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The polishing
of Jewelry by hand is a labor intensive craft which
yields very beautiful and detailed finishes. This
procedure is far too expensive to use in a mass
production. Instituting highest quality mass finishing
and jewelry polishing
systems, jewelry manufacturers are saving time and
money as compared to the more traditional hand finishing
techniques.
In the jewelry manufacturing industry, mass jewelry polishing systems and jewelry burnishing of pieces has quickly and quietly become the most effective tool and yet many still do not use it or understand the process. We have taken the time to study and learn about jewelry mass finishing and have implemented a system in the production flow with the following results:
- Dramatic reduction in labor costs vs. hand polishing
- Significant increase in quality control
- Increased productivity
- Reduced loss of precious alloy
Our purpose by implementing this process is to polish/finish jewelry in a fast and convenient manner to bring the pieces to market sooner.
We offer reduced time and cost for jewelry designers
and their clients with state-of-the-art technology.
Our machines are perfect components. See
some of the machinery here >>
The team is important:
Our technicians have been in the jewelry business
since 1983, operating in various branches of the
industry. We are some of the finest jewelry manufacturers
and jewelers in the industry.
Polishing is the process of creating a smooth and
shiny surface by rubbing it or using a chemical
action, leaving a surface with significant specular
reflection and minimal diffuse reflection. When
the surface is magnified thousands of times, it
usually looks like mountains and valleys. By repeated
abrasion, those "mountains" are worn down
until they are flat or just small "hills."
The process of polishing starts with rough abrasives
gradually moving to fine ones. With our fist-hand
knowledge and experience throughout the jewelry
manufacturing process from start to finish, we deliver
quality.
Metal tumbling is used to burnish, deburr, clean,
radius, de-flash, descale, remove rust, polish,
brighten, surface harden, prepare parts for further
finishing, and break off die cast runners. The process
is fairly simple: a horizontal barrel is filled
with the parts which is then rotated. Variations
of this process usually include media, water, or
other lubricants. As the barrel is rotated the material
rises until gravity causes the uppermost layer to
landslide down to the other side. The barrel may
also have vanes, typically made of rubber, which
run along the inside of the barrel. As the barrel
turns the vanes catch and lift the parts, which
eventually slide down or fall.
In a wet processes a compound, lubricant, or barreling
soap is added to aid the finishing process, prevent
rusting, and to clean parts. A wide variety of media
is available to achieved the desired finished product.
Common media materials include: sand, granite chips,
slag, steel, ceramics, and synthetics. Moreover,
these materials are available in a wide variety
of shapes. Usually different shapes are used in
the same load to reach into every geometry of the
part.
The disadvantages of this process are that the
abrasive action cannot be limited to only certain
areas of the part, cycle times are long, and the
process is noisy.
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