Cleaning Copper

Before

After

In addition to deburring and polishing, vibratory tumblers can be used successfully to degrease, clean and remove oxidation from parts. These copper component parts needed be cleaned prior to being used in re-building the larger equipment. The dirty part pictured containing some light soils and oxidation was vibratory tumbled with a fast cutting Ceramic Angle Cut Triangle Media (KXF bond) and a mild acid cleaner (Kramco 1030) to restore the part to a clean metal finish. The combination of media and compound required only a 30 minute cycle time to achieve this finish.