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West Hartford, CT - The Abbott Ball Company introduces its new 50-50 mix of ABCUTTM knurled surface finishing media and regular chrome diagonal shapes for higher productivity and longer media life. Since steel media is three times heavier than ceramic media, it can finish with a higher parts-to media ratio than with other media. ABCUT also deburrs up to ten times faster than ceramic or plastic media.
 ABCUT's knurled surface has proven highly effective in reducing deburring times for steel, zinc and aluminum, but its knurled surface also tended to wear the media itself at greater rates than other steel media. The knurled surface that improve cycle times also created more friction against itself. Of course, ABCUT alone still substantially outwears ceramic and plastic media, creates no soils and does not absorb process byproducts or contaminants, which substantially reduces effluent and wastewater treatment.
However, by introducing a 50% mix of conventional chrome diagonal steel media in an environment where machined, cast iron automotive parts were deburred, with all other variables held constant, the 50-50 mix ran for 3,300 hours with a reduction in size of only .0011", as compared with 100% ABCUT at 800 hours, which wore the knurled diameter by .015".
The new 50-50 chrome media mix is through-hardened to Rockwell 55C, for up to two times the life of standard, carbon steel media, and up to thirteen times the life of ceramic finishing media. The Abbott Ball Company will perform a free laboratory analysis of manufacturers parts to determine suitability, process parameters and improvements to be expected from the new finishing mix. |
