Capabilities

Polishing

 A surface enhancement through metal removal, generally using abrasive belts and wheels.

Buffing

A mechanical technique used after polishing to generate a smooth finished surface, free of lines and other surface defects.  This process often creates a mirror finish.

Mass Finishing (Vibratory/Barrel Finishing)

Processing parts in a container to remove burrs or scale or to improve the surface—using abrasive or non-abrasive media, water and compound—before other treatments such as plating or painting.  Often this process is used after a heat treat opperation to remove scale.

O.D. Tube-Polishing

Mechanical polishing the outside diameter of tubes from 0.4” to 4” OD up to 20’ L.  

 Rockford Metal Polishing now has the capability to polish straight, bent, squared, oval, and round tubes.

Bead Blasting

Surface abrasion using a 60/40 mixture of #8 glass bead and #80 grit aluminum oxide.