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72 relations: Abrasive blasting, Anodizing, Blanching (coinage), Bluing (steel), Brushed metal, Burnishing (metal), Calender, Carburizing, Case-hardening, Ceramic glaze, Chemical milling, Chemical vapor deposition, Chemical-mechanical planarization, Chromate conversion coating, Cladding (metalworking), Compacted oxide layer glaze, Conversion coating, Corona treatment, Corrosion, Electrical resistivity and conductivity, Electrophoretic deposition, Electroplating, Electropolishing, Finishing (textiles), Flame polishing, Friction, Galvanization, Gas cluster ion beam, Gilding, Grinding (abrasive cutting), Hardness, Industrial finishing, Industrial processes, Knurling, Lapping, Laser ablation, Laser engraving, Laser peening, Linishing, Magnetic field-assisted finishing, Mass finishing, Mechanical plating, Mill finish, Nitriding, Paint, Parkerizing, Passivation (chemistry), Peening, Phosphate conversion coating, Physical vapor deposition, ..., Pickling (metal), Plasma electrolytic oxidation, Polishing, Polishing (metalworking), Powder coating, Shot peening, Soldering, Sputter deposition, Superfinishing, Surface engineering, Surface finish, Surface finishing, Surface grinding, Surface science, Thermal spraying, Thin film, Tumble finishing, Vacuum deposition, Vibratory finishing, Vitreous enamel, Wear, Wetting. Expand index (22 more) »
Abrasive blasting
Abrasive blasting, more commonly known as sandblasting, is the operation of forcibly propelling a stream of abrasive material against a surface under high pressure to smooth a rough surface, roughen a smooth surface, shape a surface or remove surface contaminants.
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Anodizing
Anodizing (spelled anodising in British English) is an electrolytic passivation process used to increase the thickness of the natural oxide layer on the surface of metal parts.
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Blanching (coinage)
Blanching is the whitening of metal, by various means, such as soaking in acid or by coating with tin.
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Bluing (steel)
Bluing is a passivation process in which steel is partially protected against rust, and is named after the blue-black appearance of the resulting protective finish.
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Brushed metal
A piece of brushed aluminium A collection of brushed stainless steel Breville small appliances A DeLorean DMC-12 featuring non-structural brushed stainless steel panels The Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri Brushed or dull polished metal is metal with a unidirectional satin finish.
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Burnishing (metal)
Burnishing is the plastic deformation of a surface due to sliding contact with another object.
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Calender
A calender is a series of hard pressure rollers used to finish or smooth a sheet of material such as paper, textiles, or plastics.
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Carburizing
Carburizing, carburising (chiefly English), or carburization is a heat treatment process in which iron or steel absorbs carbon while the metal is heated in the presence of a carbon-bearing material, such as charcoal or carbon monoxide.
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Case-hardening
Case-hardening or surface hardening is the process of hardening the surface of a metal object while allowing the metal deeper underneath to remain soft, thus forming a thin layer of harder metal (called the "case") at the surface.
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Ceramic glaze
Ceramic glaze is an impervious layer or coating of a vitreous substance which has been fused to a ceramic body through firing.
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Chemical milling
Chemical milling or industrial etching is the subtractive manufacturing process of using baths of temperature-regulated etching chemicals to remove material to create an object with the desired shape.
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Chemical vapor deposition
Chemical vapor deposition (CVD) is deposition method used to produce high quality, high-performance, solid materials, typically under vacuum.
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Chemical-mechanical planarization
Chemical mechanical polishing/planarization is a process of smoothing surfaces with the combination of chemical and mechanical forces.
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Chromate conversion coating
Chromate conversion coating is a type of conversion coating used to passivate steel, aluminium, zinc, cadmium, copper, silver, magnesium, and tin alloys.
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Cladding (metalworking)
Cladding is the bonding together of dissimilar metals.
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Compacted oxide layer glaze
Compacted oxide layer glaze describes the often shiny, wear-protective layer of oxide formed when two metals (or a metal and ceramic) are slid against each other at high temperature in an oxygen-containing atmosphere.
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Conversion coating
Conversion coatings are coatings for metals where the part surface is converted into the coating with a chemical or electro-chemical process.
