RapidDirect Tumbling Services

Tumbling is a rough surface finishing process used to smoothen, polish, and deburs small parts. The process involves placing the small parts into a tumbling machine together with abrasive media, water, and surfactant.

The machine generates motion that causes the parts and media to rub against each other. This removes surface imperfections, sharp edges, and burrs, giving a consistent and polished finish.

The precision tumbling process can be high-energy tumbling, which involves placing the parts, media, water, and a surfactant in a barrel enclosed with a lid. 

The barrel is rotated on a carousel holding other barrels. The carousel spun in one direction while the barrels spun in the opposite. This creates a powerful centrifugal force responsible for the tumbling deburring

Vibratory tumble deburring uses friction to smooth objects. It involves placing the parts and media in a vibratory bowl, which makes the media and the part move in a circular motion, causing a scrubbing action which give rise to the desired finish.