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304 Stainless Steel Lapping
Mirror lapping illustrated by a 304 stainless steel strip. Review the functional plane, material condition, stock allowance and surface-inspection requirements.
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Precision Metal Lapping
Lapping of functional, sealing and mating surfaces in stainless steel, aluminum, copper and brass components.
- Example materials
- 304, 316L, 7075 aluminum, copper, brass and 45# steel
- Surface finishes
- Mirror / super-mirror / mist-mirror, reviewed per material
- Critical requirements
- Flatness, parallelism, thickness and surface quality
- Process coordination
- Lapping and polishing, cleaning, inspection and packaging
Material, dimensions and performance follow the confirmed drawing, sample and acceptance conditions.
COMPONENT / APPLICATION
Define the surface around its function.
Start with the material and incoming condition to define lapping and polishing requirements for critical metal surfaces. Specify flatness, parallelism, thickness and roughness separately, together with measurement methods, samples and acceptance criteria.
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Products & examples
Select a component to review material, geometry and selection details.
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7075 Aluminum Flat-plate Lapping
Mirror finishing for 7075 aluminum flat plates. Review thickness, flatness requirements and assembly datums together, then agree the process through samples.
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Ferrous Mirror-finish Lapping
A mirror-finished slotted ferrous plate from the supplied examples. Confirm exact material grade, slot positions, functional planes and edge requirements from the drawing.
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7075 Aluminum Circular-plate Lapping
A 7075 aluminum disc with concentric grooves. Review functional planes, groove regions, thickness and support separately when defining a mist-mirror finish.
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Copper Disc Lapping
A super-mirror copper disc example. Discuss stock allowance, cleaning and packaging against the material condition, dimensions and surface requirements.
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Brass Component Lapping
Mirror lapping of a machined brass component. Use steps, holes and critical mating features to define which surfaces require processing and inspection.
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Make the requirement specific.
A clear brief helps define selection, sampling and the manufacturing approach.
- 01
Material & incoming condition
Grade, heat-treatment condition, incoming dimensions and stock allowance
- 02
Functional surfaces
Mark processed surfaces, datums and assembly relationships on the drawing
- 03
Technical requirements
Specify flatness, parallelism, thickness and roughness separately
- 04
Samples & acceptance
Measurement methods, sample quantity and acceptance conditions
HOW WE WORK
From requirement to delivery
- 01
Review
Material, geometry and functional surfaces
- 02
Sample
Process, stock allowance and acceptance
- 03
Process & inspect
Processing and inspection to agreed requirements
- 04
Clean & package
Agreed component and delivery requirements