications are also available in dozens of sizes from 1mm to 60mm, which are suitable for each. Finishing and polishing of internal and external surfaces of product parts with irregular and complex shapes, holes, seams, corners and other parts. The main mode of operation is to put the abrasive media and parts together into the working barrel of the tumbling finishing and polishing machine, and use the vibrating, tumbling, rotating and other mechanical movements generated by the machine to cause the abrasives to rub and cut on the surface of the workpiece to achieve the effect of finishing and polishing.
    ShineTec's Hardware Fully Automatic Polishing Machine
  • 7. How to choose the correct tumbling finishing media?
  • There are several factors to consider when purchasing tumbling media:

    7.1 Cutting force. This indicator determines the speed at which the workpiece is ground. Heavy-cutting abrasive media can finish parts faster but produce a relatively rough surface finish. Conversely, light-cutting abrasive media finish more slowly but produce higher surface quality.

    7.2 Durability. Wear resistance determines the service life of abrasive media. Wear resistance is affected by factors such as the quality of various raw materials, the particle size and content of abrasives, the matching degree of binder and corundum sand, the condition of vacuum during molding, and the control of sintering temperature. This is a key indicator reflecting the quality of abrasives.

    7.3 Hardness. Workpieces with different hardnesses require tumbling media with different hardnesses for finishing. The harder the workpiece, the harder the abrasive media is required to polish it. If high-hardness abrasives are used to polish workpieces made of soft materials, they may cause damage to the workpiece. For example, if aluminum alloy workpieces are ground with brown corundum ceramic deburring media, the surface will be dull, corrosion pits (impacting points) and a deformation disturbing layer will be produced on the surface.

    7.4 Shape and size. Different shapes and sizes of product parts require matching abrasive media of different sizes and shapes. Generally speaking, the larger your workpiece is, the larger the media will be, and the smaller the workpiece will be, the smaller the abrasive will be. Particular attention should be paid to the shape and size of the abrasive media so that it cannot get stuck in the inner holes, pipes, gaps, corners, etc. of your product.
    Every user of abrasive media wants to buy high-quality abrasives with fast grinding time, high surface quality and strong wear resistance. Maybe you are looking for where is the best tumbling abrasive media manufacturer? Please contact us. ShineTec masters the key technologies of abrasive production and manufacturing and can provide you with the most cost-effective abrasive media.
  • 8. What is the best tumbling finishing media?
  • To measure the quality of finishing media, the most critical factors are cutting efficiency and wear resistance. However, in terms of production and manufacturing processes, these two are contradictory indicators. To achieve high cutting efficiency, you need to use large-grained corundum sand. However, the larger the particle size of the sand, the easier it is to fall off from the matrix during finishing, affecting the wear resistance of the abrasive and causing high wear. Here it is necessary to master the bonding strength between the sand grains and the binder, find a balance point, and maximize the cutting force of corundum sand while enhancing the bonding strength with the matrix. It requires both high cutting force and strong wear resistance. This is the core technology that produces the best tumbling media.
    tumbling finishing media
  • 9. How long is the service life of tumbling finishing media?
  • The service life of tumbler media typically ranges from several months to several years, depending on the hardness, shape, and size of the workpiece being ground. Workpieces with sharp burrs and edges, sharp edges, flash edges, higher hardness and larger appearance will cause greater loss to the abrasive. The service life is shorter.
    Of course the most basic factor depends on the quality of the tumbler media. Good abrasive media will enhance wear resistance while ensuring grinding efficiency. ShineTec’s tumbler media are mature and stable formulas formed on the basis of dozens of process formula tests. Corundum sand has the best material match with other binders, and the wear resistance of the products is longer than other products on the market in terms of service life. There is a 3 times improvement.
  • 10. How to calculate the volume matching ratio between finishing media and workpiece?
  • What is the most appropriate loading ratio of tumbler media to workpiece during primary finishing and polishing? This ratio depends on the finishing effect you want to achieve. Factors that need to be considered include the material, size, shape of the abrasive media, the material and weight of the workpiece.
    Below is a basic tumbler media : parts ratio guide, please refer to the table below to determine your usage:

    Tumbler Media to Workpiece Volume Ratio Typical Application
    0 : 1 no abrasive media, and the product is self-finishing and polishing, such as some decorative stones for handicrafts.
    1 : 1 Same proportion of tumbler media and products with very rough surface, such as forgings, castings, etc.
    2 : 1 Light finishing, allowing workpieces to collide with each other.
    3 : 1 Minimum ratio for copper, aluminum, zinc and other non-ferrous metal workpieces. The workpieces may collide with each other, so the ratio is suitable for finishing and polishing ferrous metals.
    4 : 1 Average efficiency ratio of non-ferrous metal workpieces. High efficiency ratio for ferrous metal parts.
    5 : 1 Suitable for finishing and polishing non-ferrous metal parts. Workpieces rarely collide with each other.
    6 : 1 Suitable for finishing and polishing of non-ferrous metal products. It is often used for pre-plating treatment of resin media and aluminum and zinc alloy workpieces.
    8 : 1 Suitable for finishing and polishing of non-ferrous metals or precision parts. Less surface roughness and smoothness.
    10:1~20:1 Better polishing quality. Suitable for irregular shapes or fragile workpieces.
    Max No collision between workpieces. One machine polishes one part or each workpiece needs to be separated.
What is the automatic mass finishing system?

About Automatic Mass Finishing System

  • 1. What is the automatic mass finishing system?
  • The automatic mass finishing system, also called the automatic finishing and polishing production line, is a mechanical equipment for finishing and polishing that uses modern transmission and electrical control technology from a series of processes such as feeding, deburring, polishing, cleaning, separating, drying, and discharging, combined into a complete set of integrated assembly lines. The main purpose is to reduce manual work, improve production efficiency, reduce production costs, and ensure the surface treatment quality of product workpieces.
  • 2. Why do I need to use the automatic mass finishing system?
  • For some manufacturers who need to carry out a large amount of daily finishing and polishing treatments such as deburring, descaling, deflashing, derusting degreasing, cleaning, polishing and brightening, etc., they are generally equipped with multiple finishing and polishing machines and Complete with auxiliary equipment. For example, some machines are used for rough finishing, some machines are used for fine finishing, and some machines are used for polishing brightness. The flow of product workpieces between different machines requires loading, unloading, and screening, cleaning, transportation, drying and other different processes, each process requires personnel to operate. Medium and large operating capacitibility of mass finishing machines usually process hundreds or even thousands of kilograms every time. The labor intensity of loading and unloading so many parts into different machines is huge. Moreover, manual loading and unloading takes at least half an hour at a time. Therefore, using independent machines to perform polishing operations is a time-consuming and laborious task that requires a lot of labor costs and has low production efficiency.

    In order to reduce labor intensity and improve work efficiency, we can design and connect the finishing and polishing machines at different process points using auxiliary facilities such as mechanical hydraulic lifting, conveying transmission, online cleaning, and online separating, so that the product workpiece can be completely processed from feeding to finished product discharging. Realize online operation, reduce manual intervention, and realize automated mass finishing functions.
    Using these modern mechanical and electrical control technologies, you can turn your mass finishing equipment into a fully automatic CNC finishing machine, greatly improving equipment utilization, reducing labor costs, increasing finishing and polishing efficiency, and creating greater profits for your factory. If you don’t know where to find this kind of automated mass finishing system, we can analyze the calculation data and propose a solution based on your actual production situation.

    centrifugal disc finishing production line system
    vibratory finishing production line system
  • 3. What systems does the automatic automatic mass finishing system consist of?
  • 3.1 Automatic loading system. The first machine that starts the finishing process will be equipped with a material lifting hopper. Workers only need to put the abrasive media or product workpieces before rough finishing into the hopper and control the lifting of the hopper to put the materials into the machine.

    3.2 Tumbling finishing and polishing machines. The finishing machine is the main component of the automatic finishing and polishing production line. This part of the system can be vibratory finishing machine, or centrifugal disc finishing machine, or centrifugal barrl finishing machine, even Rotary tumbling barrel finishing machine.

    3.3 Auxiliary discharging device. Every finishing machine needs to unload after finishing is completed. When the vibrating finishing machine discharges materials, it is necessary to configure a hydraulic or pneumatic turning plate inside the machine to connect the bottom of the machine’s working chamber and the discharge port separating screen. When the material needs to be discharged, press the control button to turn the flap up and close the separating screen, so that the workpiece can automatically climb from the groove to the separating screen and output the workpiece. When the centrifugal disc finishing machine discharges materials, it is necessary to use the hydraulic struts at the bottom of the barrel of the machine to hold up the barrel and turn it over, so that the abrasive media and the workpiece can be poured into the built-in vibrating separator for discharge. Centrifugal barrel finishing machines are rarely integrated into automatic production lines. There is no need to equip additional special equipment when discharging materials. You only need to turn the barrel opening downwards to pour out the materials.

    3.4 Separating device. Each machine is equipped with a separating screen to automatically separate workpieces and abrasives after discharging. The vibrating polishing machine is built into the working bowl, and the other three machines require additional special separating screens.

    3.5 Transmission system. Using mesh belts and rollers, the separated workpieces are transferred to the machine for the next process. Some transfer systems are also equipped with a flushing function to clean the workpiece again during the transfer process.

    3.6 Water-liquid circulation system. Using the sewage treatment system, the flushed wastewater containing polishing compound is recycled and filtered and pumped into the machine again for use.

    3.7 Drying system. There are two ways, one is to transport the cleaned workpieces into a vibrating dryer, the other is to equip an online pass-through drying box to dry the workpieces on the conveyor belt.

    dam blade (flap) in vibratory bowl finishing machine
    hydraulic support rod of centrifugal disc finishing machine
  • 4. What types of automatic automatic mass finishing system does ShineTec have?
  • According to different finishing machines, there are four types of automatic mass finishing system: vibratory finishing system, centrifugal disc finishing system, centrifugal barrel finishing system, and barrel tumbling finishing system. The first two models are most commonly integrated into production lines.
  • 5. Where can the automatic mass finishing system be used?
  • All factories that currently need to use multiple finishing machines for surface treatment processes such as deburring and descaling can consider configuring automated mass finishing system.
    Here are some questions you can pre-evaluate:

    How do your product workpieces flow between polishing machines in different processes?

    How long does it take to transfer between each different process?

    How did you add water and polish compound?

    How do you separate tumbling media and workpieces?

    If an automatic assembly line is used for circulation, how many finishing batches can be added?

    On this basis, after comparing the investment returns, you can consider whether to invest in this kind of automated mass finishing production line.

    water circulation system of automatic mass finishing production line system
  • 6. How to choose a suitable automatic mass finishing system?
  • It is indeed a challenge to choose an automated mass finishing system that is most suitable for your product finishing and polishing process.

    The tumbling barrel finishing automated production line is the slowest type of work efficiency, but it can achieve the most beautiful results for the surface polish quality of the product, especially for surface finish and gloss. In terms of brightness, it can have an effect close to mirror polishing.

    Automatic vibratory (vibrating) finishing system are the most widely used type. Its working efficiency is much higher than that of the barrel finishing type. Because of the built-in separating screen, the material can be discharged directly from the working chamber, and there is no need to add a hydraulic lifting device to flip the working barrel. Therefore, the manufacturing cost of the entire production line can be lower than that of the disc finishing type and centrifugal barrel finishing type.

    Automatic centrifugal disc finishing system are also widely used. It has the highest working efficiency and can quickly achieve finishing and polishing effects. Since this type of machine needs to use a hydraulic lifting device to pour the materials in the barrel into a separately configured screen when discharging materials, the overall cost of the assembly line is higher.

    Automatic centrifugal barrel finishing system is suitable for surface treatment of precision parts. Because the processing capacity is small, it is not necessary to integrate into the assembly line, so there are few application areas.
    If you don’t know which type of mass finishing system your product is suitable for, please contact us. ShineTec will conduct professional evaluation analysis and calculations for you and provide you with the most cost-effective solution.
  • 7. How to use the automatic mass finishing system?
  • The automatic mass finishing system provided by ShineTec is a highly integrated complete set of finishing and polishing equipment. Using pneumatic, hydraulic, and CNC technologies, multiple independent polishing machines are connected together through a set workflow combination to become a fully automatic finishing and polishing machine. The operator only needs to press each function button on the console to automatically complete the feeding, deburring, descaling, deflashing, degreasing, finishing, polishing, cleaning, drying, discharging and other processes. It is an easy-to-operate, powerful automated polishing assembly line.
  • 8. What kind of tumbling media are needed for the automatic mass finishing system?
  • Just like when the machine is used alone, it depends on what kind of Tumbling Media is used Depending on what kind of workpiece needs to be finished. ShineTec can provide abrasive media for three purposes: rough finishing, fine finishing and polishing:

    8.1 Tumbling media for rough finishing, mainly include ceramic deburring media, Resin media , divided into heavy cutting force, medium cutting force and light cutting force.

    8.2 Tumbling media for fine finishing, white Corundum finishing media, chrome corundum finishing media, 3P finishing media, etc., because the particle size of the micropowder contained in it is very fine, some of which are nearly 2000-3000 mesh, it can continuously perform micro-cutting on the surface of the workpiece to form a more delicate surface roughness.

    8.3 Tumbling media for polishing, include porcelain media, high-density porcelain media (a high-alumina porcelain media with an alumina content of more than 95%), stainless steel media, walnut shell polishing media, corn cob polishing media and so on. The main purpose is to improve the gloss and brightness of the workpiece surface.

    If you don’t know which is the best polishing media, please contact us and ShineTec can provide you with professional suggestions and answers.

  • 9. How long does it take to complete the polishing process on the automatic mass finishing system?
  • Now, the time it takes to polish a batch of workpieces using an automatic mass finishing system is definitely much shorter than manually operating several independent finishing machines.

    The length of processing time depends on which type of production line you have applied. Generally speaking, the centrifugal disc type and barrel type can complete the grinding work within 30 minutes. With discharging, cleaning and other processes, the entire process can be completed in as fast as 1 hour from feeding to discharging. The vibration-type unit may take 2 hours to complete the entire process, while the tumbling barrel-type unit may take longer and may take several hours to complete the finishing work.

  • 10. What is the daily maintenance of the automatic mass finishing system?
  • Regular daily maintenance can keep your polishing automatic production line in the best working condition, extend the service life of the machine, and reduce maintenance expenses.

    10.1 Inspection of mechanical components. The vibrating finishing automatic production line needs to add lubricating grease to the vibration motor used in the machine every month; the disc automatic finishing production line needs to check whether the gap between the barrel and the chassis is normal, whether there is a chuck, and whether the transmission belt is Relaxation; for a centrifugal barrel automatic polishing production line, it is necessary to check whether the transmission chain, sprocket or timing belt is worn, whether there is any abnormal noise during operation, and whether the barrel cover can be sealed; for a tumbling barrel-type automatic polishing production line, it is also necessary to check whether the transmission part is working Normal, there is no leakage after the cover is sealed. Some pneumatic or hydraulic devices on the production line also need to be checked for air and liquid leaks.

    10.2 Check the loading of abrasive media used. The loading of abrasive media in the machine should be checked before each start-up. Too much or too little usage will cause damage to the machine or product workpiece, affecting the efficiency of finishing and polishing.

    10.3 Water circulation system inspection. Check whether the water inlet, drainage, and quantitative filling of polishing compound are working properly. Pay special attention to whether the drainage pipe of the machine is blocked.

    10.4 PU lining examination. Check whether the PU or rubber lining of the machine is worn or damaged. If so, it needs to be replaced immediately.

    10.5 Don’t overdo it. Do not overload abrasive media and product workpieces into the machine. Generally, the total volume of materials does not exceed 70% of the total capacity of the machine. If stainless steel media need to be used in the machine, due to their large proportion, they are generally controlled within 50%.

  • 11. What is the price of the automatic mass finishing system?
  • Each automatic mass finishing system is a customized fully automatic finishing assembly system. We need to quote based on your actual use site, product processing capabilities, process requirements and other data. If you are looking for manufacturer of automated mass finishing system, please contact us, ShineTec will provide you with professional solutions.
What is hardware tumbler?

About Hardware Tumbler

  • 1．What is hardware tumbler?
  • ShineTec’s hardware tumbler is a kind of automatic hardware finishing machinery and equipment, specially used for machining, precision molds, auto parts, aerospace, medical equipment, mechanical parts, plastic products, 3C digital, metal casting, electronics High-efficiency high-volume deburring, deflashing, descaling, smoothing, polishing of hardware parts produced in devices, hardware parts, kitchen supplies, 3D printing, textile workpieces, powder metallurgy, electrical components, minting, jewelry, instrumentation, handicraft accessories and other industries.
    ShineTec's hardware finishing and polishing machine
  • 2. Why use a hardware tumbler for finishing and polishing?
  • I believe that as a manufacturing owner, your products will no longer want to use manual polishing methods. If your products are still polished manually, we recommend that you try ShineTec’s automatic hardware finishing machine. The specific advantages are as follows:

    2.1 Compared with manual deburring, the efficiency can be improved dozens of times. Using some large-scale deburring and polishing machines, hundreds or even thousands of kilograms of material can be fed at one time, and all can be completed within dozens of minutes or hours. This processing efficiency is incomparable to manual polishing.

