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Case Study: Burnishing a Gate Valve Stem

Summary Of Results

THE CHALLENGE

A customer of ours was manufacturing gate valve stems made of Inconel alloy 718 using a Takisawa CNC Lathe. The valve stems were 11.81” (300mm) long, had a diameter of 1” (25.527mm), and required a finish of 16 Ra microinch (0.4 Ra) or better on the main diameter of the stem.
Before contacting us, they had to transfer the part to a CNC grinding machine to achieve the required surface finish which was very time consuming.
Turning Operation prior to burnishing:
Roller burnishing tool on a shaft

OUR SOLUTION

After we assessed their operation, we suggested they use a S2327-00M Single Roll Burnishing Tool made by Elliott Tool Technologies. Here were the statistics after using this burnishing tool:
Elliott roller burnishing tool

FINAL RESULTS

The single roll burnishing tool achieved a finish of 6-8 Ra microinch (0.16-0.20 Ra). It also allowed the shaft to be finished in one machine, eliminating the costly grinding process. They also saved 30 minutes on each part they made using our burnishing solution.