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Corona treatment
Corona treatment (sometimes referred to as air plasma) is a surface modification technique that uses a low temperature corona discharge plasma to impart changes in the properties of a surface.
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Corrosion
Corrosion is a natural process, which converts a refined metal to a more chemically-stable form, such as its oxide, hydroxide, or sulfide.
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Electrical resistivity and conductivity
Electrical resistivity (also known as resistivity, specific electrical resistance, or volume resistivity) is a fundamental property that quantifies how strongly a given material opposes the flow of electric current.
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Electrophoretic deposition
Electrophoretic deposition (EPD), is a term for a broad range of industrial processes which includes electrocoating, cathodic electrodeposition, anodic electrodeposition, and electrophoretic coating, or electrophoretic painting.
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Electroplating
Electroplating is a process that uses an electric current to reduce dissolved metal cations so that they form a thin coherent metal coating on an electrode.
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Electropolishing
Electropolishing, also known as electrochemical polishing, anodic polishing or electrolytic polishing (especially in the metallography field), is an electrochemical process that removes material from a metallic workpiece.
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Finishing (textiles)
In textile manufacturing, finishing refers to the processes that convert the woven or knitted cloth into a usable material and more specifically to any process performed after dyeing the yarn or fabric to improve the look, performance, or "hand" (feel) of the finish textile or clothing.
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Flame polishing
Flame polishing is a method of polishing a material, usually thermoplastics or glass, by exposing it to a flame or heat.
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Friction
Friction is the force resisting the relative motion of solid surfaces, fluid layers, and material elements sliding against each other.
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Galvanization
Galvanization or galvanizing is the process of applying a protective zinc coating to steel or iron, to prevent rusting.
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Gas cluster ion beam
Gas Cluster Ion Beams (GCIB) is a technology for nano-scale modification of surfaces.
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Gilding
Gilding is any decorative technique for applying fine gold leaf or powder to solid surfaces such as wood, stone, or metal to give a thin coating of gold.
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Grinding (abrasive cutting)
Grinding is an abrasive machining process that uses a grinding wheel as the cutting tool.
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Hardness
Hardness is a measure of the resistance to localized plastic deformation induced by either mechanical indentation or abrasion.
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Industrial finishing
Industrial finishing is any kind of secondary process done to any metal, plastic, or wood product used in a common market such as automotive, OEM, telecommunications or point-of-purchase.
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Industrial processes
Industrial processes are procedures involving chemical, physical, electrical or mechanical steps to aid in the manufacturing of an item or items, usually carried out on a very large scale.
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Knurling
Knurling is a manufacturing process, typically conducted on a lathe, whereby a pattern of straight, angled or crossed lines is rolled into the material.
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Lapping
Lapping is a machining process in which two surfaces are rubbed together with an abrasive between them, by hand movement or using a machine.
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Laser ablation
Laser ablation is the process of removing material from a solid (or occasionally liquid) surface by irradiating it with a laser beam.
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Laser engraving
Laser engraving, which is a subset of laser marking, is the practice of using lasers to engrave an object.
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Laser peening
Laser peening (LP), or laser shock peening (LSP), is a surface engineering process used to impart beneficial residual stresses in materials.
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Linishing
Linish is an engineering term that refers to the process of using grinding or belt sanding techniques to improve the flatness of a surface.
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Magnetic field-assisted finishing
Magnetic field-assisted finishing, sometimes called magnetic abrasive finishing, is a surface finishing technique in which a magnetic field is used to force abrasive particles against the target surface.
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Mass finishing
Mass finishing is a group of manufacturing processes that allow large quantities of parts to be simultaneously finished.
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Mechanical plating
Mechanical plating, also known as peen plating, mechanical deposition, or impact plating, is a plating process that imparts the coating by cold welding fine metal particles to a workpiece.
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Mill finish
Mill finish refers to the surface texture (or finish) of metal after it exits a rolling mill, extrusion die, or drawing processes, including sheet, bar, plate, or structural shapes.
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Nitriding
Nitriding is a heat treating process that diffuses nitrogen into the surface of a metal to create a case-hardened surface.
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Paint
Paint is any liquid, liquefiable, or mastic composition that, after application to a substrate in a thin layer, converts to a solid film.