    2.2 The surface effect after polishing is uniform and controllable. The quality of hand polishing depends on the personal skill proficiency of the worker. Some products may have burrs finished cleanly, while others may still have some residue. The surface quality of each product is different. Sometimes it may also cause product damage, resulting in a relatively high scrap rate.

    2.3 The operating costs of a automatic hardware tumbler are extremely low. The one-time purchase cost of the machine starts from a few thousand dollars, and it can generally be used for many years. The choice of ordinary polishing materials depends on the actual situation of the product parts that need to be processed, and the price ranges from a few dollars per kilogram to more than ten dollars. , buying a few hundred kilograms at a time can usually take several months. The amount of polishing compound is very small and the cost is almost negligible.
    Ordinary models can feed dozens of kilograms of workpieces at a time, and the finishing time for a batch is generally 30-60 minutes. The direct cost of finishing and polishing when evenly distributed to each product is minimal.

    On the other hand, the advantages of automated hardware tumbler are even greater in terms of saving labor costs. As long as workers need to handle it when loading and unloading materials, the machine can be operated unattended, which greatly saves labor costs.

    2.4 In addition to the automatic deburring function, ShineTec’s hardware tumbler can also perform surface polishing processes such as descaling, derusting, deflashing, cleaning, chamfering, degreasing, decontaminating, and improvement of surface brightness. Craftsmanship, powerful functions and wide applicability.

  • 3． What kind of polishing effect can the hardware tumbler achieve?
  • In terms of polishing efficiency, this fully automatic hardware tumbler can process hundreds or thousands of kilograms of mechanical parts and hardware components at a time. It is a kind of automatic hardware polishing mechanical equipment that has been widely used.

    The effect of finishing depends on your needs for the product surface. To achieve the best surface finishing and polishing effect, most product polishing processes require three processes: rough finishing, fine finishing, and polishing.

    The first step is to finish it roughly. Use abrasive tumbler media with high cutting force to remove defects such as burrs, scale, flash, sharp edges on the product surface to form a smooth surface with low surface roughness.

    The second step is fine finishing. Use abrasive tumbler media with finer grit, some reaching micron powder size, to further perform micro-cutting on the product surface to achieve a smoother surface quality.

    The third step is polishing. Use high-density, non-cutting polishing tumbler media, such as high-aluminum porcelain media, high-density porcelain media, stainless steel media, or some bio-degradable tumbler media that can simulate the polishing effect of cloth wheels, such as walnut shell abrasive chip, corncob abrasive chip, polishing Wood particles, etc., combined with special brightening compound, can improve the gloss and brightness of the product surface and achieve a sparkling, close to mirror polishing effect.

    effect after polishing of hardware
    The effect of motorcycle parts after polishing
  • 4. Are there any defects to hardware tumbler?
  • The main disadvantage of this automatic hardware tumbler is that it cannot polish a certain part of the product surface because it is an overall polishing process. For example, the oxide scale on the surface of a certain part of a product is relatively thick. If you want to focus on this part and spend more time to finish it, this will not work. The thickness of this part is ground, and other parts will also be ground to such a thickness.

    The surface quality is not as good as mirror polishing.

    Some inner holes and cross holes that are too deep and too thin, such as inner surfaces exceeding 50mm, cannot be finished and polished.

    Too long burrs and flash edges cannot be processed. For example, burrs and flash edges exceeding 2mm.

  • 5. How does the hardware tumbler finish and polish?
  • In order to solve the problems of low efficiency, low quality and high labor cost of manual finishing, ShineTec’s Hardware Tumbler is an automatic finishing and polishing machine. The main operating principle is to mix special tumbler abrasive media with product workpieces, appropriate amounts of water and finishing liquid in a certain proportion, and put them into the working barrel of the polishing machine, and use mechanical motion methods such as vibration, centrifugal high-speed rotation, tumbling rotation, etc. to make the ceramic tumbler media and workpiece tumble and rotate together in the barrel, and use the cutting force of the abrasive surface to finish the burrs on the surface of the workpiece.

    There are four main types of deburring and polishing machines. Each movement mode has its own advantages and disadvantages, and is suitable for different finishing and polishing needs. Vibratory finishing and polishing is the most common process method. If you need to process large quantities every day, such as hundreds of kilograms of product workpieces, then choose a vibrating polishing machine. If you need to process some small precision parts and components, the quantity is within tens of kilograms, Precision parts finishing and polishing machine is the best choice, then the centrifugal barrel finishing process is the most suitable method. If you are looking for the fastest polishing process, then centrifugal disc finishing is the fastest polishing method. If you want to find the cheapest, lowest cost finishing and polishing process, go for the tumbling barrel finishing method.

    How to finish and polish by ShineTec hardware tumbler
  • 6． What types of ShineTec’s hardware tumbler are there?
  • According to different operating modes, automatic hardware tumbler are divided into the following four types:

    6.1 Vibratory (vibrating) finishing and deburring polishing machine. It is a general-purpose finisher. The spiral vibration method is used to drive the tumbler media and the workpiece to move together to achieve the deburring, descaling, deflashing, derusting, finishing and polishing effect.

    6.2 Centrifugal barrel finisher. It is suitable for rapid deburring of precision parts. It is similar to the operation of a Ferris wheel. The motor drives the large centrifugal disk to rotate, allowing the four barrels on the disk to rotate at high speed, driving the tumbler media and the workpiece to move together to achieve the finishing and polishing effect.

    6.3 Centrifugal disc finisher. It is the fastest deburring equipment. The chassis drives the barrel to rotate at high speed on the horizontal plane. The tumbler media and workpiece also tumble and rotate in the barrel to achieve the finishing and polishing effect.

    6.4 Tumbling barrel finisher. It is the simplest structure and the lowest cost deburring method. The barrel rolls around the central axis, and the tumbler media in the barrel rolls together with the workpiece to achieve the finishing, polishing effect.

  • 7. How much does a hardware tumbler cost?
  • The price of the machine ranges from several thousand to tens of thousands. The price of tumbler media generally costs around a few thousand dollars for an initial order of several hundred kilograms. Such an automatic deburring and polishing solution can be said to be quite economical.
    However, the economic benefits or benefits brought by using the deburring and polishing machine are very high. If your products still use manual finishing and polishing, we can conduct a calculation of the processing cost to see how much our workpiece deburring and polishing machine can save you.

  • 8. What kind of abrasive media do hardware tumbler use?
  • Because our hardware tumbler can be used to handle a variety of surface treatment process requirements, the abrasive media provided are divided into three types: rough finishing, fine finishing and polishing:

    8.1 Tumbler media for rough finishing, mainly include tumbling deburring media, Resin (plastic) deburring media , divided into heavy cutting force, medium cutting force and light cutting force.

    8.2 Tumbler media for fine finishing, white Corundum finishing media, chrome corundum finishing media, 3P finishing media, etc., because the particle size of the micropowder contained in it is very fine, some of which are nearly 2000-3000 mesh, it can continuously perform micro-cutting on the surface of the workpiece to form a more delicate surface roughness.

    8.3 Tumbler media for polishing include high alumina porcelain tumbling media, high-density porcelain media (a high-alumina porcelain tumbling media with an alumina content of more than 95%), stainless steel media, Walnut shell tumbling media, corn cob tumbling media and so on. The main purpose is to improve the gloss and brightness of the workpiece surface.

    tumbler media
  • 9. What kind of hardware tumbler is a good polishing machine with reliable quality?
  • To measure the quality of a hardware tumbler, it mainly depends on the quality of the raw materials used and the quality control during the production and manufacturing process.

    9.1 Quality assurance of raw materials. Because the PU lining the working barrel of the machine is a wearing part and needs to be replaced regularly, the wear resistance of the PU lining is a key quality indicator. The raw materials of our PU come from American Dow Chemical products, and the quality can be guaranteed.

    9.2 Reliable motor quality. The motor used in the tumbling finishing machine is a key component related to product quality. Our motors, including vertical vibration motors, speed-regulating motors, and three-phase asynchronous motors, all come from well-known professional motor manufacturers in Wuxi and Shanghai, and their quality is reliably guaranteed.

    9.3 Electrical accessories. All are purchased from domestic first-tier manufacturers such as Chint and Delixi.

    9.4 Steel plate profiles. Purchased from Shanghai Baosteel Products.

    9.5 Manufacturing process guaranteed. Production is controlled by skilled workers with many years of front-line production experience, adhering to the spirit of craftsmanship to ensure product quality.
    ShineTec is a mass finishing and polishing machine manufacturer located in Huzhou, Zhejiang, producing various polishing machines. If you don’t know which company in Huzhou produces the best deburring and finishing machine or where is the professional hardware tumbler produced in Huzhou? you might as well take a look at our ShineTec products to learn more about them. Our goal is to be the best brand of tumbling finishing machines.

  • 10. What kind of workpieces can the hardware tumbler polish?
  • The hardware tumbler is a specialized, mechanical automatic finishing and polishing equipment, which can be called a polishing artifact. Compared with manual deburring and polishing, this is a highly efficient automated grinding equipment that can polish hundreds or thousands of kilograms of workpieces at one time. Batch polishing may only take dozens of minutes.
    This automatic deburring machine is especially good at deburring products with irregular and complex shapes, including some cross holes, dead corners, gaps, and some hard-to-reach parts of the inner wall.
    The materials of workpiece range from non-ferrous metals, ferrous metals, powder metallurgy, plastics, acrylic, rubber, bamboo, stone, glass and other materials. It can be said that there is almost no material that cannot be processed.
    If you are looking for a deburring machine, no idea Where is the best automatic finishing and polishing equipment? Then you can learn more about our ShineTec automatic hardware tumbler and compare the product quality and professional performance.

  • 11. What are the differences between different types of hardware tumblers?
  • As a small mass finishing machine, hardware tumbler are divided into the following four types according to different operating methods:

    11.1 Vibratory deburring finisher. It is a general-purpose grinding and deburring machine. The spiral vibration method is used to drive the abrasive media and the workpiece to move together to achieve the grinding, polishing and deburring effect.

    11.2 Centrifugal barrel deburring finisher. It is suitable for surface polishing of precision parts and components. It is similar to the operation of a Ferris wheel. The motor drives the large centrifugal disk to rotate, allowing the four barrels on the disk to rotate at high speed, driving the abrasive media and the workpiece to move together to achieve the grinding, polishing and deburring effect.

    11.3 Centrifugal disc deburring finisher. It is the fastest deburring equipment. The chassis drives the barrel to rotate at high speed on the horizontal plane. The tumbler media and workpiece also tumble and rotate in the barrel to achieve the grinding and polishing deburring effect.

    11.4 Barrel deburring finisher. It is the simplest structure and the lowest cost finishing and deburring method. The barrel rolls around the central axis, and the tumbling media in the barrel rolls together with the workpiece to achieve the grinding, polishing and deburring effect.

    11.5 Processing capability. We compare according to the largest models in their respective categories. The vibratory finishing machine can process tons of products at a time. The largest tumbling barrel finishing machine can also achieve such processing capabilities. The centrifugal disc finishing machine can reach 1-200 kg, the centrifugal barrel finishing machine can handle about 2-300 kg. Taking into account the processing time required for a complete batch, the processing capacity can be arranged in the following order: vibratory finisher >tumbling barrel finisher > centrifuge barrel finisher > centrifugal disc finisher.

    11.6 Machine noise. Vibratory finisher > Centrifugal disc finisher > Centrifugal barrel finisher > Tumbling barrel finisher.

    11.7 Finishing time. Centrifugal disc finisher > Centrifugal barrel finisher > Vibratory finisher> Tumbling barrel finisher.

    11.8 Finishing costs. Centrifugal disc finisher > Centrifugal barrel finisher > Vibratory finisher > Tumbling barrel finisher.

    11.9 Cutting force. Centrifugal disc finisher > Centrifugal barrel finisher > Tumbling barrel finisher > Vibratory finisher.

  • 12. What kind of daily maintenance can extend the service life of the hardware tumbler?
  • 12.1 Before each start-up, should the overall appearance of the machine be checked for damage? Is the foot position stable? Is there any abnormal noise during operation?

    12.2 Depending on the model, do you regularly check whether the spring of the machine is broken? Are there any cracks in the casing? Does the tension of the transmission chain, synchronous belt, and sprocket match? Is the lining damaged? Is there any water leakage from the sealing cover?

    12.3 The motor needs to be lubricated every month. Are there any signs of aging and failure of the electrical components? Is the copper wire of the electric wire exposed?

    12.4 Operate within the rated load capacity of the machine and do not overload it. Generally, the material loading capacity of the entire machine should not exceed 70% of the total load capacity of the machine.

    If you are a hardware finishing job shop, your finishing and polishing equipment must be in working condition for a long time, so good maintenance habits can better extend the service life of your hardware tumbler and create more benefits for you.

  • 13． How to buy a hardware tumbler?
  • As a finishing and polishing machine manufacturer, we have a variety of mass finishing machines available. Before ordering, you need to send samples for process testing. If you are satisfied with the results, please refer to the following steps to confirm your ordering requirements:

    13.1 Power requirements. Our hardware tumbler requires 380V/3-phase/50Hz industrial power and is not suitable for civilian 220V/2-phase power. Special requests need to be confirmed in advance.

    13.2 Processing capability requirements. First estimate the quantity of your product that needs to be processed every day, your shift schedule, and confirm the machine model based on the process plan.

    13.3 Your product parts size. These workpieces within 300mm can all be processed, but the vibrating finishing machine is the most commonly finisher. For workpieces that are too long, a long rectangular tub finishing machine is needed. Some small-sized precision parts require a precision finishing machine. It is recommended to use a centrifugal barrel finishing machine. Workpieces within 100mm require rapid deburring and polishing, then the centrifugal disc finishing machine is the best choice, It is not afraid of deformation or bumping. For thin workpieces within 300mm in length, which are easy to adsorb each other, use a barrel tumbling finishing machine.

    13.4 Selection of tumbling media. According to the effect of the testing sample, select the appropriate abrasive material, cutting strength, shape, and size.

    13.5 Wear resistance of tumbling media. Different cutting strengths, shapes, and sizes determine the different wear resistance properties of abrasive media. Finishing media with heavy cutting force have smaller wear resistance than media with light cutting force due to the large grit size of corundum sand contained. The larger the product, the longer it will last and the more wear-resistant it will be. There are also different shapes with different wear resistance. For example, shapes such as spheres and cylinders are more durable than triangles and tri-star shapes.

    13.6 Finishing time. The finishing efficiency of each model is different. You should choose the appropriate model based on your production shift schedule, product output, and batch processing time requirements for deburring and polishing.

    13.7 The intensity of working. The bowl of the vibrating finishing machine is open, making it easy to load materials; the disc type is similar and easy to load and unload; the centrifugal barrel type has a smaller working barrel and a smaller opening, so it takes more time to load and unload. The opening of the tumbling barrel is also small, and the loading and unloading of materials is relatively slow; the overall labor intensity and loading and unloading time are stronger than the disc type, the tumbling barrel type, and the centrifugal barrel type.

  • 14. How to improve the polishing efficiency of hardware tumbler?
  • Some precautions during actual use can help improve the efficiency of the hardware tumbler.

    14.1 Reasonable ratio of abrasive media to workpiece. The reasonable ratio of the two when loading and feeding is the key factor affecting the finishing and polishing efficiency. The most commonly used ratio is 3:1 abrasive media to workpiece. Please refer to the table below to determine your usage:

    Media to workpiece volume ratio Typical application
    0 : 1 No tumbling media, self-finishing and polishing, such as some decorative stones for handicrafts.
    1 : 1 The same proportion of abrasive media and parts such as forgings, castings, etc., with very rough surfaces.
    2 : 1 Gentle finishing, allowing workpieces to collide with each other.
    3 : 1 Minimum ratio for finishing copper, aluminum, zinc and other non-ferrous metal workpieces. The workpieces may collide with each other, so the ratio is suitable for grinding and polishing ferrous metals.
    4 : 1 The ratio of non-ferrous metal workpieces with average efficiency. High polishing efficiency ratio for ferrous metal parts.
    5 : 1 More suitable for finishing non-ferrous metal parts. Workpieces rarely collide with each other.
    6 : 1 Suitable for finishing of non-ferrous metal products. Commonly used for pre-plating treatment with resin media and aluminum and zinc alloy workpieces.
    8 : 1 Suitable for finishing of non-ferrous metals or precision parts. Less surface roughness and smoothness.
    10:1~20:1 Better finishing quality. Suitable for irregular shapes or fragile workpieces.
    Maximizing No collision between workpieces. One machine polishes one part or each workpiece needs to be separated.


    14.2 Loading capacity. Too much or too little loading will affect the finishing efficiency of the machine. Please do not feed materials at 100% full load or less than 50%. Generally, the overall volume of the material after loading does not exceed 70% of the barrel volume, and the water surface does not exceed 80% of the barrel volume.

    14.3 Amount of finishing compound liquid. Too little dosage will definitely not play the role of the additive in accelerating grinding. Too much dosage will produce a large amount of foam, which will pollute the environment, and on the other hand, it will block the tumbling and rotating motion of the abrasive media and the workpiece, reducing the grinding efficiency.

