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  2. Surface finishing - Wikipedia

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    Surface finishing is a broad range of industrial processes that alter the surface of a manufactured item to achieve ... reflective nature of the coating process. [7 ...

  3. Finishing (textiles) - Wikipedia

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    Textile finishing machinery, Red Bridge Mills, Ainsworth, 1983. In textile manufacturing, finishing refers to the processes that convert the woven or knitted cloth into a usable material and more specifically to any process performed after dyeing the yarn or fabric to improve the look, performance, or "hand" (feel) of the finish textile or ...

  4. Superfinishing - Wikipedia

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    Superfinishing, also known as microfinishing [1] and short-stroke honing, is a metalworking process that improves surface finish and workpiece geometry. This is achieved by removing just the thin amorphous surface layer of fragmented or smeared metal left by the last process with an abrasive stone or tape; this layer is usually about 1 μm in magnitude.

  5. Tumble finishing - Wikipedia

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    Tumble finishing, also known as tumbling or rumbling, [1] is a technique for smoothing and polishing a rough surface on relatively small parts. In the field of metalworking, a similar process called barreling, or barrel finishing, [2] works upon the same principles.

  6. Wood finishing - Wikipedia

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    Finishing is the final step of the manufacturing process that gives wood surfaces desirable characteristics, including enhanced appearance and increased resistance to moisture and other environmental agents. Finishing can also make wood easier to clean [3] and keep it sanitized, sealing pores that can be breeding grounds for bacteria. Finishing ...

  7. Vibratory finishing - Wikipedia

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    Vibratory finishing is a type of mass finishing manufacturing process used to deburr, radius, descale, burnish, clean, and brighten a large number of relatively small workpieces. [ 1 ] In this batch-type operation, specially shaped pellets of media and the workpieces are placed into the tub of a vibratory tumbler.

  8. Chemical finishing of textiles - Wikipedia

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    Chemical finishing of textiles refers to the process of applying and treating textiles with a variety of chemicals in order to achieve desired functional and aesthetic properties. Textile finishing is the process by which these chemical applications, along with mechanical finishing treatments, convert woven or knitted cloth into usable material.

  9. Calendering (textiles) - Wikipedia

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    Calendering of textiles is a finishing process used to smooth, coat, or thin a material. With textiles, fabric is passed between calender rollers at high temperatures and pressures. Calendering is used on fabrics such as moire to produce its watered effect and also on cambric and some types of sateens.