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Parkerizing
Parkerizing, bonderizing, phosphating, or phosphatizing is a method of protecting a steel surface from corrosion and increasing its resistance to wear through the application of a chemical phosphate conversion coating.
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Passivation (chemistry)
Passivation, in physical chemistry and engineering, refers to a material becoming "passive," that is, less affected or corroded by the environment of future use.
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Peening
Peening is the process of working a metal's surface to improve its material properties, usually by mechanical means, such as hammer blows, by blasting with shot (shot peening) or blasts of light beams with laser peening.
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Phosphate conversion coating
Phosphate coatings are used on steel parts for corrosion resistance, lubricity, or as a foundation for subsequent coatings or painting.
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Physical vapor deposition
Physical vapor deposition (PVD) describes a variety of vacuum deposition methods which can be used to produce thin films and coatings.
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Pickling (metal)
Pickling is a metal surface treatment used to remove impurities, such as stains, inorganic contaminants, rust or scale from ferrous metals, copper, precious metals and aluminum alloys.
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Plasma electrolytic oxidation
Plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO), also known as electrolytic plasma oxidation (EPO) or microarc oxidation (MAO), is an electrochemical surface treatment process for generating oxide coatings on metals.
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Polishing
Polishing is the process of creating a smooth and shiny surface by rubbing it or using a chemical action, leaving a surface with a significant specular reflection (still limited by the index of refraction of the material according to the Fresnel equations.) In some materials (such as metals, glasses, black or transparent stones), polishing is also able to reduce diffuse reflection to minimal values.
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Polishing (metalworking)
Polishing and buffing are finishing processes for smoothing a workpiece's surface using an abrasive and a work wheel or a leather strop.
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Powder coating
Powder coating is a type of coating that is applied as a free-flowing, dry powder.
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Shot peening
Shot peening is a cold working process used to produce a compressive residual stress layer and modify mechanical properties of metals and composites.
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Soldering
Soldering (AmE:, BrE), is a process in which two or more items (usually metal) are joined together by melting and putting a filler metal (solder) into the joint, the filler metal having a lower melting point than the adjoining metal.
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Sputter deposition
Sputter deposition is a physical vapor deposition (PVD) method of thin film deposition by sputtering.
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Superfinishing
Superfinishing, also known as micromachining, microfinishing, and short-stroke honing, is a metalworking process that improves surface finish and workpiece geometry.
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Surface engineering
Surface engineering is the sub-discipline of materials science which deals with the surface of solid matter.
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Surface finish
Surface finish, also known as surface texture or surface topography, is the nature of a surface as defined by the three characteristics of lay, surface roughness, and waviness.
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Surface finishing
Surface finishing is a broad range of industrial processes that alter the surface of a manufactured item to achieve a certain property.
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Surface grinding
Surface grinding is used to produce a smooth finish on flat surfaces.
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Surface science
Surface science is the study of physical and chemical phenomena that occur at the interface of two phases, including solid–liquid interfaces, solid–gas interfaces, solid–vacuum interfaces, and liquid–gas interfaces.
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Thermal spraying
Thermal spraying techniques are coating processes in which melted (or heated) materials are sprayed onto a surface.
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Thin film
A thin film is a layer of material ranging from fractions of a nanometer (monolayer) to several micrometers in thickness.
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Tumble finishing
Tumble finishing, also known as tumbling or rumbling, is a technique for smoothing and polishing a rough surface on relatively small parts.
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Vacuum deposition
Vacuum deposition is a family of processes used to deposit layers of material atom-by-atom or molecule-by-molecule on a solid surface.
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Vibratory finishing
Vibratory finishing is a type of mass finishing manufacturing process used to deburr, radius, descale, burnish, clean, and brighten a large number of relatively small workpieces.
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Vitreous enamel
Vitreous enamel, also called porcelain enamel, is a material made by fusing powdered glass to a substrate by firing, usually between.
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Wear
Wear is the damaging, gradual removal or deformation of material at solid surfaces.
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Wetting
Wetting is the ability of a liquid to maintain contact with a solid surface, resulting from intermolecular interactions when the two are brought together.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface_finishing