    14.4 Suitable machine operating speed. This is a process that requires long-term experience accumulation. Polishing efficiency depends on the material and size of the tumbling media used, the amount of water and chemical compound added, and the running speed of the machine. Too little material input and high-speed machine operation speed will cause over-grinding of the product, affecting the overall size, accuracy or chamfering degree. Excessive material input and too low machine speed will cause insufficient movement of the workpiece inside the abrasive media, reduce cutting strength, and affect efficiency.

  • 15. How long does it take to polish the parts with a hardware tumbler?
  • There are three factors that determine the finishing time it takes to a hardware deburring tumbler:

    15.1 The material and surface condition of the workpiece. The length, thickness, and location of burrs, flash, and sharp edges will all affect the processing time. In addition, the harder the workpiece is, the longer it will take. On the contrary, the softer the workpiece will be, the shorter the time will be.

    15.2 The choicing of polishing machines. Generally speaking, compared by finishing speed, centrifugal disc finisher > centrifugal barrel finisher > vibratory finisher > tumbling barrel finisher.

    15.3 The capacity of the machine. The larger the capacity of the machine, the greater the friction process between the abrasive media and the workpiece, and the faster the desired effect can be achieved.

  • 16. Which hardware tumbler is the best?
  • In the surface treatment industry, there are various finishing equipment and polishing process methods. Such as manual polishing, robot polishing, chemical polishing, electrolytic polishing, abrasive flow polishing, magnetic polishing, sandblasting and shot blasting, plasma polishing and other processes. Each polishing method has its own characteristics and applicable fields, so no one polishing machine is the best. Only the equipment that is more suitable for your own product polishing needs is the best.
What is a parts deburring machine?

About Parts Deburring Machine

  • 1．What is the parts deburring machine?
  • Are you looking for a polishing process method on how to remove burrs quickly? ShineTec’s parts deburring machine is a automatic small deburring machine, also called a workpiece finishing machine. It is specially used for machining, precision molds, auto parts, aerospace, medical equipment, mechanical parts, and plastics products, 3C digital, metal casting, electronic devices, hardware parts, kitchen supplies, 3D printing, textile workpieces, powder metallurgy, electrical components, minting, jewelry, instrumentation, handicraft accessories and other industries product parts and workpieces. It is a professional tool for deburring, deflashing, descaling, chamfering and other surfaces treatment in large quantities and efficiently, and performs automated finishing processing.
    ShineTec's parts deburring machine
  • 2. What are the advantages of a parts deburring machine compared to manual deburring?
  • In an era of automation and intelligence, are you still looking for manual deburring methods? Let us recommend to you this large-volume, high-efficiency automatic deburring and polishing process. Its comparative advantages over manual deburring are as follows:

    2.1 Compared with manual deburring, the efficiency can be improved dozens of times. Using some large-scale deburring and polishing machines, hundreds or even thousands of kilograms of material can be fed at one time, and all can be completed within dozens of minutes or hours. This processing efficiency is incomparable to manual polishing.

    2.2 The surface effect after deburring is uniform and controllable. The quality of manual deburring and polishing depends on the personal skill level of the worker. Some products may have clean burrs, while others may still have some residue. The surface quality of each product is different. Sometimes it may also cause product damage, resulting in a relatively high scrap rate.

    2.3 The running costs of parts deburring machines are extremely low. The one-time purchase cost of the machine starts from a few thousand dollars, and it can generally be used for many years. The choice of ordinary abrasive media depends on the actual conditions of the product parts that need to be processed, and the price ranges from a few dollars per kilogram to more than ten dollars, buying a few hundred kilograms at a time can usually take several months. The amount of finishing liquid is very small and the cost is almost negligible.
    Ordinary models can feed dozens of kilograms of workpieces at a time, and the deburring time for a batch is generally 30-60 minutes. The direct cost of finishing and polishing when evenly distributed to each product is minimal.
    On the other hand, in terms of saving labor costs, the advantages of automatic parts deburring machines are even greater. As long as workers need to handle it when loading and unloading materials, the machine can be operated unattended, which greatly saves labor costs.

    2.4 In addition to the automatic deburring function, ShineTec’s parts deburring machine can also perform surface treatment technology of descaling, derusting, cleaning, chamfering, degreasing, decontaminating, brightening, burnishing, etc., powerful functions and wide applicability.

  • 3．Can you tell me how the parts deburring machine deburrs?
  • In order to solve the problems of low efficiency, low quality and high labor cost of manual deburring, ShineTec’s parts deburring machine is an automatic finishing and polishing machine. The main operating principle is to use a dedicated Tumbling Deburring Media are mixed with the product workpiece, an appropriate amount of water and chemical finishing liquid in a certain proportion, and put into the working barrel, mechanical movements such as vibrating, centrifugal high-speed rotation, disc rotation, and tumbling rolling rotation are used to rotate the abrasive media and the workpiece together in the barrel, and the cutting force of the abrasive surface is used to finish the burrs on the surface of the workpiece.

    There are four main product types of parts deburring machines. Each movement mode has its own advantages and disadvantages, and is suitable for different finishing, polishing and deburring needs. Vibratory deburring is the most common process method. If you need to process large quantities every day, such as product workpieces of hundreds of kilograms or more, then choose a vibrating deburring machine. If you need to process some small precision parts, the quantity is within tens of kilograms, the centrifugal barrel deburring process is the most suitable method. If you are looking for the fastest deburring process, then centrifugal disc deburring is the fastest polishing method. If you want to find the cheapest, lowest cost deburring process, go for the tumbling barrel deburring method.

    Working principle of parts deburring machine
  • 4. What types of parts deburring machines are available from ShineTec?
  • According to different operating modes, parts deburring machines are divided into the following four types:

    4.1 Vibratory Deburring Machine. It is a general-purpose deburring machine. The spiral vibration method is used to drive the deburring media and the workpiece to move together to achieve the vibration deburring effect.

    4.2 Centrifugal Barrel Deburring Machine. It is suitable for rapid deburring of precision parts and components. It is similar to the operation of a Ferris wheel. The motor drives the large centrifugal disk to rotate, allowing the four barrels on the disk to rotate at high speed, driving the deburring media and the workpiece to move together to achieve the centrifugal deburring effect.

    4.3 Centrifugal Disc Deburring Machine. It is the fastest deburring equipment. The chassis drives the barrel to rotate at high speed on the horizontal plane. The deburring media and workpiece also tumble and rotate in the barrel to achieve the disc deburring effect.

    4.4 Tumbling Barrel Deburring Machine. It is the simplest structure and the lowest cost deburring method. The barrel rolls around the central axis, and the deburring media in the barrel rolls together with the workpiece to achieve the tumbling deburring effect.

  • 5. How much does a parts deburring machine cost?
  • The price of the machine ranges from several thousand to tens of thousands. The price of deburring media generally costs around a few thousand dollars for an initial order of several hundred kilograms. Such an automatic deburring and polishing solution can be said to be quite economical.
    However, the economic benefits brought by using a automatic parts deburring machine are very high. If your products still use manual finishing and polishing, we can conduct a calculation of the processing cost to see how much our workpiece deburring and polishing machine can save you.

  • 6. What kind of abrasive media do parts deburring machines use?
  • Because our parts deburring machines can be used to handle a variety of surface treatment process requirements, the tumbling finishing media provided are divided into three types: rough finishing, fine finishing and polishing:

    6.1 Ceramic tumbling media for rough finishing, mainly include Ceramic Deburring Media, Resin Finishing Media , divided into heavy cutting force, medium cutting force and light cutting force.

    6.2 Fine finishing media, include white corundum finishing media, chrome corundum finishing media, 3P finishing media, etc., because the grit size of the micropowder contained in it is very fine, some of which are nearly 2000-3000 mesh, it can continuously perform micro-cutting on the surface of the workpiece to form a more delicate surface roughness.

    6.3 Tumbling polishing media include high alumina porcelain polishing media, high-density porcelain polishing media (high-alumina porcelain media with an alumina content of more than 95%), stainless steel polishing media, Walnut shell polishing media, corn cob polishing media and so on. The main purpose is to improve the gloss and brightness of the workpiece surface.

  • 7．What kind of parts deburring machine is a good and qualified machine?
  • To measure whether a parts deburring machine is qualified or not, it mainly depends on the quality of the raw materials used and the quality control during the production and manufacturing process.

    7.1 Quality assurance of raw materials. Because the PU lining in the working barrel of the machine is a wearing part and needs to be replaced regularly, the wear resistance of the PU lining is a key quality indicator. The raw materials of our PU come from American Dow Chemical products, and the quality can be guaranteed.

    7.2 Reliable motor quality. The motor used in the parts deburring machine is a key component related to product quality. Our motors, including vertical vibrating motors, speed-regulating motors, and three-phase asynchronous motors, all come from well-known professional motor manufacturers such as Wuxi and Shanghai, and their quality is reliably guaranteed.

    7.3 Electrical accessories. All are purchased from domestic first-tier manufacturers such as Chint and Delixi.

    7.4 Steel plate profiles. Purchased from Shanghai Baosteel Products.

    7.5 Manufacturing process guarantee. Product production is controlled by skilled workers with many years of front-line production experience, adhering to the spirit of craftsmanship to ensure product quality.
    We are a deburring machine manufacturer in Huzhou, Zhejiang. If you don’t know which company in Huzhou produces the best parts deburring machine, in other words, where can I find the most professional parts deburring machine in Huzhou? You might as well take a look at our ShineTec products to learn more about them.

  • 8. What kind of workpiece can be finished by the parts deburring machine?
  • The parts deburring machine is a professional, mechanical automatic polishing equipment, which can be called a finishing artifact. Compared with manual deburring and polishing, this is a highly efficient automatic deburring equipment that can deburr hundreds of kilograms of workpieces. The products can be finished and polished in batches at one time, which may only take dozens of minutes.

    This automatic finishing machine is especially good at deburring products with irregular and complex shapes, including some cross holes, dead corners, gaps, and some hard-to-reach parts of the inner wall.
    The materials of workpiece range from non-ferrous metals, ferrous metals, powder metallurgy, plastics, acrylic, rubber, bamboo, stone, glass and other materials. It can be said that there is almost no material that cannot be processed.
    If you have the need to deburr mechanical parts, don’t know how to quickly deburr, and are looking for an automatic deburring machine for workpieces, then you can learn more about our automatic deburring machine from ShineTec, compare the product quality and professional performance with others.

    Effect after deburring structural parts
    Effect after deburring stainless steel products
  • 9. What are the differences between different types of parts deburring machines?
  • According to different operating modes, automatic deburring machines are divided into the following four types:

    9.1 Vibratory deburring machine. It is a general-purpose finishing machine. The spiral vibrating method is used to drive the tumbling finishing media and the workpiece to move together to achieve the deburring, polishing effect.

    9.2 Centrifugal barrel deburring machine. It is suitable for rapid deburring of precision parts. It is similar to the operation of a Ferris wheel. The motor drives the large centrifugal disk to rotate, allowing the four barrels on the disk to rotate at high speed, driving the abrasive and the workpiece to move together to achieve the deburring and polishing effect.

    9.3 Centrifugal disc deburring machine. It is the fastest deburring equipment. The chassis drives the barrel to rotate at high speed on the horizontal plane. The abrasive media and workpiece also tumble and rotate in the barrel to achieve the deburring and polishing effect.

    9.4 Tumbling barrel deburring machine. It is the simplest structure and the lowest cost deburring method. The barrel rolls around the central axis, and the tumbling media in the barrel rolls together with the workpiece to achieve the finishing, polishing effect.

    9.5 Processing capability. We compare according to the largest models in their respective categories. The vibrating deburring machine can process tons of products at a time. The largest barrel deburring machine can also achieve such processing capabilities. The centrifugal disc deburring machine can reach 1-200 kg, the centrifugal barrel deburring machine can handle about 2-300 kg. Taking into account the processing time required for a complete batch, the processing capacity can be arranged in the following order: vibratory finisher > tumbling barrel finisher > centrifugal barrel finisher > centrifugal disc finisher.

    9.6 Machine noise. vibratory finisher > centrifugal disc finisher > centrifugal barrel finisher > tumbling barrel finisher.

    9.7 Deburring time. centrifugal disc finisher > centrifugal barrel finisher > vibratory finisher > tumbling barrel finisher.

    9.8 Deburring cost. centrifugal disc finisher > centrifugal barrel finisher > vibratory finisher > tumbling barrel finisher.

    9.9 Cutting force. centrifugal disc finisher > centrifugal barrel finisher > tumbling barrel finisher > vibratory finisher.

  • 10. What kind of daily maintenance can extend the service life of the parts deburring machine?
  • As a manufacturer of automatic deburring machines, we recommend the following daily maintenance measures:

    10.1 Before each start-up, should the overall appearance of the machine be checked for damage? Is the foot position stable? Is there any abnormal noise during operation?

    10.2 Depending on the model, do you regularly check whether the spring of the machine is broken? Are there any cracks in the casing? Does the tension of the transmission chain, synchronous belt, and sprocket match? Is the lining gel damaged? Is there any water leakage from the sealing cover?

    10.3 The motor needs to be lubricated every month. Are there any signs of aging and failure of the electrical components? Is the copper wire of the electric wire exposed?

    10.4 Operate within the rated load capacity of the machine and do not overload it. Generally, the material loading capacity of the entire machine should not exceed 70% of the total load capacity of the machine.

  • 11. How to buy a parts deburring machine?
  • Before ordering, you need to send samples for process testing. If you are satisfied with the results, please refer to the following steps to confirm your ordering requirements:

    11.1 Power requirements. Our parts deburring machine requires 380V/3-phase/50Hz industrial power and is not suitable for civilian 220V/2-phase power. Special requests need to be confirmed in advance.

    11.2 Processing capability requirements. First estimate the quantity of your product that needs to be processed every day, your shift schedule, and confirm the machine model based on the process plan.

    11.3 Your product parts size. The workpiece within 300mm can be processed by all models, but the vibrating finisher is the most commonly used deburring equipment. For workpieces that are too long, a rectangular tub-shaped vibrating deburring machine is needed. Some small-sized precision parts require the use of a centrifugal barrel finisher. For workpieces within 100mm that need to be quickly deburred, a centrifugal disc finisher is the best choice. No afraid of deformation or bumping. Use a barrel tumbling finisher for thin workpieces within 300mm in length that are easy to adsorb to each other.

    11.3 Selection of deburring media. According to the effect of the sample, select the appropriate abrasive media, cutting strength, shape, and size.

    11.4 Wear resistance of tumbling media. Different cutting strength, shape, and size determine the different wear resistance properties of abrasive media when used. Tumbling media with heavy cutting force have smaller wear resistance than media with light cutting force due to the large grit size of corundum sand contained. The larger the product, the longer it will last and the more wear-resistant it will be. There are also different shapes with different wear resistance. For example, shapes such as spheres and cylinders are more durable than triangles and tri-star shapes.

    11.5 Finishing time. The deburring efficiency of each model is different. You should choose the appropriate model based on your production shift schedule, product output, and batch processing time requirements for finishing and polishing.

    11.6 The working intensity. The bowl of the vibrating deburring machine is open, making it easy to load materials; the centrifugal disc type is similar and easy to load and unload; the centrifugal barrel type has a smaller working barrel and a smaller opening, so it takes more time to load and unload. The opening of the tumbling barrel is also small, and the loading and unloading of materials is relatively slow; the overall labor intensity and loading and unloading time are stronger than the centrifugal disc/barrel type.

    If you want to buy a metal deburring machine, precision parts deburring machine, gear deburring machine, laser cutting deburring machine, plastic product deburring machine, ShineTec’s workpiece deburring and polishing machine should be able to meet your requirements.

  • 12. How to improve the finishing efficiency of parts deburring machine?
  • Some precautions during actual use can help improve the efficiency of the automatic deburring and polishing machine.

    12.1 Reasonable ratio of abrasive media to workpiece. The reasonable ratio of the two when loading and feeding is the key factor affecting the finishing and polishing efficiency. The most commonly used ratio is 3:1 abrasive to workpiece. Please refer to the table below to determine your usage:

    Abrasive media to workpiece volume ratio Typical application
    0 : 1 No tumbling media, self-finishing and polishing, such as some decorative stones for handicrafts.
    1 : 1 The same proportion of abrasive media and parts such as forgings, castings, etc., with very rough surfaces.
    2 : 1 Gentle finishing, allowing workpieces to collide with each other.
    3 : 1 Minimum ratio for finishing copper, aluminum, zinc and other non-ferrous metal workpieces. The workpieces may collide with each other, so the ratio is suitable for grinding and polishing ferrous metals.
    4 : 1 The ratio of non-ferrous metal workpieces with average efficiency. High polishing efficiency ratio for ferrous metal parts.
    5 : 1 More suitable for finishing non-ferrous metal parts. Workpieces rarely collide with each other.
    6 : 1 Suitable for finishing of non-ferrous metal products. Commonly used for pre-plating treatment with resin media and aluminum and zinc alloy workpieces.
    8 : 1 Suitable for finishing of non-ferrous metals or precision parts. Less surface roughness and smoothness.
    10:1~20:1 Better finishing quality. Suitable for irregular shapes or fragile workpieces.
    Maximizing No collision between workpieces. One machine polishes one part or each workpiece needs to be separated.


