Polishing Procedure for Pipes

1. General Description
1.1 The dimension of pipes for polishing shall be 8B SCH.80 (O.D219.1 x 12.7t) with the material
SA312-TP 304.
1.2 The inside surface of straight pipe shall be polished to 400#
1.3 The inside surface of bend pipe shall be polished to 600# before bending.

2. Inspect prior to polish

Inspect the surface of pipe, it shall be free of mottling, rut and other defects.

3. Polishing tools
3.1 Polishing wheel, used for rough polish and finishing polishing, is made of cotton cloth, soft cloth,
canvas and some grinding material
3.2 Grinding material shall be aluminium oxide, chrome oxide and shall be iron-free.

4. Polishing procedure
4.1 Polishing procedure (Straight pipe)
4.1.1 Rough polish and the inside surface of pipe shall be cleaned of oxide.
4.1.2 Semi-finishing polish and inside surface of pipe shall be polished to 180#
4.1.3 Finishing polish and inside surface of pipe shall be polished to 320#
4.1.4 Lustering with glazer and inside surface of pipe shall be polished to 400#
4.2 For bend pipe, the procedure is the same as straight pipe before lustering. Prior to lustering, the
inside surface of pipe shall be polished to 600# by MES

5. Inspect the polishing roughness

After polishing, the inspector check whether the rough satisfy the requirements of drawing by
rough measuring apparatus(model: Surtronic 10), and compare with the polishing sample. It shall
be re-polished for sub-quality parts.

Three ample pieces shall be submitted for approval and one piece will be returned to the Vendor after
approval or review with comments. Sample piece size: 100mm x 100mm x 3mm thick.