Burnishing machine

Burnishing is a finishing process for bearing pivots and their shoulders of watch and instrument gears. The workpiece lies with its two pivots which are to be burnished, in profiled notches of tungsten carbide flanges and is driven by a carrier in the correct rotational direction.

By means of two rotating, lapped, tungsten carbide discs, the machining process takes place, creating a burnished surface finish. The amount of stock removed depends on the size of the pivot diameter is between 0.005 and 0.01 mm and attains a surface finish of Ra 0,1 und 0,3 ?m (N3, N4). When using ceramic or degussitdiscs the machining method becomes a pure grinding process reaching greater stock removal.

The machine is equipped with an SIEMENS control. The user interface, is easy to operate thanks to operator prompt software. The control needs a very short tuition time. The control contains a number of different burnishing operations, which can be altered and extended according to the needs of the customer.