    12.2 Loading capacity. Too much or too little loading will affect the finishing efficiency of the machine. Please do not feed materials at 100% full load or less than 50%. Generally, the overall volume of the material after loading does not exceed 70% of the barrel volume, and the water surface does not exceed 80% of the barrel volume.

    12.3 Amount of finishing compound liquid. Too little dosage will definitely not play the role of the additive in accelerating grinding. Too much dosage will produce a large amount of foam, which will pollute the environment, and on the other hand, it will block the tumbling and rotating motion of the abrasive media and the workpiece, reducing the grinding efficiency.

    12.4 Suitable machine operating speed. This is a process that requires long-term experience accumulation. Polishing efficiency depends on the material and size of the tumbling media used, the amount of water and chemical compound added, and the running speed of the machine. Too little material input and high-speed machine operation speed will cause over-grinding of the product, affecting the overall size, accuracy or chamfering degree. Excessive material input and too low machine speed will cause insufficient movement of the workpiece inside the abrasive media, reduce cutting strength, and affect efficiency.

  • 13．How long does it take to deburr a workpiece with a parts deburring machine?
  • There are three factors that determine the finishing time it takes to a hardware deburring tumbler:

    13.1 The material and surface condition of the workpiece. The length, thickness, and location of burrs, flash, and sharp edges will all affect the processing time. In addition, the harder the workpiece is, the longer it will take. On the contrary, the softer the workpiece will be, the shorter the time will be.

    13.2 The choicing of polishing machines. Generally speaking, compared by finishing speed, centrifugal disc finisher > centrifugal barrel finisher > vibratory finisher > tumbling barrel finisher.

    13.3 The capacity of the machine. The larger the capacity of the machine, the greater the friction process between the abrasive media and the workpiece, and the faster the desired effect can be achieved.

  • 14. Is the parts deburring machine safe?
  • Compared with polishing processes such as angle grinders, belt sanders, or chemical finishing used for manual polishing, the parts deburring machine is the most secure.
    As long as you follow regular daily maintenance and pay more attention to whether the power cord is broken or the copper wire is exposed, the machine will be safe for daily use.
    Wastewater will be produced during the deburring process, which can be recycled and will not affect the environment. Therefore, there are no safety issues in environmental protection.

What is the deburring tumbler?

About Deburring Tumbler

  • 1．What is the deburring tumbler?
  • ShineTec’s automatic deburring tumbler is an automated machinery and equipment for mechanical processing, precision molds, auto parts, aerospace, medical equipment, mechanical parts, plastic products, 3C digital, metal casting, electronic devices, hardware parts, kitchenware, 3D printing, textile workpieces, powder metallurgy, electrical components, minting, jewelry, instrumentation, handicrafts and accessories and other industries, it can be used to deburr, deflash, descale, derust, etc. in large quantities and efficiently. The professional tools for surface finishing.
    ShineTec's deburring tumbler
  • 2. What can the deburring tumbler do?
  • The automatic deburring tumbler is a specialized mechanical polishing equipment, which can be called a deburring artifact. Compared with manual deburring, this is a highly efficient automated finishing equipment that can batch hundreds or thousands of kilograms of workpieces at one time. Polishing may only take a few dozen minutes.
    This kind of automated deburring machine is especially good at deburring products with irregular and complex shapes, including some cross holes, dead corners, gaps, and some hard-to-reach parts of the inner wall.
    If you don’t know how to deburr your product quickly? Where can I find automatic deburring machines and equipment? The ShineTec automatic deburring tumbler introduced to you today is the best choice. In the future, you no longer need to consider manual deburring methods. Use a fully automatic deburring tumbler, right? You’ll get twice the result with half the effort.

    automatic deburring tumbler
  • 3．Can you tell me how the deburring tumbler works?
  • In order to solve the problems of low efficiency, low quality and high labor cost of manual deburring, ShineTec’s deburring tumbler is an automatic deburring and polishing machine. The main operating principle is to combine special tumbler media with product workpieces, appropriate amounts of water and finishing compound. Mix them together in a certain proportion and put them into the working barrel of the deburring machine. Vibrating, centrifugal barrel high-speed rotating, centrifugal disc rotating, tumbling barrel rolling and other mechanical movements are used to tumble and rotate the finishing media and the workpiece together in the barrel, using the cutting force of the abrasive media surface, polish the burrs on the surface of the workpiece.
    Each movement method has its own advantages and disadvantages, and is suitable for different finishing and deburring needs. Vibratory deburring is the most common process method. If you need to process large quantities every day, such as workpieces of hundreds of kilograms or more, then choose a vibrating deburring machine. If you need to process some small precision parts, the quantity is within tens of kilograms, the centrifugal barrel deburring process is the most suitable method. If you are looking for the fastest deburring process, then centrifugal disc deburring is the fastest polishing method. If you want to find the cheapest, lowest cost deburring process, go for the barrel tumbling deburring method.

  • 4. What are the benefits with a deburring tumbler?
  • The main benefit is that this is a high-volume, high-efficiency automatic deburring process. details as follows:

    4.1 Compared with manual deburring, the efficiency can be improved dozens of times. Using some large-scale deburring machines, hundreds or even thousands of kilograms of material can be fed at one time, and all can be completed within dozens of minutes or hours. Such processing efficiency cannot be compared with manual deburring.

    4.2 The surface effect after deburring is uniform and controllable. The quality of manual deburring and polishing depends on the personal skill level of the worker. Some products may have clean burrs, while others may still have some residue. The surface quality of each product is different. Sometimes it may also cause product damage, resulting in a relatively high scrap rate.

    4.3 The running costs of deburring tumblers are extremely low. The one-time purchase cost of the machine starts from a few thousand dollars, and it can generally be used for many years. The choice of ordinary tumbler deburring media depends on the actual conditions of the product parts that need to be processed, and the price ranges from a few dollars per kilogram to more than ten dollars. Buying a few hundred kilograms at a time can usually take several months. The amount of polishing fluid is very small and the cost is almost negligible.
    Ordinary models can feed dozens of kilograms of workpieces at a time, and the deburring time for a batch is generally 30-60 minutes. The direct cost of finishing and polishing when evenly distributed to each product is minimal.
    On the other hand, the advantages of automatic deburring tumbler are even greater in terms of saving labor costs. As long as workers need to handle it when loading and unloading materials, the machine can be operated unattended, which greatly saves labor costs.

    4.4 In addition to the automatic deburring function, ShineTec’s deburring tumbler can also perform surface treatment processes such as descaling, derusting, deflashing, smoothing, cleaning, chamfering, degreasing, decontaminating, and improvement of surface brightness. It features powerful functions and wide applicability. If you don’t know how to quickly deburr your product, we recommend you learn more about our fully automatic deburring tumbler.
  • 5. What types of deburring tumbler do ShineTec have?
  • According to different operating modes, our deburring tumblers are divided into the following four types:

    5.1 Vibratory Deburring Machine. It is a general-purpose deburring machine. The spiral vibration method is used to drive the deburring media and the workpiece to move together to achieve the vibration deburring effect.

    5.2 Centrifugal Barrel Deburring Machine. It is suitable for rapid deburring of precision parts and components. It is similar to the operation of a Ferris wheel. The motor drives the large centrifugal disk to rotate, allowing the four barrels on the disk to rotate at high speed, driving the deburring media and the workpiece to move together to achieve the centrifugal deburring effect.

    5.3 Centrifugal Disc Deburring Machine. It is the fastest deburring equipment. The chassis drives the barrel to rotate at high speed on the horizontal plane. The deburring media and workpiece also tumble and rotate in the barrel to achieve the disc deburring effect.

    5.4 Tumbling Barrel Deburring Machine. It is the simplest structure and the lowest cost deburring method. The barrel rolls around the central axis, and the deburring media in the barrel rolls together with the workpiece to achieve the tumbling deburring effect.

  • 6. What does dry and wet deburring mean?
  • Dry finishing is a deburring and polishing method that only adds finishing media, workpieces, polishing paste or polishing powder when the machine is running, and does not add water.
    Wet finishing is a deburring and polishing method that requires adding an appropriate amount of chemical liquid and water to the finishing media and workpiece when the machine is running.
    Wet finishing is the most widely used finishing and polishing process. For most common materials and general-purpose products, wet deburring is the most suitable method. With the assistance of water and liquid finishing compound, it can speed up the deburring process, reduce bumps, lower the machine operating temperature, and avoid dust producing, extending the service life of the machine.
    Dry finishing is mainly used in the polishing process of some products that cannot come into contact with water, such as the deburring process of some easily corroded metal products, wooden handicrafts, precision parts, and the drying process of products after wet finishing.

    dry polishing in barrel tumbler
  • 7．What kind of abrasive media are used in deburring tumbler?
  • Because our deburring tumbler can be used to handle a variety of surface treatment process requirements, the tumbling finishing media provided are divided into three types: rough finishing, fine finishing and polishing:

    7.1 Ceramic tumbling media for rough finishing, mainly include Ceramic Deburring Media, Resin Finishing Media , divided into heavy cutting force, medium cutting force and light cutting force.

    7.2 Fine finishing media, include white corundum finishing media, chrome corundum finishing media, 3P finishing media, etc., because the grit size of the micropowder contained in it is very fine, some of which are nearly 2000-3000 mesh, it can continuously perform micro-cutting on the surface of the workpiece to form a more delicate surface roughness.

    7.3 Tumbling polishing media include high alumina porcelain polishing media, high-density porcelain polishing media (high-alumina porcelain media with an alumina content of more than 95%), stainless steel polishing media, Walnut shell polishing media, corn cob polishing media and so on. The main purpose is to improve the gloss and brightness of the workpiece surface.
  • 8. What factors should be considered when choosing a suitable deburring tumbler?
  • The actual surface condition of your product, such as the length of burrs, product dimensions, surface holes, gap size and distribution, product material, processing quantity requirements, and what are the subsequent processes?
    Only by fully understanding your requirements can we provide the best deburring and polishing process solutions.
  • 9. What kind of workpiece can the deburring tumbler handle?
  • No material limit. From non-ferrous metals, ferrous metals, powder metallurgy, plastics, acrylic, rubber, bamboo, stone, glass and other materials, there is almost no material that cannot be processed.
    No limit on appearance. Special-shaped, irregular and complex internal and external surface shapes can be processed.
    Wide range of specifications and sizes. The size of the product can range from a few millimeters to several meters. Of course, for economic reasons, the overall size should not exceed 1 meter.
    Parts and components for various purposes. Metal stamping parts, laser cutting parts, aluminum alloy processing parts, zinc alloy die-casting parts, 3D printing parts, plastic injection molding parts, etc. If you are looking for a automatic deburring machine, metal deburring machine, precision parts deburring machine, mechanical parts deburring machine, plastic product deburring machine, laser cutting deburring machine, gear deburring machine, ShineTec’s deburring tumbler is sure to meet your needs.

    Effect after mechanical parts deburring
    Effect after thread deburring
  • 10．What are the differences between different types of deburring tumbler?
  • Let’s compare the differences between different types of automatic deburring tumblers from the following aspects:

    10.1 Processing capability. We compare according to the largest models in their respective categories. The vibrating deburring machine can process tons of products at a time. The largest barrel deburring machine can also achieve such processing capabilities. The centrifugal disc deburring machine can reach 1-200 kg, the centrifugal barrel deburring machine can handle about 2-300 kg. Taking into account the processing time required for a complete batch, the processing capacity can be arranged in the following order: vibratory finisher > tumbling barrel finisher > centrifugal barrel finisher > centrifugal disc finisher.

    10.2 Machine noise. vibratory tumbler > centrifugal disc tumbler > centrifugal barrel tumbler > tumbling barrel tumbler.

    10.3 Deburring time. centrifugal disc tumbler > centrifugal barrel tumbler > vibratory tumbler > tumbling barrel tumbler.

    10.4 Deburring cost. centrifugal disc tumbler > centrifugal barrel tumbler > vibratory tumbler > tumbling barrel tumbler.

    10.5 Cutting force. centrifugal disc tumbler > centrifugal barrel tumbler > tumbling barrel tumbler > vibratory tumbler.

  • 11．What kind of daily maintenance can extend the service life of the deburring tumbler?
  • 11.1 Do not overload the machine. Each automatic deburring tumbler has a rated usage capacity, so the machine cannot be overloaded in order to improve production efficiency. Generally, the material loading capacity of the entire machine should not exceed 70% of the total load capacity of the machine.

    11.2 Maintain regular maintenance. The specific work content involves the lubrication of the motor, inspection of the PU lining, inspection of the integrity of mechanical components, inspection of operating temperature, etc.

    11.3 Inspection of electrical systems. Check whether the components in the electrical control box are aging, and whether the power cord is broken or the copper wire is exposed.

  • 12．How to buy a deburring tumbler?
  • We are a manufacturer of deburring tumbler. Before ordering, you need to send samples for process testing. If you are satisfied with the results, please refer to the following steps to confirm your ordering requirements:

    12.1 Power requirements. Our parts deburring machine requires 380V/3-phase/50Hz industrial power and is not suitable for civilian 220V/2-phase power. Special requests need to be confirmed in advance.

    12.2 Processing capability requirements. First estimate the quantity of your product that needs to be processed every day, your shift schedule, and confirm the machine model based on the process plan.

    12.3 Your product parts size. The workpiece within 300mm can be processed by all models, but the vibrating finisher is the most commonly used deburring equipment. For workpieces that are too long, a rectangular tub deburring machine is needed. Some small-sized precision parts require the use of a centrifugal barrel finisher. For workpieces within 100mm that need to be quickly deburred, a centrifugal disc finisher is the best choice. No afraid of deformation or bumping. Use a barrel tumbling finisher for thin workpieces within 300mm in length that are easy to adsorb to each other.

    12.3 Selection of deburring media. According to the effect of the sample, select the appropriate abrasive media, cutting strength, shape, and size.

    12.4 Durability of tumbling media. Different cutting strength, shape, and size determine the different wear resistance properties of abrasive media when used. Tumbling media with heavy cutting force have smaller wear resistance than media with light cutting force due to the large grit size of corundum sand contained. The larger the product, the longer it will last and the more wear-resistant it will be. There are also different shapes with different wear resistance. For example, shapes such as spheres and cylinders are more durable than triangles and tri-star shapes.

    12.5 Finishing time. The deburring efficiency of each model is different. You should choose the appropriate model based on your production shift schedule, product output, and batch processing time requirements for finishing and polishing.

    12.6 The working intensity. The bowl of the vibrating deburring machine is open, making it easy to load materials; the centrifugal disc type is similar and easy to load and unload; the centrifugal barrel type has a smaller working barrel and a smaller opening, so it takes more time to load and unload. The opening of the tumbling barrel is also small, and the loading and unloading of materials is relatively slow; the overall labor intensity and loading and unloading time are stronger than the centrifugal disc/barrel type.

  • 13．What tips can improve the deburring efficiency of deburring tumbler?
  • Some precautions during actual use can help improve the efficiency of the automatic deburring and polishing machine.

    13.1 Reasonable ratio of abrasive media to workpiece. The reasonable ratio of the two when loading and feeding is the key factor affecting the finishing and polishing efficiency. The most commonly used ratio is 3:1 abrasive to workpiece. Please refer to the table below to determine your usage:

    Abrasive media to workpiece volume ratio Typical application
    0 : 1 No tumbling media, self-finishing and polishing, such as some decorative stones for handicrafts.
    1 : 1 The same proportion of abrasive media and parts such as forgings, castings, etc., with very rough surfaces.
    2 : 1 Gentle finishing, allowing workpieces to collide with each other.
    3 : 1 Minimum ratio for finishing copper, aluminum, zinc and other non-ferrous metal workpieces. The workpieces may collide with each other, so the ratio is suitable for grinding and polishing ferrous metals.
    4 : 1 The ratio of non-ferrous metal workpieces with average efficiency. High polishing efficiency ratio for ferrous metal parts.
    5 : 1 More suitable for finishing non-ferrous metal parts. Workpieces rarely collide with each other.
    6 : 1 Suitable for finishing of non-ferrous metal products. Commonly used for pre-plating treatment with resin media and aluminum and zinc alloy workpieces.
    8 : 1 Suitable for finishing of non-ferrous metals or precision parts. Less surface roughness and smoothness.
    10:1~20:1 Better finishing quality. Suitable for irregular shapes or fragile workpieces.
    Maximizing No collision between workpieces. One machine polishes one part or each workpiece needs to be separated.


    13.2 Loading capacity. Too much or too little loading will affect the finishing efficiency of the machine. Please do not feed materials at 100% full load or less than 50%. Generally, the overall volume of the material after loading does not exceed 70% of the barrel volume, and the water surface does not exceed 80% of the barrel volume.

    13.3 Amount of finishing compound liquid. Too little dosage will definitely not play the role of the additive in accelerating grinding. Too much dosage will produce a large amount of foam, which will pollute the environment, and on the other hand, it will block the tumbling and rotating motion of the abrasive media and the workpiece, reducing the grinding efficiency.

