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 Tumbling media is any material that is used for modifying or altering theappearance of a part – that is cleaning, polishing, smoothing parts and separatingparts. Tumbling media are abrasive in nature. Tumbling compounds are compoundsthat are used in the tumbling process as aids. Thetumbling mediais also known as finishing media as it is used to supply the finaltouches to parts. The parts to be polished or cleaned or separated are put intotumbling or vibratory machines along with the tumbling media. When themachinery start to run, the tumbling media and the parts rub adjacent to each otherwhich supply an abrasive accomplishment. This action in turn gives the smoothingand polishing effect. There are two types of tumbling media – natural and artificial.Natural tumbling media include corn cob media and walnut shells media. Corn cobgrit is used as tumbling media as it has effective abrasive and cleaning properties.Walnut shells are also powdered to different grit sizes and are used in cleaning andpolishing. The advantage of tumbling media is that they are bio degradable andtherefore are environment friendly. They are also robust and cost effective. They arecharacteristically used in tumbling processes where soft abrasive property isneeded.Artificial tumbling media includes plastic finishing media andceramic media.Mutually come in preformed shapes and sizes. Depending on the necessity, theright material, shapes and sizes can be selected. Plastic tumbling media is set up tobe perfect for metal removal, pre plated finishing, fast and heavy cutting. It is usedsuccessfully on metals like brass and aluminium which are soft metals. They arealso ideally suited for use on stringy materials because they prevent burrs rollingover into holes. Plastic media are first-rate for providing very smooth finisheswithout much shine. Ceramic tumbling media is suited for light as well as heavydeburring and in aggressive removing of hard metals. Ceramic media come inextremely small sizes and they work better than plastic media on heavy parts. Tumbling compoundsare practical in improving the efficiency of tumbling media asthey inhibit glazing over. They also supply additional abrasiveness and assist tosustain the metal colour of the parts being tumbled. They also help in imparting ananti rusting and anti corrosive properties to the parts apart from giving shiny andbright finish. They are very effective while cleaning of parts – in de-scaling andheavy grease removal. They supply a medium that ensures that the cleaned grimedoes not get re-deposited on the parts. They also assist in the deburring methodand separating of parts. Tumbling compounds are also good for using with delicateparts as they act as good cushions.
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