Secondary processes such as metal finishing are equally important to the manufacture of a product. At AAFI, these operations are performed by skilled personnel and monitored by Quality Control with the same consistency as our primary processes.
Many of today's stainless steel products have an attractive straight-line, grained finish. We can produce this finish on most fabricated components with the use of stroke sanding equipment and a variety of abrasive or synthetic fiber belts. Even odd shaped parts can be finished with the use of custom fixtures, allowing the belt to consistently conform to the part's shape.
Removing burrs and conditioning the surfaces of flat blanks is accomplished at AAFI with a flat belt, multi-directional disc machine. This machine deburrs all of the part edges while improving the surface of the part with a random surface finish.
Mass finishing with ceramic media is a very effective and economical method for deburring, radiusing and polishing. AAFI operates various configurations and sizes of tumbling equipment to produce blemish free finishes on parts up to 60" long.
Some grinding and finishing operations can't be automated, so AAFI has a staff of metal finishing technicians to handle this work. They are trained on the use of portable air and electric power tools as well as all of the other equipment throughout our Finishing Department.