    13.4 Suitable machine operating speed. This is a process that requires long-term experience accumulation. Polishing efficiency depends on the material and size of the tumbling media used, the amount of water and chemical finishing liquid added, and the running speed of the machine. Too little material input and high-speed machine operation speed will cause over-grinding of the product, affecting the overall size, accuracy or chamfering degree. Excessive material input and too low machine speed will cause insufficient movement of the workpiece inside the abrasive media, reduce cutting strength, and affect efficiency.

  • 14. How long does it take for a deburring tumbler to work?
  • It depends on the specifics of your product. Generally speaking, soft metals such as aluminum alloys and zinc alloys can achieve a satisfactory effect in less than an hour, while hard product workpieces such as stainless steel, titanium alloys, and cemented carbide may require Requires more than 2 hours of deburring time.
    In addition, the size of the machine used also affects the processing time. The bigger the machine, the less time it takes to grind.

What is the tumbling barrel deburring machine?

About Tumbling Barrel Deburring Machine

  • 1．What is the tumbling barrel deburring machine?
  • Tumbling barrel deburring machines are also called rotary barrel finishing machines, rotating tumbler. They use mechanical methods to automatically deburr, descale, derust, finish parts and workpieces in large quantities. Machinery and equipment for surface treatment processes such as deflashing, cleaning, chamfering, degreasing, decontaminating, brightening and improving surface brightness. Its operating principle is to put the product to be polished and the finishing media into the working barrel of the machine, allowing the abrasive and the workpiece to tumble and rotate together, forcing the abrasive and the workpiece to collide and rub against each other to achieve the surface cutting effect.
    The tumbling barrel polishing machine is the simplest structure and the oldest deburring mechanical equipment. The motor drives the barrel to rotate around the central X-axis through a chain or transmission gear. The deburring media in the barrel and the workpiece are turned over and rubbed against each other to achieve the deburring and polishing effect.

    ShineTec's tumbling barre deburring machine
  • 2. What is the difference between tumbling barrel deburring and other deburring processes?

  • 2.1 Tumbling barrel deburring is the most traditional mechanical polishing process. Their deburring and polishing principles are similar. The workpiece and the deburring media are mixed together to achieve the deburring effect. The difference is that the barrel tumbler takes the longest time to polish and remove burrs. It is the mechanical equipment tool with the lowest finishing efficiency, but at the same time it is the process equipment with the best surface polishing quality.

    Comparing deburring and cutting efficiency, it can be arranged in this order:
    Centrifugal disc deburring machine > Centrifugal barrel deburring machine > Vibratory deburring machine > Tumbling barrel deburring machine.

    Comparing surface polishing quality, it can be arranged in this order:
    Barrel tumbler > Centrifugal barrel tumbler > Vibrating tumbler > Centrifugal disc tumbler.

    2.2 The tumbling barrel deburring machine uses the dry finishing process when finely deburring and polishing the brightness. That is, the abrasive media and the workpiece are directly mixed together, an appropriate amount of polishing paste is added, and the finishing and polishing is performed directly in the barrel without adding water. Other finishing machines are not allowed to use dry finishing process.

  • 3．Can you tell me how a tumbling barrel deburring machine works?
  • Put the tumbling finising media, the parts to be polished, water, and polishing fluid into the barrel deburring machine according to the corresponding proportions, close the sealing cover of the barrel to make it watertight, and then start the machine. This process can also be called tumbling finishing and polishing process. The abrasive media and the workpiece collide and rub against each other in the barrel, automatically completing the cutting process, reducing the surface roughness of the product, and achieving deburring, descaling, deflashing, chamfering, brightening, burnishing. It is currently the lowest cost, most mature technology and most widely used deburring and polishing solution.

    Since the rotation speed of the barrel is very slow, usually within 50 RPM, the overall processing time of rough finishing, deburring and fine finishing and polishing for each batch will be more than ten hours. It is the slowest finishing and polishing equipment.

    Precision polishing are performed using a dry finishing process. Generally, particle-shaped mirror polishing media with smaller external dimensions are used, such as Corncob polishing media, Walnut shell polishing media, bamboo wood chip, 3P polishing media and other polishing media, with polishing paste, without adding water, can simulate manual polishing with a cloth wheel, so that the surface of the workpiece can achieve a mirror-like polishing effect.

    The effect of polishing hardware accessories
    The effect after descaling and brightening the surface of handicrafts
  • 4. What are the benefits of using a tumbling barrel deburring machine to polish parts?
  • Compared with manual polishing, there are definitely many advantages:

    4.1 Automatic large-scale mechanized deburring and polishing. Although the barrel deburring machine takes a relatively long time to finish and polish at one time, dozens hundreds or even tons of workpieces can be put into a batch, making the unit processing time advantage greater.

    4.2 Automatically remove rust and scale. Surface problems such as turning lines and mold lines can also be removed. This is the same as other tumbling finishing machines.

    4.3 Automatic chamfering. Products can be chamfered quickly.

    4.4 Improve surface finish and increase brightness. Make the product surface smoother and brighter. This is the strength of the barrel polishing machine. Its surface finish is of the highest quality.

    4.5 Automatic cleaning and degreasing. It can automatically remove dust, dirt, sludge and other phenomena adsorbed on the surface of the workpiece.

  • 5. Is the operating cost of a tumbling barrel deburring machine high?
  • Compared with manual finishing and polishing, the cost of barrel deburring machine can be said to be very low.
    This is the cheapest automatic finishing and polishing equipment. The one-time purchase cost of the machine can start from several thousand dollars, and it can generally be used for many years. The choice of ordinary abrasive media depends on the actual situation of the product parts that need to be processed, and the price ranges from a few dollars per kilogram to more than ten dollars. Etc., buying a few hundred kilograms at a time can generally last for months or even years. The amount of polishing compound is very small and the cost is almost negligible.
    The product workpiece can be fed with about tens of kilograms of material at a time in the smallest tumbling deburring machine. The finishing processing time for a batch is generally 2 hours. The direct cost of deburring and polishing when evenly distributed to each product is minimal.

    On the other hand, the advantage of using a barrel tumbling deburring machine is even greater in terms of saving labor costs. As long as workers need to handle it when loading and unloading materials, the machine can be operated unattended, which greatly saves labor costs.

  • 6. What optional configurations are available for ShineTec’s tumbling barrel deburring machine?
  • 6.1 protecting mask. A protective net cover can be installed outside the barrel to prevent collisions between people or materials during machine operation.

    6.2 Vibratory separator can be used to screen the abrasive media and parts. It can be used as an auxiliary equipment for the tumbling barrel deburring machine and can be configured separately.

    6.3 Frequency conversion speed regulation function. A frequency converter is also installed in the electrical control box, which is suitable for adjusting the machine at different operating speeds.

    tumbling barrel deburring machine with protective net cover
  • 7．Which model of tumbling barrel deburring machine should I choose?
  • You should choose which type of tumbling barrel deburring machine based on the shape, size, material, surface quality requirements, processing quantity and other factors of your product parts.
    There is no limit to the workpiece material suitable for the tumbling barrel deburring machine, and the length is generally within 0.5 meters. However, one requirement is that the workpiece cannot be easily deformed or may be bumped. Because the vertical drop is relatively large when the barrel is turned over, and the impact force of the abrasive media on the workpiece is also large, soft long strips or thin products are easily deformed and damaged.

  • 8. How does ShineTec ensure the quality of the tumbling barrel deburring machine?
  • 8.1 Quality assurance of raw materials. Because the lining of the working barrel of the machine can be rubber or PU, this lining is a wearing part and needs to be replaced regularly. The wear resistance of the colloid is a key quality indicator. The raw materials of our colloids come from major domestic manufacturers and products from Dow Chemical of the United States, so the quality can be guaranteed.

    8.2 Reliable motor quality. The motor is a key component related to product quality. The three-phase asynchronous motors used in our barrel deburring machines all come from well-known professional motor manufacturers in Shanghai, and there is no problem with their quality.

    8.3 Electrical accessories. All are purchased from domestic first-tier manufacturers such as Chint and Delixi.

    8.4 Steel plate profiles. Purchased from Shanghai Baosteel Products.

    8.5 Manufacturing Guaranteed. Product production is controlled by skilled workers with many years of front-line production experience, adhering to the spirit of craftsmanship to ensure product quality.

  • 9. How to order a tumbling barrel deburring machine?
  • Please confirm the following basic requirements first:

    9.1 Please send samples first and we will conduct samples testing to determine the best finishing and polishing process.

    9.2 Evaluate the quantity of your product components and workpieces that need to be processed every day? What surface quality is required?

    9.3 Choose the appropriate machine processing capacity, provide the space size of your work area, and determine the machine model.

    9.4 Confirm whether additional auxiliary equipment is required, such as vibratory separator, additional wearing spare parts, etc.

    9.5 The commonly used power supply for the machine is 380V/3-phase/50Hz. Are there any special power requirements?
    After clarifying the above details, you can place an order.

  • 10．What abrasive media can be used in barrel deburring machines?
  • Abrasive media for rough finishing, fine finishing and polishing:

    10.1 The abrasive used for rough finishing is mainly ceramic deburring media, which is divided into heavy cutting force, medium cutting force and light cutting force.

    10.2 Abrasives for fine fininishing include white corundum finishing media, chrome corundum finishing media, 3P finishing media, etc. Since the grit size of the micropowder contained in them is very fine, some of which are nearly 2000-3000 mesh, it can continuously polish the workpiece surface. Continuous micro-cutting creates a more delicate surface roughness.

    10.3 Polishing media include high-alumina porcelain media, high-density porcelain media (high-alumina porcelain polishing media with an alumina content of more than 95%), stainless steel media, corncob media, walnut shell media, bamboo grain chip, wood grain chip. The main purpose is to improve the gloss and brightness of the workpiece surface.
  • 11. What kind of power supply does the tumbling barrel deburring machine use?
  • In China, it is generally 380V/3-phase/50Hz.
  • 12．What is the daily maintenance of the tumbling barrel deburring machine?
  • Routine maintenance of the tumbling barrel deburring machine is crucial to extending the service life of the machine. Routine maintenance includes the following:

    12.1 Inspection of the lining on the inner wall of the working barrel. Daily use of the machine will cause wear and tear on the lining in the barrel. Do you need to regularly check whether the lining on the inner wall has any holes or wear? If this happens, it needs to be replaced immediately, otherwise it will cause damage to the barrel.

    12.2 After each loading, check whether the water added in the barrel is too little or too much. The water surface of the barrel polishing machine should not exceed the material by 20mm. Too much water will buffer the force exerted by the abrasive on the workpiece surface and reduce the deburring efficiency; Too little water will cause damage to the surface of the workpiece, the abrasive will easily break and the colloid in the barrel will wear too quickly.

    12.3 Loading capacity of tumbling finishing media and workpiece. We recommend that the ratio of abrasives to workpieces is 3:1. Too little abrasives will cause collisions between workpieces and damage the product surface; too much abrasives will reduce the grinding efficiency of the product.
    Note that the overall volume of materials and water in the working barrel does not exceed 60% of the inner volume of the barrel.

    12.4 Check the abrasive media debris for stuck holes and seams. The abrasives in the barrel will become smaller and smaller after long-term use. In addition, a lot of debris formed by the workpiece and the abrasives will be produced during the grinding process. If the width of these impurities is less than 1mm, they may block the holes and seams inside the parts, affecting the deburring and polishing effect of the workpiece. If stuck holes occur, the tumbling finishing media should be screened to remove the debris and impurities, and the machine should be restarted.

    12.5 Water temperature detection. Long-term operation of the machine will cause the temperature inside the working barrel to become very high. Excessively high water temperature will accelerate the aging rate of the colloid, so if your product needs to be polished for more than ten hours, please use a rubber-lined barrel, because the high temperature resistance of rubber is better than that of PU lining.

  • 13．What industries can the tumbling barrel deburring machine be used in?
  • Barrel deburring machines are widely used in automotive parts, aerospace, medical equipment, mechanical parts, plastic products, 3C digital, metal casting, electronic devices, hardware parts, kitchen supplies, 3D printing, textile workpieces, powder metallurgy, electrical components, It is widely used in industries such as minting, jewelry, instrumentation, and handicraft accessories.
  • 14．Are there any disadvantages to tumbling barrel deburring machines?
  • The main disadvantage is that it cannot control a specific part of the surface of the finishing product, because it is an overall grinding process. For example, for a product with inconsistent sizes at both ends, you want to make the two ends of the product uniform in size by finishing only the large end, but this is not possible.

    The surface quality cannot achieve the effect of mirror polishing.

    Some inner holes and cross holes that are too deep and too thin, such as inner surfaces exceeding 50mm, cannot be finished and polished.

    Too long burrs and flash cannot be processed. For example, burrs and flash exceeding 2mm.

    It is not suitable for some workpiece that are easy to deform and are afraid of being bumped.

  • 15. Does the tumbling barrel deburring machine require specially trained technicians to operate it?
  • Unnecessary. The operation of this machine is very simple. Just put the abrasive media, workpiece, water and appropriate amount of chemical finishing liquid into the barrel. The machine has a timing function. After starting the machine, the worker can leave to handle other matters. When the set time is up, the machine will automatically shut down. All that is needed is to unload the material and take out the workpiece to complete the finishing and polishing process. Therefore no special technical training is required for employees.
  • 16. What surface treatments can the tumbling barrel deburring machine perform?
  • 16.1 Deburring, deflashing, chamfering. Defects caused during workpiece processing that may cause harm to users can be automatically removed in batches.

    16.2 Derusting and descaling. Surface problems such as turning lines and mold lines can also be removed.

    16.3 Improve surface finish and increase brightness. Make the product surface smoother and brighter.

    16.4 Cleaning and degreasing. It can automatically remove dust, dirt, sludge and other phenomena adsorbed on the surface of the workpiece.

  • 17．What are the tumbling media suitable for barrel deburring machines?
  • Depending on the shape, material, specifications and sizes of your parts, you need to choose different types of abrasive media. Abrasives that can be used in the machine are: ceramic deburring media, porcelain polishing media, high-density porcelain media, plastic media, white corundum polishing media, 3P precise polishing media, walnut shell mirror polishing media , corncob drying mediaWait.
    Improper selection of abrasives during the finishing process will affect grinding efficiency and may even cause damage to the workpiece.

What is the rotary barrel tumbling machine?

About Rotary Barrel Tumbling Machine

  • 1．What is the rotary barrel tumbling machine?
  • Rotary Barrel Tumbling Machines are also called rotary barrel finishing machines, rotating tumbler. They use mechanical methods to automatically deburr, descale, derust, finish parts and workpieces in large quantities. Machinery and equipment for surface treatment processes such as deflashing, cleaning, chamfering, degreasing, decontaminating, brightening and improving surface brightness. Its operating principle is to put the product to be polished and the finishing media into the working barrel of the machine, allowing the abrasive and the workpiece to tumble and rotate together, forcing the abrasive and the workpiece to collide and rub against each other to achieve the surface cutting effect.
    The rotary barrel tumbling polishing machine is the simplest structure and the oldest deburring mechanical equipment. The motor drives the barrel to rotate around the central X-axis through a chain or transmission gear. The deburring media in the barrel and the workpiece are turned over and rubbed against each other to achieve the deburring and polishing effect.

    ShineTec's rotary barrel tumbling machine
  • 2. What is the difference between roraty barrel tumbling deburring and other deburring processes?

  • 2.1 Rotary barrel tumbling deburring is the most traditional mechanical polishing process. Their deburring and polishing principles are similar. The workpiece and the deburring media are mixed together to achieve the deburring effect. The difference is that the barrel tumbler takes the longest time to polish and remove burrs. It is the mechanical equipment tool with the lowest finishing efficiency, but at the same time it is the process equipment with the best surface polishing quality.

    Comparing deburring and cutting efficiency, it can be arranged in this order:
    Centrifugal disc deburring machine > Centrifugal barrel deburring machine > Vibratory deburring machine > Tumbling barrel deburring machine.

    Comparing surface polishing quality, it can be arranged in this order:
    Barrel tumbler > Centrifugal barrel tumbler > Vibrating tumbler > Centrifugal disc tumbler.

    2.2 The rotary barrel tumbling machine uses the dry finishing process when finely deburring and polishing the brightness. That is, the abrasive media and the workpiece are directly mixed together, an appropriate amount of polishing paste is added, and the finishing and polishing is performed directly in the barrel without adding water. Other finishing machines are not allowed to use dry finishing process.

  • 3．Can you tell me how a rotary barrel tumbling machine works?
  • Put the tumbling finising media, the parts to be polished, water, and polishing fluid into the barrel deburring machine according to the corresponding proportions, close the sealing cover of the barrel to make it watertight, and then start the machine. This process can also be called tumbling finishing and polishing process. The abrasive media and the workpiece collide and rub against each other in the barrel, automatically completing the cutting process, reducing the surface roughness of the product, and achieving deburring, descaling, deflashing, chamfering, brightening, burnishing. It is currently the lowest cost, most mature technology and most widely used deburring and polishing solution.

    Since the rotation speed of the barrel is very slow, usually within 50 RPM, the overall processing time of rough finishing, deburring and fine finishing and polishing for each batch will be more than ten hours. It is the slowest finishing and polishing equipment.

