Component Finishing

At Cirrus Laser our capability is not restricted to water jet cutting, laser cutting and laser welding, parts can be cleaned, rumbled or linished, on site, to provide smooth burr free surfaces. To remove surface marks we use air operated orbital sanders with abrasive or scotch-brite disks. Scotch-brite is particularly useful for edge softening on aluminium parts and leaves a suitable surface for painting.

Parts can be cleaned and sharp edges smoothed in our 200 litre vibratory rumbler. Component capacity in this machine is approximately a rectangular component with a diagonal dimension of 180mm. After rumbling, parts are transferred to the heated drying unit removing moisture from components prior to packing and despatch.

Carbon steel components, if stored in a dry atmosphere, will remain free from corrosion for about 5 days before being plated or painted.

Small components can be de-burred using our 150mm wide flat linisher. For larger items we use our 900mm wide flat linisher, which can also be used to produce a dull polished (DP1 / DP2) type finish to stainless steel. Both linishers have a variety of belt grits, ranging from a very coarse 36 grit, 80, 120, 180 and very fine 240 grit.

If components require countersinking we can include linishing after countersinking to remove any burrs. At the quoting stage we can advise customers of the most appropriate method of finishing, if components do not require secondary finishing our quote will state supplied in 'as cut' condition.

We also have conventional machines for various functions at Cirrus Laser. A Bridgeport manual mill is used for countersinking, drilling and reaming. Tapping of laser or water jet cut holes, on our dedicated reversible air operated tapping machine. Mirror polishing stainless steel parts with our variable speed drum polisher and polishing wheels.