Hey, I Can't See Myself in This Pan!

Author:  Herb Tobben, Mgr., Sample Processing Laboratory
Source:  The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 15 / Issue 4, Winter 2001
Doc ID:  2001036
Year of Publication:  2001
Abstract:  
ZERO Products Div., Clemco Industries Corp. 2001 Clemco Industries Corp. Reprinted with permission The Problem: A major cookware manufacturer came to us looking for a way to eliminate tooling marks on a wide assortment of rectangular stainless steel pans and warmer inserts. Their existing process - sending the parts overseas for hand buffing - effectively removed the tooling and draw marks, and produced brilliantly polished parts. But, while the labor was relatively cheap, shipping the work out had become too costly and time consuming to continue indefinitely. The company wanted to polish the parts all over, at the rate of four parts per minute.