    Precision polishing are performed using a dry finishing process. Generally, particle-shaped mirror polishing media with smaller external dimensions are used, such as Corncob polishing media, Walnut shell polishing media, bamboo wood chip, 3P polishing media and other polishing media, with polishing paste, without adding water, can simulate manual polishing with a cloth wheel, so that the surface of the workpiece can achieve a mirror-like polishing effect.

    The effect of polishing hardware parts
    The effect after polishing and brightening the surface of handicrafts
  • 4. What are the benefits of using a rotary barrel tumbling machine to polish parts?
  • Compared with manual polishing, there are definitely many advantages:

    4.1 Automatic large-scale mechanized deburring and polishing. Although the barrel deburring machine takes a relatively long time to finish and polish at one time, dozens hundreds or even tons of workpieces can be put into a batch, making the unit processing time advantage greater.

    4.2 Automatically remove rust and scale. Surface problems such as turning lines and mold lines can also be removed. This is the same as other tumbling finishing machines.

    4.3 Automatic chamfering. Products can be chamfered quickly.

    4.4 Improve surface finish and increase brightness. Make the product surface smoother and brighter. This is the strength of the barrel polishing machine. Its surface finish is of the highest quality.

    4.5 Automatic cleaning and degreasing. It can automatically remove dust, dirt, sludge and other phenomena adsorbed on the surface of the workpiece.

  • 5. Is the operating cost of a rotary barrel tumbling machine high?
  • Compared with manual finishing and polishing, the cost of rotary barrel tumbling machine can be said to be very low.
    This is the cheapest automatic finishing and polishing equipment. The one-time purchase cost of the machine can start from several thousand dollars, and it can generally be used for many years. The choice of ordinary abrasive media depends on the actual situation of the product parts that need to be processed, and the price ranges from a few dollars per kilogram to more than ten dollars. Etc., buying a few hundred kilograms at a time can generally last for months or even years. The amount of polishing compound is very small and the cost is almost negligible.
    The product workpiece can be fed with about tens of kilograms of material at a time in the smallest tumbling deburring machine. The finishing processing time for a batch is generally 2 hours. The direct cost of deburring and polishing when evenly distributed to each product is minimal.

    On the other hand, the advantage of using a barrel tumbling deburring machine is even greater in terms of saving labor costs. As long as workers need to handle it when loading and unloading materials, the machine can be operated unattended, which greatly saves labor costs.

  • 6. What optional configurations are available for ShineTec’s rotary barrel tumbling machine?
  • 6.1 protecting mask. A protective net cover can be installed outside the barrel to prevent collisions between people or materials during machine operation.

    6.2 Vibrating separator can be used to screen the abrasive media and parts. It can be used as an auxiliary equipment for the tumbling barrel deburring machine and can be configured separately.

    6.3 Frequency conversion speed regulation function. A frequency converter is also installed in the electrical control box, which is suitable for adjusting the machine at different operating speeds.

    rotary barrel tumbling machine with protective net cover
  • 7．Which model of rotary barrel tumbling machine should I choose?
  • You should choose which type of rotary barrel tumbling machine based on the shape, size, material, surface quality requirements, processing quantity and other factors of your product parts.
    There is no limit to the workpiece material suitable for the rotary barrel tumbling machine, and the length is generally within 0.5 meters. However, one requirement is that the workpiece cannot be easily deformed or may be bumped. Because the vertical drop is relatively large when the barrel is turned over, and the impact force of the abrasive media on the workpiece is also large, soft long strips or thin products are easily deformed and damaged.

  • 8. How does ShineTec ensure the quality of the rotary barrel tumbling machine?
  • 8.1 Quality assurance of raw materials. Because the lining of the working barrel of the machine can be rubber or PU, this lining is a wearing part and needs to be replaced regularly. The wear resistance of the colloid is a key quality indicator. The raw materials of our colloids come from major domestic manufacturers and products from Dow Chemical of the United States, so the quality can be guaranteed.

    8.2 Reliable motor quality. The motor is a key component related to product quality. The three-phase asynchronous motors used in our barrel deburring machines all come from well-known professional motor manufacturers in Shanghai, and there is no problem with their quality.

    8.3 Electrical accessories. All are purchased from domestic first-tier manufacturers such as Chint and Delixi.

    8.4 Steel plate profiles. Purchased from Shanghai Baosteel Products.

    8.5 Manufacturing Guaranteed. Product production is controlled by skilled workers with many years of front-line production experience, adhering to the spirit of craftsmanship to ensure product quality.

  • 9. How to order a rotary barrel tumbling machine?
  • Please confirm the following basic requirements first:

    9.1 Please send samples first and we will conduct samples testing to determine the best finishing and polishing process.

    9.2 Evaluate the quantity of your product components and workpieces that need to be processed every day? What surface quality is required?

    9.3 Choose the appropriate machine processing capacity, provide the space size of your work area, and determine the machine model.

    9.4 Confirm whether additional auxiliary equipment is required, such as vibratory separator, additional wearing spare parts, etc.

    9.5 The commonly used power supply for the machine is 380V/3-phase/50Hz. Are there any special power requirements?
    After clarifying the above details, you can place an order.

  • 10．What abrasive media can be used in rotary barrel tumbling machines?
  • Abrasive media for rough finishing, fine finishing and polishing:

    10.1 The abrasive used for rough finishing is mainly ceramic deburring media, which is divided into heavy cutting force, medium cutting force and light cutting force.

    10.2 Abrasives for fine fininishing include white corundum finishing media, chrome corundum finishing media, 3P finishing media, etc. Since the grit size of the micropowder contained in them is very fine, some of which are nearly 2000-3000 mesh, it can continuously polish the workpiece surface. Continuous micro-cutting creates a more delicate surface roughness.

    10.3 Polishing media include high-alumina porcelain media, high-density porcelain media (high-alumina porcelain polishing media with an alumina content of more than 95%), stainless steel media, corncob media, walnut shell media, bamboo grain chip, wood grain chip. The main purpose is to improve the gloss and brightness of the workpiece surface.。

  • 11. What kind of power supply does the rotary barrel tumbling machine use?
  • In China, it is generally 380V/3-phase/50Hz.
  • 12．What is the daily maintenance of the rotary barrel tumbling machine?
  • Routine maintenance of the rotary barrel tumbling machine is crucial to extending the service life of the machine. Routine maintenance includes the following:

    12.1 Inspection of the lining on the inner wall of the working barrel. Daily use of the machine will cause wear and tear on the lining in the barrel. Do you need to regularly check whether the lining on the inner wall has any holes or wear? If this happens, it needs to be replaced immediately, otherwise it will cause damage to the barrel.

    12.2 After each loading, check whether the water added in the barrel is too little or too much. The water surface of the barrel polishing machine should not exceed the material by 20mm. Too much water will buffer the force exerted by the abrasive on the workpiece surface and reduce the deburring efficiency; Too little water will cause damage to the surface of the workpiece, the abrasive will easily break and the colloid in the barrel will wear too quickly.

    12.3 Loading capacity of tumbling finishing media and workpiece. We recommend that the ratio of abrasives to workpieces is 3:1. Too little abrasives will cause collisions between workpieces and damage the product surface; too much abrasives will reduce the grinding efficiency of the product.
    Note that the overall volume of materials and water in the working barrel does not exceed 60% of the inner volume of the barrel.

    12.4 Check the abrasive media debris for stuck holes and seams. The abrasives in the barrel will become smaller and smaller after long-term use. In addition, a lot of debris formed by the workpiece and the abrasives will be produced during the grinding process. If the width of these impurities is less than 1mm, they may block the holes and seams inside the parts, affecting the deburring and polishing effect of the workpiece. If stuck holes occur, the tumbling finishing media should be screened to remove the debris and impurities, and the machine should be restarted.

    12.5 Water temperature detection. Long-term operation of the machine will cause the temperature inside the working barrel to become very high. Excessively high water temperature will accelerate the aging rate of the colloid, so if your product needs to be polished for more than ten hours, please use a rubber-lined barrel, because the high temperature resistance of rubber is better than that of PU lining.
  • 13．What industries can the rotary barrel tumbling machine be used in?
  • Rotary Barrel Tumbling Machines are widely used in automotive parts, aerospace, medical equipment, mechanical parts, plastic products, 3C digital, metal casting, electronic devices, hardware parts, kitchen supplies, 3D printing, textile workpieces, powder metallurgy, electrical components, It is widely used in industries such as minting, jewelry, instrumentation, and handicraft accessories.
  • 14．Are there any disadvantages to rotary barrel tumbling machines?
  • The main disadvantage is that it cannot control a specific part of the surface of the finishing product, because it is an overall grinding process. For example, for a product with inconsistent sizes at both ends, you want to make the two ends of the product uniform in size by finishing only the large end, but this is not possible.

    The surface quality cannot achieve the effect of mirror polishing.

    Some inner holes and cross holes that are too deep and too thin, such as inner surfaces exceeding 50mm, cannot be finished and polished.

    Too long burrs and flash cannot be processed. For example, burrs and flash exceeding 2mm.

    It is not suitable for some workpiece that are easy to deform and are afraid of being bumped.

  • 15. Does the rotary barrel tumbling machine require specially trained technicians to operate it?
  • Unnecessary. The operation of this machine is very simple. Just put the abrasive media, workpiece, water and appropriate amount of chemical finishing liquid into the barrel. The machine has a timing function. After starting the machine, the worker can leave to handle other matters. When the set time is up, the machine will automatically shut down. All that is needed is to unload the material and take out the workpiece to complete the finishing and polishing process. Therefore no special technical training is required for employees.
  • 16. What surface treatments can the rotary barrel tumbling machine perform?
  • 16.1 Deburring, deflashing, chamfering. Defects caused during workpiece processing that may cause harm to users can be automatically removed in batches.

    16.2 Derusting and descaling. Surface problems such as turning lines and mold lines can also be removed.

    16.3 Improve surface finish and increase brightness. Make the product surface smoother and brighter.

    16.4 Cleaning and degreasing. It can automatically remove dust, dirt, sludge and other phenomena adsorbed on the surface of the workpiece.

  • 17．What are the tumbling media suitable for rotary barrel tumbling machines?
  • Depending on the shape, material, specifications and sizes of your parts, you need to choose different types of abrasive media. Abrasives that can be used in the machine are: ceramic deburring media, porcelain polishing media, high-density porcelain media, plastic media, white corundum polishing media, 3P precise polishing media, walnut shell mirror polishing media , corncob drying mediaWait.
    Improper selection of abrasives during the finishing process will affect grinding efficiency and may even cause damage to the workpiece.

What is the barrel finishing machine?

About Barrel Finishing Machine

  • 1．What is the barrel finishing machine?
  • Barrel Finishing Machine are also called rotary barrel finishing machines, rotating tumbler. They use mechanical methods to automatically deburr, descale, derust, finish parts and workpieces in large quantities. Machinery and equipment for surface treatment processes such as deflashing, cleaning, chamfering, degreasing, decontaminating, brightening and improving surface brightness. Its operating principle is to put the product to be polished and the finishing media into the working barrel of the machine, allowing the abrasive and the workpiece to tumble and rotate together, forcing the abrasive and the workpiece to collide and rub against each other to achieve the surface cutting effect.
    The rotary barrel tumbling polishing machine is the simplest structure and the oldest deburring mechanical equipment. The motor drives the barrel to rotate around the central X-axis through a chain or transmission gear. The deburring media in the barrel and the workpiece are turned over and rubbed against each other to achieve the deburring and polishing effect.

    ShineTec's barrel finishing machine
  • 2. What is the difference between barrel finishing and other finishing processes?

  • 2.1 barrel finishing is the most traditional mechanical polishing process. Their deburring and polishing principles are similar. The workpiece and the deburring media are mixed together to achieve the deburring effect. The difference is that the barrel tumbler takes the longest time to polish and remove burrs. It is the mechanical equipment tool with the lowest finishing efficiency, but at the same time it is the process equipment with the best surface polishing quality.

    Comparing deburring and cutting efficiency, it can be arranged in this order:
    Centrifugal disc deburring machine > Centrifugal barrel deburring machine > Vibratory deburring machine > Tumbling barrel deburring machine.

    Comparing surface polishing quality, it can be arranged in this order:
    Barrel tumbler > Centrifugal barrel tumbler > Vibrating tumbler > Centrifugal disc tumbler.

    2.2 The rotary barrel tumbling machine uses the dry finishing process when finely deburring and polishing the brightness. That is, the abrasive media and the workpiece are directly mixed together, an appropriate amount of polishing paste is added, and the finishing and polishing is performed directly in the barrel without adding water. Other finishing machines are not allowed to use dry finishing process.

  • 3．Can you tell me how a barrel finishing machine works?
  • Put the tumbling finising media, the parts to be polished, water, and polishing fluid into the barrel deburring machine according to the corresponding proportions, close the sealing cover of the barrel to make it watertight, and then start the machine. This process can also be called tumbling finishing and polishing process. The abrasive media and the workpiece collide and rub against each other in the barrel, automatically completing the cutting process, reducing the surface roughness of the product, and achieving deburring, descaling, deflashing, chamfering, brightening, burnishing. It is currently the lowest cost, most mature technology and most widely used deburring and polishing solution.

    Since the rotation speed of the barrel is very slow, usually within 50 RPM, the overall processing time of rough finishing, deburring and fine finishing and polishing for each batch will be more than ten hours. It is the slowest finishing and polishing equipment.

    Precision polishing are performed using a dry finishing process. Generally, particle-shaped mirror polishing media with smaller external dimensions are used, such as Corncob polishing media, Walnut shell polishing media, bamboo wood chip, 3P polishing media and other polishing media, with polishing paste, without adding water, can simulate manual polishing with a cloth wheel, so that the surface of the workpiece can achieve a mirror-like polishing effect.

    The effect of polishing hardware workpiece
    The effect after polishing and brightening the surface of crafts
  • 4. What are the benefits of using a barrel finishing machine to polish parts?
  • Compared with manual polishing, there are definitely many advantages:

    4.1 Automatic large-scale mechanized deburring and polishing. Although the barrel deburring machine takes a relatively long time to finish and polish at one time, dozens hundreds or even tons of workpieces can be put into a batch, making the unit processing time advantage greater.

    4.2 Automatically remove rust and scale. Surface problems such as turning lines and mold lines can also be removed. This is the same as other tumbling finishing machines.

    4.3 Automatic chamfering. Products can be chamfered quickly.

    4.4 Improve surface finish and increase brightness. Make the product surface smoother and brighter. This is the strength of the barrel polishing machine. Its surface finish is of the highest quality.

    4.5 Automatic cleaning and degreasing. It can automatically remove dust, dirt, sludge and other phenomena adsorbed on the surface of the workpiece.

  • 5. Is the operating cost of a barrel finishing machine high?
  • Compared with manual finishing and polishing, the cost of rotary barrel tumbling machine can be said to be very low.
    This is the cheapest automatic finishing and polishing equipment. The one-time purchase cost of the machine can start from several thousand dollars, and it can generally be used for many years. The choice of ordinary abrasive media depends on the actual situation of the product parts that need to be processed, and the price ranges from a few dollars per kilogram to more than ten dollars. Etc., buying a few hundred kilograms at a time can generally last for months or even years. The amount of polishing compound is very small and the cost is almost negligible.
    The product workpiece can be fed with about tens of kilograms of material at a time in the smallest tumbling deburring machine. The finishing processing time for a batch is generally 2 hours. The direct cost of deburring and polishing when evenly distributed to each product is minimal.

    On the other hand, the advantage of using a barrel tumbling deburring machine is even greater in terms of saving labor costs. As long as workers need to handle it when loading and unloading materials, the machine can be operated unattended, which greatly saves labor costs.

  • 6. What optional configurations are available for ShineTec’s barrel finishing machine?
  • 6.1 protecting mask. A protective net cover can be installed outside the barrel to prevent collisions between people or materials during machine operation.

    6.2 Vibrating separator can be used to screen the abrasive media and parts. It can be used as an auxiliary equipment for the tumbling barrel deburring machine and can be configured separately.

    6.3 Frequency conversion speed regulation function. A frequency converter is also installed in the electrical control box, which is suitable for adjusting the machine at different operating speeds.

    barrel finishing machine with protective net cover
  • 7．Which model of barrel finishing machine should I choose?
  • You should choose which type of rotary barrel tumbling machine based on the shape, size, material, surface quality requirements, processing quantity and other factors of your product parts.
    There is no limit to the workpiece material suitable for the rotary barrel tumbling machine, and the length is generally within 0.5 meters. However, one requirement is that the workpiece cannot be easily deformed or may be bumped. Because the vertical drop is relatively large when the barrel is turned over, and the impact force of the abrasive media on the workpiece is also large, soft long strips or thin products are easily deformed and damaged.

  • 8. How does ShineTec ensure the quality of the barrel finishing machine?
  • 8.1 Quality assurance of raw materials. Because the lining of the working barrel of the machine can be rubber or PU, this lining is a wearing part and needs to be replaced regularly. The wear resistance of the colloid is a key quality indicator. The raw materials of our colloids come from major domestic manufacturers and products from Dow Chemical of the United States, so the quality can be guaranteed.

    8.2 Reliable motor quality. The motor is a key component related to product quality. The three-phase asynchronous motors used in our barrel deburring machines all come from well-known professional motor manufacturers in Shanghai, and there is no problem with their quality.

