Surface Finishing & Coating

The Flex-Hone Tool, characterized by the small, abrasive globules that are permanently mounted to flexible filaments, has long been used for everything from automated metal finishing to maintenance and repair operations. Now the Flex-Hone can add one more claim to its resume: playing a small, but important, role in one of the largest engineering feats in marine history—the raising of the shipwrecked Costa Concordia.

Osborn, a leading supplier of industrial brushes, polishing compounds and buffs, recently announced that Kevin Pearson has been named territory sales manager for Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama. Pearson, who will oversee technical sales within his respective territory, has more than 20 years of sales experience in the southeast region of the United States, and has sold a variety of products for the extrusion, injection molding, stamping and casting industries on the distributor, aftermarket and OEM levels.

Medieval soldiers did it to strengthen their armor, Civil War engineers did it to improve gun and cannon barrels, railroad men did it to locomotive axles before they rolled into the untamed West and Henry Ford did it to enhance parts bound for his new invention, the assembly line. More recently, aircraft manufacturers began doing it to virtually every square inch of their metal wares before sending them skyward. What shared action connects these warriors, inventors and manufacturers? The cold working of metal workpieces.

Five factors shaping the ceramic tool market.

LA-MAN Corp. says it has a unique approach to providing filtration for compressed air systems.

For decades, ARKU has made a name for itself in leveling technology and now the company is entering the deburring market with launch of the new EdgeBreaker deburring and rounding machine.

PRESTO BLACK room temperature black oxide from Birchwood Technology is ideal for small to medium production operations which require robust corrosion resistance and galling protection on critical surfaces for machine components.

With enhanced chemical resistance, Master Bond MasterSil 930 is an acetoxy-type fluorosilicone for bonding, sealing and coating applications in aerospace, electronics, specialty OEM and other industries.

Efficiently deburr machined hydraulic manifolds. A machine that deburrs via thermal energy.

Walter Surface Technologies has extended its product portfolio of exclusive narrow-crown patented technology to all 4½" and 5" ZIPCUT, ZIP+, ZIP Stainless and ZIP ALU cutting wheels.

Graymills has updated its heated thermoplastic Handi Kleen units to address customer needs and wants.

SD5CO from Champion Cutting Tool Corp. is the exclusive new shape engineered for deburring, edging and blending with a single bur.