    8.3 Electrical accessories. All are purchased from domestic first-tier manufacturers such as Chint and Delixi.

    8.4 Steel plate profiles. Purchased from Shanghai Baosteel Products.

    8.5 Manufacturing Guaranteed. Product production is controlled by skilled workers with many years of front-line production experience, adhering to the spirit of craftsmanship to ensure product quality.

  • 9. How to order a barrel finishing machine?
  • Please confirm the following basic requirements first:

    9.1 Please send samples first and we will conduct samples testing to determine the best finishing and polishing process.

    9.2 Evaluate the quantity of your product components and workpieces that need to be processed every day? What surface quality is required?

    9.3 Choose the appropriate machine processing capacity, provide the space size of your work area, and determine the machine model.

    9.4 Confirm whether additional auxiliary equipment is required, such as vibratory separator, additional wearing spare parts, etc.

    9.5 The commonly used power supply for the machine is 380V/3-phase/50Hz. Are there any special power requirements?
    After clarifying the above details, you can place an order.

  • 10．What abrasive media can be used in barrel finishing machines?
  • Abrasive media for rough finishing, fine finishing and polishing:

    10.1 The abrasive used for rough finishing is mainly ceramic deburring media, which is divided into heavy cutting force, medium cutting force and light cutting force.

    10.2 Abrasives for fine fininishing include white corundum finishing media, chrome corundum finishing media, 3P finishing media, etc. Since the grit size of the micropowder contained in them is very fine, some of which are nearly 2000-3000 mesh, it can continuously polish the workpiece surface. Continuous micro-cutting creates a more delicate surface roughness.

    10.3 Polishing media include high-alumina porcelain media, high-density porcelain media (high-alumina porcelain polishing media with an alumina content of more than 95%), stainless steel media, corncob media, walnut shell media, bamboo grain chip, wood grain chip. The main purpose is to improve the gloss and brightness of the workpiece surface.。

  • 11. What kind of power supply does the barrel finishing machine machine use?
  • In China, it is generally 380V/3-phase/50Hz.
  • 12．What is the daily maintenance of the barrel finishing machine?
  • Routine maintenance of the barrel finishing machine is crucial to extending the service life of the machine. Routine maintenance includes the following:

    12.1 Inspection of the lining on the inner wall of the working barrel. Daily use of the machine will cause wear and tear on the lining in the barrel. Do you need to regularly check whether the lining on the inner wall has any holes or wear? If this happens, it needs to be replaced immediately, otherwise it will cause damage to the barrel.

    12.2 After each loading, check whether the water added in the barrel is too little or too much. The water surface of the barrel polishing machine should not exceed the material by 20mm. Too much water will buffer the force exerted by the abrasive on the workpiece surface and reduce the deburring efficiency; Too little water will cause damage to the surface of the workpiece, the abrasive will easily break and the colloid in the barrel will wear too quickly.

    12.3 Loading capacity of tumbling finishing media and workpiece. We recommend that the ratio of abrasives to workpieces is 3:1. Too little abrasives will cause collisions between workpieces and damage the product surface; too much abrasives will reduce the grinding efficiency of the product.
    Note that the overall volume of materials and water in the working barrel does not exceed 60% of the inner volume of the barrel.

    12.4 Check the abrasive media debris for stuck holes and seams. The abrasives in the barrel will become smaller and smaller after long-term use. In addition, a lot of debris formed by the workpiece and the abrasives will be produced during the grinding process. If the width of these impurities is less than 1mm, they may block the holes and seams inside the parts, affecting the deburring and polishing effect of the workpiece. If stuck holes occur, the tumbling finishing media should be screened to remove the debris and impurities, and the machine should be restarted.

    12.5 Water temperature detection. Long-term operation of the machine will cause the temperature inside the working barrel to become very high. Excessively high water temperature will accelerate the aging rate of the colloid, so if your product needs to be polished for more than ten hours, please use a rubber-lined barrel, because the high temperature resistance of rubber is better than that of PU lining.
  • 13．What industries can the barrel finishing machine be used in?
  • Barrel Finishing Machines are widely used in automotive parts, aerospace, medical equipment, mechanical parts, plastic products, 3C digital, metal casting, electronic devices, hardware parts, kitchen supplies, 3D printing, textile workpieces, powder metallurgy, electrical components, It is widely used in industries such as minting, jewelry, instrumentation, and handicraft accessories.
  • 14．Are there any disadvantages to barrel finishing machines?
  • The main disadvantage is that it cannot control a specific part of the surface of the finishing product, because it is an overall grinding process. For example, for a product with inconsistent sizes at both ends, you want to make the two ends of the product uniform in size by finishing only the large end, but this is not possible.

    The surface quality cannot achieve the effect of mirror polishing.

    Some inner holes and cross holes that are too deep and too thin, such as inner surfaces exceeding 50mm, cannot be finished and polished.

    Too long burrs and flash cannot be processed. For example, burrs and flash exceeding 2mm.

    It is not suitable for some workpiece that are easy to deform and are afraid of being bumped.

  • 15. Does the barrel finishing machine require specially trained technicians to operate it?
  • Unnecessary. The operation of this machine is very simple. Just put the abrasive media, workpiece, water and appropriate amount of chemical finishing liquid into the barrel. The machine has a timing function. After starting the machine, the worker can leave to handle other matters. When the set time is up, the machine will automatically shut down. All that is needed is to unload the material and take out the workpiece to complete the finishing and polishing process. Therefore no special technical training is required for employees.
  • 16. What surface treatments can the barrel finishing machine perform?
  • 16.1 Deburring, deflashing, chamfering. Defects caused during workpiece processing that may cause harm to users can be automatically removed in batches.

    16.2 Derusting and descaling. Surface problems such as turning lines and mold lines can also be removed.

    16.3 Improve surface finish and increase brightness. Make the product surface smoother and brighter.

    16.4 Cleaning and degreasing. It can automatically remove dust, dirt, sludge and other phenomena adsorbed on the surface of the workpiece.

  • 17．What are the tumbling media suitable for barrel finishing machines?
  • Depending on the shape, material, specifications and sizes of your parts, you need to choose different types of abrasive media. Abrasives that can be used in the machine are: ceramic deburring media, porcelain polishing media, high-density porcelain media, plastic media, white corundum polishing media, 3P precise polishing media, walnut shell mirror polishing media , corncob drying mediaWait.
    Improper selection of abrasives during the finishing process will affect grinding efficiency and may even cause damage to the workpiece.

What is the tumbling deburring machine?

About Tumbling Deburring Machine

  • 1．What is the tumbling deburring machine?
  • The tumbling deburring machine is also called a mass finishing machine, polishing tumbler. It uses mechanical methods to automatically and efficiently deburr and descale parts and products and workpieces in large quantities. It’s a machinery and equipment for surface treatment processes such as derusting, deflashing, cleaning, chamfering, degreasing, decontaminating, polishing, brightening. It works by combining the products that need polishing with abrasive media. Put it into the working barrel of the machine and let the abrasive and the workpiece tumble and rotate together, forcing the tumbling chip and the workpiece to collide and rub against each other to achieve the surface cutting effect.
    According to different operating modes, tumbling deburring machines are divided into the following four types:

    1.1 Vibrating deburring machine. It uses three-dimensional spiral vibration to drive the deburring media and the workpiece to move together to achieve the deburring effect.

    1.2 Centrifugal barrel deburring machine. Similar to the operation of a Ferris wheel, the motor drives the large centrifugal disk to rotate, causing the four barrels on the disk to rotate at high speed, driving the deburring media and the workpiece to move together to achieve the deburring effect.

    1.3 Centrifugal disc deburring machine. The chassis drives the barrel to rotate at a high speed on the horizontal plane, and the deburring media and workpieces also tumble and rotate in the barrel to achieve the deburring effect.

    1.4 Tumbling barrel deburring machine. It is the simplest structure of deburring motion. The barrel rolls around the central X-axis, and the deburring media in the barrel rolls together with the workpiece to achieve the deburring effect.

    ShineTec's tumbling deburring machine
  • 2. What is the difference between tumbling deburring and other deburring processes?
  • The main difference is that tumbling deburring is the lowest-cost automated batch mechanical finishing process.
    The advantage of this deburring method is that it can be applied to surface deburring treatments such as irregular and complex-shaped product parts, finishing of the inner and outer surfaces of workpieces. The materials processed range from non-ferrous metals, ferrous metals, powder metallurgy, plastics, acrylic, rubber, bamboo, stone, glass and other materials. It can be said that there is almost no material that cannot be processed.

    In addition, the operation is simple. As long as the loading and unloading are completed, the machine can be started unattended. No special technical training is required.
    Other deburring and polishing processes, such as manual deburring and polishing, robot deburring and polishing, chemical deburring and polishing, electrolytic deburring and polishing, etc., either require professional training, or the working environment is harsh and harmful to the environment, or the efficiency is not high. Therefore, this process is the most widely used surface deburring treatment method.

  • 3．Can you tell me how a tumbling deburring machine works?
  • Put the tumbling deburring media, product workpiece to be polished, water, and finishing liquid into the tumbling machine according to the corresponding proportions, and use mechanical movements such as vibrating, centrifugal barrel, disc, tumbling to cause the deburring media and workpieces to collide and rub against each other, automatically complete the cutting process, reduce the surface roughness of the product, and achieve surface effects such as deburring, descaling, deflashing, chamfering, brightening and improving surface gloss and brightness. It is currently the polishing solution with the lowest cost, the most mature technology and the most widely used. If you don’t know where to find the best deburring and polishing methods for product parts and workpieces, you may wish to contact us, maybe we can help you solve your problem.
    tumbling deburring process
  • 4. What are the benefits of using a tumbling deburring machine to polish parts?
  • Compared with manual polishing, there are definitely many advantages:

    4.1 Automatic large-scale mechanized deburring and polishing. Although the barrel deburring machine takes a relatively long time to finish and polish at one time, dozens hundreds or even tons of workpieces can be put into a batch, making the unit processing time advantage greater.

    4.2 Automatically remove rust and scale. Surface problems such as turning lines and mold lines can also be removed. This is the same as other tumbling finishing machines.

    4.3 Automatic chamfering. Products can be chamfered quickly.

    4.4 Improve surface finish and increase brightness. Make the product surface smoother and brighter. This is the strength of the barrel polishing machine. Its surface finish is of the highest quality.

    4.5 Automatic cleaning and degreasing. It can automatically remove dust, dirt, sludge and other phenomena adsorbed on the surface of the workpiece.

  • 5. Is the operating cost of a tumbling deburring machine high?
  • Compared with manual finishing and polishing, the cost of rotary barrel tumbling machine can be said to be very low.
    This is the cheapest automatic finishing and polishing equipment. The one-time purchase cost of the machine can start from several thousand dollars, and it can generally be used for many years. The choice of ordinary abrasive media depends on the actual situation of the product parts that need to be processed, and the price ranges from a few dollars per kilogram to more than ten dollars. Etc., buying a few hundred kilograms at a time can generally last for months or even years. The amount of polishing liquid is very small and the cost is almost negligible.
    The product workpiece can be fed with about tens of kilograms of material at a time in the smallest tumbling deburring machine. The finishing processing time for a batch is generally 2 hours. The direct cost of deburring and polishing when evenly distributed to each product is minimal.

    On the other hand, the advantage of using a barrel tumbling deburring machine is even greater in terms of saving labor costs. As long as workers need to handle it when loading and unloading materials, the machine can be operated unattended, which greatly saves labor costs.

  • 6. What optional configurations are available for ShineTec’s tumbling deburring machine?
  • 6.1 Sound hood. Can be used in vibrating deburring machines and centrifugal disc deburring machines. Reduce machine noise and prevent foam splashing caused by deburring fluid during work.

    6.2 Automatic separating of deburring media and workpieces. It can be built into centrifugal barrel and disc deburring machines, or can be configured separately as an auxiliary equipment for vibrating deburring machines and barrel tumbling deburring machines.

    6.3 Quantitative automatic filling of clean water and finishing fluid. The mixed solution of water and finishing fluid can be pumped into the machine at a fixed speed and quantitatively, and the filling amount of different batches of polishing can be completely controlled to achieve a completely balanced surface quality.

    6.4 Frequency conversion speed regulation function. A frequency converter is also installed in the electrical control box, which is suitable for adjusting the different operating speeds of vibration finishing machines, centrifugal finishing machines, and barrel finishing machines. The centrifugal disc finishing machine is not used because it is originally equipped with a speed-adjustable motor.

    vibratory deburring machine with sound hood
  • 7．Which model of tumbling deburring machine should I choose?
  • You should choose which type of tumbling deburring machine based on the shape, size, material, surface quality requirements, processing quantity and other factors of your product parts.

    7.1 Vibratory deburring machineis a general-purpose deburring machine. If the longest dimension of your product is within 500mm, and the product requires a large amount of processing per day, such as hundreds of kilograms to several tons, then it is most appropriate to choose a vibratory deburring machine.

    7.2 Centrifugal barrel deburring machinesare suitable for processing small precision parts. If your product size is within 100mm and the daily processing quantity is tens of kilograms, then the centrifugal barrel deburring machine is most suitable.

    7.3 Centrifugal disc deburring machinehas the highest deburring efficiency. If your product size is within 200mm, is not afraid of impact deformation, and the daily processing volume is within one to two hundred kilograms, then the centrifugal disc deburring machine is very suitable.

    7.4 Tumbling barrel deburring machineis the deburring machine with the lowest polishing efficiency but the best polishing quality. If you have high requirements for the surface brightness and gloss of the product and hope to achieve an effect close to mirror polishing, then the barrel polishing machine can do the job.

    7.5 Rectangular tub deburring machine, It is a type of vibrating polishing machine, suitable for processing workpieces with a length of more than 500mm. The grinding efficiency is higher than that of barrel polishing machine but lower than that of ordinary vibrating bowl finishing machine.

  • 8. How does ShineTec ensure the quality of the tumbling deburring machine?
  • 8.1 Quality assurance of raw materials. Because the lining of the working barrel of the machine can be rubber or PU, this lining is a wearing part and needs to be replaced regularly. The wear resistance of the colloid is a key quality indicator. The raw materials of our colloids come from major domestic manufacturers and products from Dow Chemical of the United States, so the quality can be guaranteed.

    8.2 Reliable motor quality. The motor is a key component related to product quality. The three-phase asynchronous motors used in our barrel deburring machines all come from well-known professional motor manufacturers in Shanghai, and there is no problem with their quality.

    8.3 Electrical accessories. All are purchased from domestic first-tier manufacturers such as Chint and Delixi.

    8.4 Steel plate profiles. Purchased from Shanghai Baosteel Products.

    8.5 Manufacturing Guaranteed. Product production is controlled by skilled workers with many years of front-line production experience, adhering to the spirit of craftsmanship to ensure product quality.

  • 9. How to order a tumbling deburring machine?
  • Please confirm the following basic requirements first:

    9.1 Please send samples first and we will conduct samples testing to determine the best finishing and polishing process.

    9.2 Evaluate the quantity of your product components and workpieces that need to be processed every day? What surface quality is required?

    9.3 Choose the appropriate machine processing capacity, provide the space size of your work area, and determine the machine model.

    9.4 Confirm whether additional auxiliary equipment is required, such as vibratory separator, additional wearing spare parts, etc.

    9.5 The commonly used power supply for the machine is 380V/3-phase/50Hz. Are there any special power requirements?
    After clarifying the above details, you can place an order.

  • 10．What abrasive media can be used in tumbling deburring machines?
  • Abrasive media for rough finishing, fine finishing and polishing:

    10.1 The abrasive used for rough finishing is mainly ceramic deburring media, which is divided into heavy cutting force, medium cutting force and light cutting force.

    10.2 Abrasives for fine fininishing include white corundum finishing media, chrome corundum finishing media, 3P finishing media, etc. Since the grit size of the micropowder contained in them is very fine, some of which are nearly 2000-3000 mesh, it can continuously polish the workpiece surface. Continuous micro-cutting creates a more delicate surface roughness.

    10.3 Polishing media include high-alumina porcelain media, high-density porcelain media (high-alumina porcelain polishing media with an alumina content of more than 95%), stainless steel media, corncob media, walnut shell media, bamboo grain chip, wood grain chip. The main purpose is to improve the gloss and brightness of the workpiece surface.

  • 11. What kind of power supply does the tumbling deburring machine use?
  • In China, it is generally 380V/3-phase/50Hz.
  • 12．What is the daily maintenance of the barrel finishing machine?
  • Routine maintenance of the tumbling deburring machine is crucial to extending the service life of the machine. Routine maintenance includes the following:

    12.1 Inspection of the lining on the inner wall of the working barrel. Daily use of the machine will cause wear and tear on the lining in the barrel. Do you need to regularly check whether the lining on the inner wall has any holes or wear? If this happens, it needs to be replaced immediately, otherwise it will cause damage to the barrel.

    12.2 After each loading, check whether the water added in the barrel is too little or too much. The water surface of the barrel polishing machine should not exceed the material by 20mm. Too much water will buffer the force exerted by the abrasive on the workpiece surface and reduce the deburring efficiency; Too little water will cause damage to the surface of the workpiece, the abrasive will easily break and the colloid in the barrel will wear too quickly.

    12.3 Loading capacity of tumbling finishing media and workpiece. We recommend that the ratio of abrasives to workpieces is 3:1. Too little abrasives will cause collisions between workpieces and damage the product surface; too much abrasives will reduce the grinding efficiency of the product.
    Note that the overall volume of materials and water in the working barrel does not exceed 60% of the inner volume of the barrel.

    12.4 Check the abrasive media debris for stuck holes and seams. The abrasives in the barrel will become smaller and smaller after long-term use. In addition, a lot of debris formed by the workpiece and the abrasives will be produced during the grinding process. If the width of these impurities is less than 1mm, they may block the holes and seams inside the parts, affecting the deburring and polishing effect of the workpiece. If stuck holes occur, the tumbling finishing media should be screened to remove the debris and impurities, and the machine should be restarted.

    12.5 Water temperature detection. Long-term operation of the machine will cause the temperature inside the working barrel to become very high. Excessively high water temperature will accelerate the aging rate of the colloid, so if your product needs to be polished for more than ten hours, please use a rubber-lined barrel, because the high temperature resistance of rubber is better than that of PU lining.
  • 13．What industries can the tumbling deburring machine be used in?
  • Tumbling deburring machines are widely used in automotive parts, aerospace, medical equipment, mechanical parts, plastic products, 3C digital, metal casting, electronic devices, hardware parts, kitchen supplies, 3D printing, textile workpieces, powder metallurgy, electrical components, It is widely used in industries such as minting, jewelry, instrumentation, and handicraft accessories.
  • 14．Are there any disadvantages to tumbling deburring machines?
  • The main disadvantage is that it cannot control a specific part of the surface of the finishing product, because it is an overall grinding process. For example, for a product with inconsistent sizes at both ends, you want to make the two ends of the product uniform in size by finishing only the large end, but this is not possible.

    The surface quality cannot achieve the effect of mirror polishing.

    Some inner holes and cross holes that are too deep and too thin, such as inner surfaces exceeding 50mm, cannot be finished and polished.

    Too long burrs and flash cannot be processed. For example, burrs and flash exceeding 2mm.

    It is not suitable for some workpiece that are easy to deform and are afraid of being bumped.

  • 15. Does the tumbling deburring machine require specially trained technicians to operate it?
  • Unnecessary. The operation of this machine is very simple. Just put the abrasive media, workpiece, water and appropriate amount of chemical finishing liquid into the barrel. The machine has a timing function. After starting the machine, the worker can leave to handle other matters. When the set time is up, the machine will automatically shut down. All that is needed is to unload the material and take out the workpiece to complete the finishing and polishing process. Therefore no special technical training is required for employees.
  • 16. What surface treatments can the tumbling deburring machine perform?
  • 16.1 Deburring, deflashing, chamfering. Defects caused during workpiece processing that may cause harm to users can be automatically removed in batches.

    16.2 Derusting and descaling. Surface problems such as turning lines and mold lines can also be removed.

    16.3 Improve surface finish and increase brightness. Make the product surface smoother and brighter.

    16.4 Cleaning and degreasing. It can automatically remove dust, dirt, sludge and other phenomena adsorbed on the surface of the workpiece.

  • 17．What are the tumbling media suitable for tumbling deburring machines?
  • Depending on the shape, material, specifications and sizes of your parts, you need to choose different types of abrasive media. Abrasives that can be used in the machine are: tumbling deburring media, tumbling porcelain media, high-density porcelain media, polyester media, white corundum finishing media, 3P precise finishing media, walnut shell mirror polishing media , corncob drying media,etc.
    Improper selection of abrasives during the finishing process will affect grinding efficiency and may even cause damage to the workpiece.

What is the centrifugal disc finishing machine?

Centrifugal Disc Finishing Machine

  • 1．What is the centrifugal disc finishing machine?
  • The centrifugal disc finishing machine is a barrel deburring and polishing finisher with the highest finishing efficiency. Its operating principle is to use a centrifugal rotating disk connected to a motor to drive the working barrel connected to it to rotate at a high speed, so that the ceramic media rotates at high speed together with the product workpiece, but a circle of PU lining tooth tip is specially poured on the inner wall of the barrel. Under the impact of the ceramic media and water flow, a feedback force in the opposite direction is generated, forcing the abrasive media and the workpiece to collide and rub against each other to achieve the surface cutting effect. This kind of grinding efficiency can be 10-30 times higher than other finishing machines, and you can get the surface finishing effect you need in a very short time.
    The barrel speed can reach 60-180 rpm, and the speed is controlled by the speed-regulating motor on the machine.

    ShineTec's centrifugal disc finishing machine
  • 2. What is the difference between centrifugal disc finishing machine and other finishing machine?
  • The main difference is that the finishing efficiency of the centrifugal disc finishing machine is the highest among all machines. Because the workpiece is always in a continuous cutting process in the abrasive media, this kind of polishing machine takes the shortest time and the fastest speed when finishing.
    When the machine is running, the probability of collision between workpieces is minimal because the workpiece and tumbling media are always moving in the same direction.
    Suitable for processing small to medium sized products. Because the diameter of the working bowl of this type of machine generally does not exceed 1 meter, and there is a column in the middle of the bowl, so workpieces exceeding 200mm cannot be placed. Even if it can be put into the machine at an angle, the workpiece will be stuck on the inner wall due to the high-speed rotation. If it is often stuck, it will break the PU lining and also cause the product to deform.
    The centrifugal disc finishing machine has the strongest cutting force, so it is suitable for finishing some parts and workpieces with long burrs, large flash, and relatively thick oxide scale.

    barrel ring of centrifugal disc finishing machine
  • 3．Can you tell me how a centrifugal disc finishing machine works?
  • 3.1 The working barrel of the centrifugal disc finishing machine is open, and the entire barrel can be turned over and tilted downward to facilitate loading and unloading of materials.

    3.2 Put the finishing media and product workpieces into the barrel together, turn the barrel over to straighten it, keep the mouth of the barrel upward, then add water and an appropriate amount of finishing liquid. The water surface should not cover the material for about 30mm, and only a small amount of chemical finishing liquid needs to be added. Generally, a 50L machine only needs to add about 30 ml. Note that the volume of materials in the barrel should not exceed 60% of the total volume of the barrel, and then the machine can be started.

    3.3 Turn the speed-regulating motor knob on the control panel to gradually adjust the barrel speed from low to high, and finally keep the barrel at the required speed. The entire finishing process is completed automatically, in the meantime, the operator can leave to handle other work tasks without having to stay at the machine.

    3.4 After the required finishing time is reached, adjust the speed of the barrel to keep the working barrel rotating slowly, add clean water to the top of the barrel to rinse, open the water flow valve at the bottom of the barrel, let the sewage inside flow out, and inject clean water above to complete the cleaning process.

    3.5 After cleaning is completed, turn the barrel over and pour out the workpiece and abrasive media. You can also configure a special vibrating separator to separate the abrasives and workpieces automatically, or it can manually screen and pick up the pieces to complete an finishing batch.

    unloading of centrifugal disc finisher
  • 4. What are the benefits of using a centrifugal disc finishing machine to polish parts?
  • Compared with manual polishing, there are definitely many advantages:

    4.1 Automatic deburring, deflashing, chamfering. Defects caused during workpiece processing that may cause harm to users can be automatically removed in large quantities.

    4.2 Automatically derusting and descaling. Surface problems such as turning lines and mold lines can also be removed.

    4.3 Automatic chamfering. Products can be chamfered quickly

    4.4 Improve surface finish and increase brightness. Make the product surface smoother and brighter.

    4.5 Automatic cleaning and degreasing. It can automatically remove dust, dirt, sludge and other phenomena adsorbed on the surface of the workpiece.

  • 5. Is the operating cost of a centrifugal disc finishing machine high?
  • Compared with manual finishing and polishing, the cost of rotary barrel tumbling machine can be said to be very low.
    This is the cheapest automatic finishing and polishing equipment. The one-time purchase cost of the machine can start from several thousand dollars, and it can generally be used for many years. The choice of ordinary abrasive media depends on the actual situation of the product parts that need to be processed, and the price ranges from a few dollars per kilogram to more than ten dollars. etc., buying a few hundred kilograms at a time can generally last for months or even years. The amount of chemical finishing liquid is very small and the cost is almost negligible.
    A 50L centrifugal disc finisher can feed about 50 kilograms of product workpieces at a time. The grinding processing time for a batch is generally 30-60 minutes. The direct cost of grinding and polishing when evenly distributed to each product is minimal.
    On the other hand, in terms of saving labor costs, the advantages of using centrifugal disc finisher are even greater. As long as workers need to handle it when loading and unloading materials, the machine can be operated unattended, which greatly saves labor costs.

  • 6. What optional configurations are available for ShineTec’s centrifugal disc finishing machine?
  • 6.1 Wear-resistant bucket bottom gasket.

    6.2 Bucket electric tilt configuration.

    6.3 Quantitative automatic filling of clean water and polishing fluid.

    6.4 Built-in automatic separator.

  • 7．Which model of centrifugal disc finishing machine should I choose?
  • You should choose the model of centrifugal disc finishing machine based on the specifications and dimensions of your product parts.
    Generally speaking, if the length of your workpiece is less than 50mm, we recommend you use a 50L disc finisher; if the workpiece length is about 50-100mm, use a 120L finisher; if the workpiece length is about 100-150mm, use a 200L capacity machine. For workpieces exceeding 150mm, it is not recommended to use an centrifugal disc finishing machine.
    For this disc finishing machine, we also recommend that the mixing ratio of abrasive media to workpiece is about 3:1.

  • 8. What spare parts are available for centrifugal disc finishing machines?
  • The bottom plate of the centrifugal disc, the barrel ring, and the gasket between the barrel ring and the bottom plate are parts that need to be replaced frequently.
    Both the disc and the barrel ring have PU linings, which are prone to wear and tear during daily finishing. When the lining of these two parts is found to be damaged, spare parts need to be replaced immediately.
    Generally, the barrel ring needs to be replaced every 3-6 months. This mainly depends on the actual usage.
    After the gasket is worn, abrasive debris will get stuck in the gap between the barrel ring and the disc, causing the centrifuge disc to get stuck. It is also a key wearing part.

  • 9. How does ShineTec ensure the quality of the centrifugal disc finishing machine?
  • 9.1 Quality assurance of raw materials. Because the lining of the working barrel of the machine is PU, this lining is a wearing part and needs to be replaced regularly. The wear resistance of the PU lining is a key quality indicator. The raw materials of our PU come from major domestic manufacturers and products from Dow Chemical of the United States, so the quality can be guaranteed.

    9.2 Reliable motor quality. The motor is a key component related to product quality. The three-phase asynchronous motors used in our barrel deburring machines all come from well-known professional motor manufacturers in Shanghai, and there is no problem with their quality.

    9.3 Electrical accessories. All are purchased from domestic first-tier manufacturers such as Chint and Delixi.

    9.4 Steel plate profiles. Purchased from Shanghai Baosteel Products.

    9.5 Manufacturing Guaranteed. Product production is controlled by skilled workers with many years of front-line production experience, adhering to the spirit of craftsmanship to ensure product quality.

  • 10．How to order a centrifugal disc finishing machine?
  • Please confirm the following basic requirements first:

    10.1 Please send samples first and we will conduct samples testing to determine the best finishing and polishing process.

    10.2 Evaluate the quantity of your product components and workpieces that need to be processed every day? What surface quality is required?

    10.3 Choose the appropriate machine processing capacity, provide the space size of your work area, and determine the machine model.

    10.4 Confirm whether additional auxiliary equipment is required, such as vibratory separator, additional wearing spare parts, etc.

    10.5 The commonly used power supply for the machine is 380V/3-phase/50Hz. Are there any special power requirements?
    After clarifying the above details, you can place an order.

  • 11．What abrasive media can be used in centrifugal disc finishing machine?
  • Tumbling media for rough finishing, fine finishing and polishing:

    11.1 The finishing media used for rough finishing is mainly ceramic deburring media, which is divided into heavy cutting force, medium cutting force and light cutting force.

    11.2 Finishing media for fine fininishing include white corundum finishing media, chrome corundum finishing media, 3P finishing media, etc. Since the grit size of the micropowder contained in them is very fine, some of which are nearly 2000-3000 mesh, it can continuously polish the workpiece surface. Continuous micro-cutting creates a more delicate surface roughness.

    11.3 Polishing media include high-alumina porcelain media, high-density porcelain media (high-alumina porcelain polishing media with an alumina content of more than 95%), stainless steel media, corncob media, walnut shell media, bamboo grain chip, wood grain chip. The main purpose is to improve the gloss and brightness of the workpiece surface.

  • 12．What kind of power supply does the centrifugal disc finishing machine use?
  • In China, it is generally 380V/3-phase/50Hz.
  • 13．What is the daily maintenance of the centrifugal disc finishing machine?
  • Like other finishing machines, routine maintenance of centrifugal disc finisher is crucial to extending the service life of the machine. Routine maintenance includes the following:

    13.1 Check the PU lining on the inner wall of the centrifuge barrel. Daily use of the machine will cause wear and tear on the PU lining in the barrel. You need to regularly check whether there are holes in the PU lining on the inner wall. Are there any defects in the ridges? If damaged, the barrel ring needs to be replaced.

    13.2 Before each start, check whether the water added to the barrel is too little or too much. The water surface is generally no more than 30mm above the material. Too little water will cause damage to the surface of the workpiece, the abrasive media will easily break, and the PU lining in the barrel will wear too fast. Too much water will cause the liquid to splash around when the barrel rotates at high speed, affecting the environment.

    13.3 Loading capacity of abrasive media and workpiece. We recommend that the ratio of abrasives to workpieces is 3:1. Too little tumbling media will cause collisions between workpieces and damage the product surface; too much abrasives media will reduce the grinding efficiency of the product.
    Note that the overall volume of materials in the working barrel does not exceed 60% of the inner volume of the barrel.

    13.4 Check for jamming of abrasive debris. The abrasives in the barrel will become smaller and smaller after long-term use. In addition, a lot of debris formed by workpieces and abrasives will be produced during the grinding process. If the width of these impurities is less than 1mm, they may get stuck between the barrel ring and the disc. The gap causes the machine to get stuck and unable to rotate. At this time, you need to shut down the machine, remove the barrel ring, clean the impurities, and restart the machine.

    13.5 Water temperature detection. If the centrifugal disc finishing machine runs continuously for more than 2 hours, the temperature inside the working barrel will become very high. Excessively high water temperature will speed up the aging of PU lining, so you need to cool down the temperature in the barrel by replacing the water.

    disc of centrifugal disc finishing machine
  • 14．What industries can the centrifugal disc finishing machine be used in?
  • Centrifugal disc finisher are widely used in automotive parts, aerospace, medical equipment, mechanical parts, plastic products, 3C digital, metal casting, electronic devices, hardware parts, kitchen supplies, 3D printing, textile workpieces, powder metallurgy, electrical components, It is widely used in industries such as minting, jewelry, instrumentation, and handicraft accessories.
  • 15．Are there any disadvantages to centrifugal disc finishing machine?
  • The processing capacity of the centrifugal disc finisher is less thanVibratory finisher and Tumbling barrel finisher. The processing volumes of commonly used models are generally 50L and 120L, so the amount loaded at one time is relatively small.
    Due to the small diameter of the barrel, workpieces with a length of more than 150mm are not suitable for finishing and polishing with this model, which may cause deformation and damage to the workpiece.
    Since there is a gasket between the working barrel ring and the disc, if the gasket is worn, a gap will appear, causing abrasive debris or impurities to get into the gap and jam the machine. If not dealt with in time, the motor may burn out.
  • 16．Does the centrifugal disc finishing machine require specially trained technicians to operate it?
  • Unnecessary. The operation of this machine is very simple. Just put the abrasive media, workpiece, water and appropriate amount of chemical finishing liquid into the barrel. The machine has a timing function. After starting the machine, the worker can leave to handle other matters. When the set time is up, the machine will automatically shut down. All that is needed is to unload the material and take out the workpiece to complete the finishing and polishing process. Therefore no special technical training is required for employees.
  • 17．What surface treatments can the centrifugal disc finishing machine perform?
  • 17.1 Deburring, deflashing, chamfering. Defects caused during workpiece processing that may cause harm to users can be automatically removed in batches.

    17.2 Derusting and descaling. Surface problems such as turning lines and mold lines can also be removed.

    17.3 Improve surface finish and increase brightness. Make the product surface smoother and brighter.

    17.4 Cleaning and degreasing. It can automatically remove dust, dirt, sludge and other phenomena adsorbed on the surface of the workpiece.

  • 18．What are the tumbling media suitable for centrifugal disc finishing machine?
  • Depending on the shape, material, specifications and sizes of your parts, you need to choose different types of abrasive media. Abrasives that can be used in the machine are: tumbling deburring media, tumbling porcelain media, high-density porcelain media, polyester media, white corundum finishing media, 3P precise finishing media, walnut shell mirror polishing media , corncob drying media,etc.
    Improper selection of abrasives during the finishing process will affect grinding efficiency and may even cause damage to the workpiece.

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